{"id":312784,"date":"2025-10-18T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/312784\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:00:11","slug":"updated-suns-roster-after-waiving-35-point-performer-jared-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/312784\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Suns roster after waiving 35-point performer Jared Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/86701549007-uscp-82-tqglyld-3412-qz-4-jpht-original.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Suns coach Jordan Ott gives update on Mark Williams, Jalen Green<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Ott gives updates on injured players who might miss the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" data-autotag=\"5b1d8499-f4c6-4857-a8e9-6d2e8a35bac3\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> have reduced their standard roster to 14 players after waiving Jared Butler, David Duke Jr., Damion Baugh and Tyrese Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>Butler was at Friday\u2019s practice, staying afterward getting up shots with Suns guard Collin Gillespie. Butler has played four NBA seasons for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" data-autotag=\"b47c1f60-983a-4f05-b662-93d89a8ac7dc\" rel=\"noopener\">Utah Jazz<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" data-autotag=\"cd165858-eeda-4db8-a84a-db7a782e61e3\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/washington-wizards\/27\/\" data-autotag=\"cced51c5-8f98-4cfd-8934-9759cefdcdd0\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Wizards<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" data-autotag=\"b3f2a355-8d98-44c0-a603-3f9a2d8bc375\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBA teams must have their standard rosters down to 15 players before the start of the 2025-26 regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving a slot open gives the Suns roster flexibility, particularly for a possible trade during the season.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, Duke Jr., Baugh and Samuel were all on non-guaranteed training camp deals. Butler and Duke Jr. were waived Friday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns parted with Baugh and Samuel on Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the four, Butler played in all four Phoenix preseason games.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3-inch guard out of Baylor scored a game-high 35 points to go along with nine assists to zero turnovers and seven rebounds in leading Phoenix to an 113-104 victory Oct. 14 over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" data-autotag=\"4d34a300-3059-4ec4-a4d3-4d636ac95816\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> at Mortgage Matchup Center to end preseason play for the Suns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just having fun, believing in myself,&#8221; Butler said after Tuesday&#8217;s game as he shot 5-of-9 from 3 in the win.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns rested Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Ryan Dunn, Collin Royce O\u2019Neale, Nick Richards and Gillespie for their final preseason game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Just having fun, believing in myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jared Butler after 35-point blast in Suns win over Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>On Suns having to have their standard roster to 15 as Butler is on a non-guaranteed camp deal:<\/p>\n<p>Suns have one roster spot left on standard 15-man roster, but can stick with 14\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIsP3Ez7u0\">pic.twitter.com\/jIsP3Ez7u0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/1978331555056717893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mark Williams and Jalen Green didn\u2019t play in any of Phoenix\u2019s four preseason games.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns have had Williams on a plan to prepare him leading up to the season opener while Green has been dealing with a left hamstring injury. Phoenix went 3-1 in preseason play.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an updated Phoenix roster that includes three two-way players, Koby Brea, CJ Huntley and Isaiah Livers. NBA teams can have up to three two-way players.<\/p>\n<p>Standard roster (14)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grayson Allen<\/li>\n<li>Devin Booker<\/li>\n<li>Dillon Brooks<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Dunn<\/li>\n<li>Rasheer Fleming<\/li>\n<li>Collin Gillespie<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Goodwin<\/li>\n<li>Jalen Green<\/li>\n<li>Nigel Hayes-Davis<\/li>\n<li>Oso Ighodaro<\/li>\n<li>Khaman Maluach<\/li>\n<li>Royce O&#8217;Neale<\/li>\n<li>Nick Richards<\/li>\n<li>Mark Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two-way players (3)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Koby Brea<\/li>\n<li>CJ Huntley<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Livers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Have opinions about the current state of the\u00a0Suns? 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Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuaneRankin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@DuaneRankin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Support local journalism.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offers.azcentral.com\/specialoffer?gps-source=CPNEWS&amp;itm_medium=onsite&amp;itm_source=TAGLINE&amp;itm_campaign=NEWSROOM&amp;itm_content=DUANERANKIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Start your online subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suns coach Jordan Ott gives update on Mark Williams, Jalen Green Jordan Ott gives updates on injured players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":312785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[12775,5229,4231,5643,1587,1339,26106,142831,7228,7230,8585,2451,21587,21595,7652,157640,7227,7196,7229,7190,1629,21588,7007,7226,7192,18275,99552,10607,8591,8604,4230,3141,1571,5382,1260,635,7233,50,10604,99554,5847,1268,450,1457,1311,3123,1589,1721,1451,157639,62,1458,7231,6001,67,586,132,5230,4280,68,2969,424,3132,7223,2058,3117,23885],"class_list":{"0":"post-312784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-angeles","11":"tag-arizona","12":"tag-az","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-baylor","15":"tag-baylor-university","16":"tag-booker","17":"tag-brooks","18":"tag-butler","19":"tag-city","20":"tag-collin","21":"tag-collin-gillespie","22":"tag-david","23":"tag-david-duke-jr","24":"tag-devin","25":"tag-devin-booker","26":"tag-dillon","27":"tag-dillon-brooks","28":"tag-duke","29":"tag-gillespie","30":"tag-green","31":"tag-jalen","32":"tag-jalen-green","33":"tag-jared","34":"tag-jared-butler","35":"tag-jazz","36":"tag-jr","37":"tag-lakers","38":"tag-los","39":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","40":"tag-national","41":"tag-national-sports","42":"tag-nba","43":"tag-new","44":"tag-new-visitors-az","45":"tag-news","46":"tag-nick","47":"tag-nick-richards","48":"tag-oklahoma","49":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","50":"tag-overall","51":"tag-overall-positive","52":"tag-philadelphia","53":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","54":"tag-phoenix","55":"tag-phoenix-suns","56":"tag-positive","57":"tag-richards","58":"tag-sports","59":"tag-sports-news","60":"tag-suns","61":"tag-thunder","62":"tag-united-states","63":"tag-united-states-of-america","64":"tag-unitedstates","65":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","66":"tag-university","67":"tag-us","68":"tag-usa","69":"tag-utah","70":"tag-utah-jazz","71":"tag-visitors","72":"tag-washington","73":"tag-washington-wizards","74":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}