11:16am: The signing is official, the Wizards announced (via Twitter).
8:32am: Free agent center John Butler will join the Wizards on a two-way contract, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The 20-year-old was waived by the Trail Blazers on Friday. He spent last season with Portland on a two-way deal and appeared in 19 games, averaging 2.4 points and 0.9 rebounds in 11.6 minutes per night.
Butler signed a two-way contract with the Pelicans last October after going undrafted out of Florida State. He was waived after a week and was picked up by the Blazers a few days later.
Washington now has all its two-way slots filled, with the others belonging to Eugene Omoruyi and Jared Butler. The Wizards still have 17 players with guaranteed contracts and will have to make two cuts by 4:00 pm CT today.
The one player with a worse body mass-to-height ratio than Wemby. 7’1″, 175 lbs. That almost seems dangerous to his health, tbh. He weighs about as much as I do, and I’m average height.
Horrible at rebounding but can shoot the three at 7’1