Butler: "It's going to be awhile"

I'm sitting courtside here at Conseco Fieldhouse where the Wizards lead 49-46 at halftime. I just saw Caron Butler chat with athletic trainer Eric Waters and Butler mouthed the words: "I'm done." He started on that sore left knee and made 1 of 2 shots with 1 rebound in 12 first quarter minutes but he's obviously not feeling right.

As the team left the court, I made eye contact with Caron and he said: "I'm done" and "It's going to be awhile." I'll find out more after the game but "awhile" certainly doesn't sound good. The Wiz are 0-3 without Butler this season and they went 0-5 without him late last season when he was down with a thumb injury.