Jared Butler, our new starting Point Guard

Boujack · Post #1 » by **Boujack** » Sat Jul 26, 2025 11:09 am

Good opinions about him in all Sixers forums. Younger, taller than Tyus Jones and better numbers with the Sixers than him last season:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/butleja02.html

MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS

24.4 4.2 9.9 .426 1.6 4.6 .352 2.6 5.3 .490 .507 1.4 1.6 .870 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.9 1.1 0.3 1.8 2.0 11.5

Butler / Green / Booker / Brooks / Williams

Fo-Real · Post #2 » by **Fo-Real** » Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:04 pm

He and Gillespie will compete for 2nd string. I don't think Goodwin is better than these two. But "Our next starting guard".... is wrong.

Saberestar · Post #3 » by **Saberestar** » Sat Jul 26, 2025 6:35 pm

Keith Smith:

Jared Butler's contract with the Phoenix Suns is a non-guaranteed training camp deal, a league source told @spotrac.

Post #4 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:04 am

Saberestar wrote:Keith Smith:
Jared Butler's contract with the Phoenix Suns is a non-guaranteed training camp deal, a league source told @spotrac.

This makes sense

kennydorglas · Post #5 » by **kennydorglas** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:46 am

I remember people hyping up Tyus for years and then he got here and stinked.
At least this guy has no hype around him, it's better like that. So the disappointment wouldn't be massive.

KdoubleDees23 · Post #6 » by **KdoubleDees23** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:57 pm

kennydorglas wrote:I remember people hyping up Tyus for years and then he got here and stinked.
At least this guy has no hype around him, it's better like that. So the disappointment wouldn't be massive.

I still like Tyus Jones. I blame the situation, and having KD, Beal, Booker + the coaching.

Post #7 » by **lilfishi22** » Tue Jul 29, 2025 12:05 am

KdoubleDees23 wrote:
kennydorglas wrote:I remember people hyping up Tyus for years and then he got here and stinked.
At least this guy has no hype around him, it's better like that. So the disappointment wouldn't be massive.

I still like Tyus Jones. I blame the situation, and having KD, Beal, Booker + the coaching.

I think Tyus in today's NBA really should be a 2nd stringer. He's really good at what he does and I agree we under-utilised his skillset but at the same time, I also think we over-utilised him by forcing him to start which really hurt our team defense as the key weak link in the back court. At the end of the day, he isn't a dominant PG who orchestrates a high powered offense. He's more of a steady hand that you can bring off the bench and have confidence the offense isn't going to drop off dramatically when the starting PG takes his rest.

Boujack · Post #8 » by **Boujack** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 7:43 pm

First game

15:55 min FG% 50.0 PTS 12

sunsbg · Post #9 » by **sunsbg** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 7:50 pm

What about his TOs and selfish play ?

NE1Care · Post #10 » by **NE1Care** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 4:27 pm

sunsbg wrote:What about his TOs and selfish play ?

Not impressed in Preseason with him at all. He has hustle but he is trying too hard to be seen, resulting in being selfish and not consistent with his shot. Each time he has the ball it is not enjoyable to watch, he is not looking to make anyone else better. Perhaps Nash can tell him what the role of a Point Guard should be on this team. Concluding from the 3 preseasons games alone Gillespie is way more impressive but Gillespie and Butler are trying to prove 2 different things right now to the coach I guess.

sunskerr · Post #11 » by **sunskerr** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:01 am

It's not about if he shoots a lot. It's about if those shots are bad quality, whilst in the context of how many other guys can create shots off the bench.

Never seen him play but if I had a dime for how many old heads here complained that we didn't have a pass first PG in the year 2025 (a near relic archetype of player nowadays) I'd have a Ferrari.

Again not saying that he is a good player I'm just saying that him looking for his shot first isn't actually a bad thing but rather it's if he is taking bad shots and we can't get better ones. But I also am not saying he's taking good shots because again I haven't watched him.

Saberestar · Post #12 » by **Saberestar** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:32 pm

Watch on YouTube

bigfoot · Post #13 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:42 pm

Watch on YouTube

I think these highlights show what he is capable of bringing to the team.

35 pts 9 asts 7 rbds 1 stls 0 tos ... is a pretty good stat line against Luka, Reaves, Smart, and Ayton

Great backup option for PG considering we have only Gillispie behind Booker.

Goodwin played well too but his offense doesn't seem as polished as Butler

Watch on YouTube

Post #14 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:36 pm

bigfoot wrote:

Watch on YouTube

I think these highlights show what he is capable of bringing to the team.

35 pts 9 asts 7 rbds 1 stls 0 tos ... is a pretty good stat line against Luka, Reaves, Smart, and Ayton

Great backup option for PG considering we have only Gillispie behind Booker.

Goodwin played well too but his offense doesn't seem as polished as Butler

Watch on YouTube

Butler looks a bit like Dame out there

sunskerr · Post #15 » by **sunskerr** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:27 pm

Expanding on my earlier post in here my hunch has been that we need a creator off the bench. Basically we need another guy who can get shots up so hopefully it's this guy.

SkyBill40 · Post #16 » by **SkyBill40** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 6:06 am

Butler just got waived.

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Fo-Real · Post #17 » by **Fo-Real** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 1:40 pm

SkyBill40 wrote:Butler just got waived.

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Really?!?! Why?!?!

SkyBill40 · Post #18 » by **SkyBill40** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 1:19 am

Fo-Real wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:Butler just got waived.

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Really?!?! Why?!?!

Had to get below the 15 player threshold prior to opening night and apparently they thought that the other dude they kept was a better fit? I can't say, but I think they'll regret this.

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dremill24 · Post #19 » by **dremill24** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 3:31 am

They don't need to be below 15 for opening night. 15 is the max, 14 the minimum (with temporary exceptions) during the season.

I imagine its just a money thing. He was non guaranteed along with Goodwin, so they kept one and waived the other cause they didnt feel like they needed both? Seems like it was always a competition between the 2 and one was always gonna go. I think they're just slightly over the tax line and should have eyes to get under by the trade deadline, so it just gets them that much closer.

garrick · Post #20 » by **garrick** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 5:55 am

Should have kept Butler because he probably has a higher ceiling that Goodwin.

Like I think Goodwin played well last season but I don't really see how he can elevate his game much more than that while Butler is really the one that could be a dynamic spark off the bench like Eddie House or Barbosa was during the SSOL days.

Just watch Butler go sign with another team and become an impactful player elsewhere because this FO is not really a good evaluator of talent.