The quest for the right NBA opportunity continues for Jared Butler. After a discreet rookie season in Utah, followed by a second campaign mainly spent in the G-League, the leader university champion in 2021 with Baylor will this time try his luck on the side of Washingtonwhere it integrates the Wizards in a two-way contract.
Free agent G Jared Butler has agreed on a two-way contract with the Washington Wizards, agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports like ESPN. Butler has played with Utah and Oklahoma City in his first two NBA seasons.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 24, 2023
Author of a rather successful Summer League with the Thunder, earlier this month in Las Vegas, Jared Butler thus offers himself the bare minimum for next season by securing one of the three “two-way contracts” from the Wizards, who also at the same time released Quenton Jackson, who previously held one of these three contracts.
In a team in complete transition, towards a long-term overhaul of its workforce, the 22-year-old “combo guard” has in any case a card to play as a relay for Tyus Jones and Jordan Poole, while Delon Wright’s future is clearly not in the American capital, even if he will probably first have to earn his stripes in the G-League before Wes Unseld Jr. calls on him.
| Jared Butler | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 42 | 9 | 40.4 | 31.8 | 68.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022-23 | OKAY | 6 | 13 | 46.9 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Total | 48 | 9 | 41.5 | 34.3 | 68.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
