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Looks like Butler shall ever be a project.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5250911.htmlWith their preseason schedule complete, the Rockets returned to practice on Saturday without center Jackie Butler and guard John Lucas III who are expected to be placed on waivers later today.
Lucas had been considered likely to be released or traded since the Rockets acquired Mike James and drafted Aaron Brooks in June, with the Rockets working to deal him since early July. Butler's prospects, however, were much less certain.
Acquired from San Antonio in the trade for forward Luis Scola, Butler would have been the third center, behind Yao Ming and Dikembe Mutombo. At just 22-years-old, he was thought to be a project that could develop and insurance in the event of injuries to Yao, who has missed large portions of the past two seasons, and Mutombo, the NBA's oldest player at 41-years-old
Looks like Butler shall ever be a project.
WTF?
Good luck to Jackie. Hopefully he gets in better shape again. He was on track for awhile.
My friend (Noel Felix) will likely get waived from the Cavs today too. I hate it when the young guys on the edge of making the NBA get waived
would you want the spurs to pick up noel?
Of course!
who would you waive for him
beno or williams?
timvp, your thoughts?
Cut Williams, cut Udrih, sign Washington, sign Felix.
He's sleeping.
A lot of other teams are desperate at the point and eyeing Washington - Kings, Cavs, etc. He's going to get snatched up fast when (if!) he gets waived.
Its Raja bell all over again no question.
Stupid Cavs will get a PG and the Spurs could've traded one to em for NOTHING.
We'll see. Cavs are trying to make a deal. I'm just not sure they have any interest in Beno anymore.
Prob cause they realized it was beno udrih and not someone worth a crap.
in Beno is the new HITA.
I remember when Spurs were in need of a center after the 06' collapse and Jackie Butler was highly praised as the number one center in the free agency class of 06' according to some people. Gives me a chuckle.
Best of wishes to DK! Hope he has a good career in europe.
Thank god I was wrong
It would be PERFECT now, to move Beno for an exception, and sign either Butler or Felix.
Butler blows
Spoken by a person whos never seen him play.
As if whottt wasn't equally excited about Butler last summer. Don't make me do a search.
Butler is a very good talent. He has natural talents that are rare in a big man. However, he's immature at this stage of his career. He fails at the aspect of being a professional.
If he ever figures it out and can get the mental part of the game down, he could be a good NBA player. It'll be interesting to see what happens to him now that he's a free agent. There aren't that many teams with free roster spots who need a bigman so Butler might have to settle for the NBDL or Europe.
Sign him up Austin...
edit...
Darius is being kept!!!!
Dude, WTF are you talking about?
Butler will never be a player in any 8 man rotation in the NBA. You can book it! He's a typical complacent IR player. He lacks an ignition to get better and his competative fire is non-existant . Even though he has a soft touch around the basket, he is also a soft rebounder/ shotblocker and doesn't really enjoy picking up his feet off the ground for rebounds or even running down court ( which i think is pure laziness). Sometimes it seems like he has cement blocks on the bottom of his feet. I personally think he is going to have to go to Europe or NBDL and prove his worth the GM's around the league the next year or two. If he gets picked up by an NBA team I'll be surprised.
Just because I don't have 35 thousand post counts doesn't mean I don't watch basketball.Spoken by a person whos never seen him play.
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