The Washington Wizards have signed guard Jules Bernard to a two-way contract.
And in a corresponding transfer, the group waived John Butler Jr.
Bernard has performed in 39 video games with the Capital Metropolis Go-Go over the previous two seasons after being acquired through commerce from the Motor Metropolis Cruise on December 23, 2022. Bernard completed the 2022-23 marketing campaign showing in 32 video games for Capital Metropolis, averaging 15.3 factors, 4.6 rebounds and a couple of.4 assists per sport. Bernard subsequent appeared within the 2023 NBA Summer time League and 2023 coaching camp with the Wizards earlier than beginning the season with the Go-Go. In eight video games with Capital Metropolis this season, Bernard is averaging 21.0 factors, 7.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists per sport, with capturing splits of .475 from the sphere, .422 from three and .914 from the free throw line.
The UCLA product spent 4 years with the Bruins, averaging 9.2 factors, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 130 profession video games. He went undrafted within the 2022 NBA Draft earlier than signing with the Detroit Pistons and finally becoming a member of the Motor Metropolis Cruise to start the 2022-23 season.
