Cleared to play by NBA

Ahead of the draft, Jared Butler was cleared to play in the NBA, but he did not hear his name called in the first round.

Teams started trading up and down in the second round, yet Butler was still left waiting for his phone to ring with a team giving him an opportunity to begin his professional playing career. 

The Sacramento Kings were on the clock with the 39th pick in the draft and they took Neemias Queta, putting the Memphis Grizzlies on the clock, but this pick was quickly traded to the Utah Jazz.

Jared Butler finally heard his name called, as the Utah Jazz selected him via Memphis in this year’s draft, their only draft pick this offseason. 

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Now playing with a “chip on his shoulder,” Jared Butler is out to prove all the teams that passed up on him wrong and he has done a fantastic job in doing so this preseason.