Now that the 2025 NBA draft is over, the Sixers are turning their attention toward free agency. After news broke earlier Friday that Andre Drummond (unsurprisingly) intends to pick up his $5.0 million player option, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Sixers are declining their $2.3 million team option on Jared Butler.
The #Sixers are declining Jared Butler’s team option for the 2025-26 season, according to a source.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) June 27, 2025
The Sixers acquired Butler and four second-round picks at February’s trade deadline for a 2026 first-round pick (the worst of the Thunder, Rockets or Clippers’ picks) and Reggie Jackson.