Jackie Butler

Jackie Butler ( born March 10, 1985 in McComb, Mississippi ) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played for the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA.

Playing career

Butler went to the McComb High School and originally wanted to study at Mississippi State University from 2003, but could not qualify academically. Subsequently, he attended the " Prep School " Laurinburg Institute and the Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Although he subsequently undertook for the University of Tennessee, he renounced closing on an academic career and signed up for NBA Draft 2004 directly to.

The Draft 2004, he was, however, selected by any NBA club. He came into the training camp of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but was not given a contract for the season. In the 2004/05 season he played for the Great Lakes Storm in the minor league Continental Basketball Association before it. Late February 2005, three brief appearances with the New York Knicks in the NBA The Knicks took him after the season then for the entire 2005/ 06 under contract.

In July 2006, Butler signed a three year contract with the San Antonio Spurs. In the season 2006/ 07 he won the championship with the Spurs, where he however had only eleven missions with less than ten minutes average operating time. On 12 July 2007 Jackie Butler was released by the Spurs with Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets. In return for this was sent by the Rockets Vasilios Spanoulis and a second-round draft pick in 2009 to the Spurs. On October 29, Butler, however, was dismissed by the Rockets.

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