Jackie Butler

Retired Retired again after 2017 season C 3 years of NBA experience

Height6'10
Weight260 lbs
Born10th March 1985 (age 41)
Nationality🇺🇸USA
NBA DraftUndrafted, 20042004 Early Entry: Stayed in
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Agentn/a
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Stats

Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2004-05 CBA Great Lakes Storm 41 34.6 18.0 7.3 14.3 51.0% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 3.4 4.7 71.5% 3.7 7.0 10.7 1.8 0.5 1.5 2.8 4.8
2004-05 NBA New York Knicks 3 1.7 3.3 1.3 1.3 100.0% 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 100.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
2005-06 NBA New York Knicks 55 13.5 5.3 2.1 3.9 54.4% 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 75.3% 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 2.3
2006-07 NBA San Antonio Spurs 11 9.4 3.7 1.5 3.2 45.7% 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.9 90.0% 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.5

Teams

DateTeam
July 2004 Minnesota Timberwolves (Summer League)
October 2004 Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
November 2004 - February 2005 Great Lakes Storm (CBA)
February 2005 - June 2006 New York Knicks (NBA)
July 2006 - July 2007 San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
July 2007 - October 2007 Houston Rockets (NBA)
July 2008 Charlotte Bobcats (Summer League)
September 2016 - June 2017 Kentucky Mavericks (PBL)

Transactions

DateLeagueTransaction
21st September 2004 CBA Drafted 28th overall in the 2004 CBA College Draft by Sioux Falls Skyforce.
4th October 2004 NBA Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Minnesota Timberwolves.
25th October 2004 NBA Waived by Minnesota Timberwolves.
2nd November 2004 CBA Draft rights traded by Sioux Falls Skyforce to Great Lakes Storm in exchange for the draft rights to Andre Brown (#3) and a 2005 first round pick (#7, Stephen Graham).
11th November 2004 CBA Signed a one-year contract with Great Lakes Storm.
27th February 2005 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2006 with New York Knicks.
12th July 2006 NBA Signed a three-year, $6.9 million offer sheet with San Antonio Spurs. Included team option for 2008/09.
19th July 2006 NBA New York Knicks declined to match offer sheet.
12th July 2007 NBA Traded by San Antonio Spurs, along with the draft rights to Luis Scola, to Houston Rockets in exchange for Vassilis Spanoulis, a 2009 second-round pick (#53, Nando de Colo) and cash.
29th October 2007 NBA Waived by Houston Rockets. 2008/09 team option concurrently declined.
22nd September 2016 PBL Signed a one-year contract with Kentucky Mavericks.

Awards

YearAwardTeam
2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs

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Articles

Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

Jackie Butler - Butler was thrown in to the Luis Scola trade of 2007, waived by the Rockets, and never played again. It appears he retired at the age of only 22. Then again, in that time, Butler managed to be a McDonald's All-American, the CBA rookie of the year, and an NBA champion. Perhaps he felt he'd achieved everything. Since his retirement, Butler cannot be traced.
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The best of what's left

Jackie Butler - Butler hasn't played, anywhere, since the end of the 2006-07 season. And when he did play, he had only two good months. Butler is 6'11, athletic enough and can score the ball, but he does not rebound, defend, or stay in shape. Or stay in work.
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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 10

- Jackie Butler

Jackie Butler has disappeared off the map. It was two and a half years ago that the Rockets released him in preseason despite his guaranteed contract, and he has not signed anywhere else since. His only scheduled appearance was at the Vegas Summer League in 2008 with the Charlotte Bobcats, but he did not turn up. Butler was rumoured as a candidate for a spot in the Chinese Basketball Association this season, but I don't think it ever got beyond the whispers stage, and he is not there now.
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