Cardell Anthony Butler (born April 28, 1981 in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

), also known as "Ballaholic," is an American

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player. He is known for his appearances on the AND1 Mixtape Tour shows, which aired on

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. In conventional

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, Butler has also played for the San Diego Wildcats of the

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. He is 6-foot 4-inches tall, wears size 19 shoes,Tyler Riggs. "Butler slam-dunks life". ''The Utah Statesman'', http://usustatesman.com/butler-slamdunks-life/, January 7, 2004. and plays the guard position. Butler is known for his aggressive scoring ability. When he was 15, Butler received his nickname, "Ballaholic", because he earned a reputation on the basketball court of always shooting the ball whenever he gained possession of it. Butler now plays for the San Francisco Rumble of the American Basketball Association.

College career

Butler played

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Utah State Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...

. While in his senior year at Utah State they were in and out of the AP top 25 College Basketball Rankings. Utah State finished the regular season with a record of 25 wins against only 2 losses, but lost to Cal St. Northridge in the Big West Conference tournament semifinal game, ending their chance at an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. Utah State was then denied an at large bid into the tournament, and became the only team to ever finish the season in the AP top 25 rankings and not be selected into the NCAA tournament. University of the Pacific, the team that went on to represent the

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, went on to upset two teams and make it into the Sweet 16. While at Utah State, Butler was known for his dunking ability.

ABA career

Butler started playing semi-professionally with the San Diego Wildcats in 2004 in the

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and he was chosen for the

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and

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ABA All Star-Games.

References

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