James Caron Butler (born March 13, 1980) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the

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of the

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. During his 14-year NBA career, he played for the

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Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays i ...

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Divisi ...

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

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, and

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. Butler is a two-time

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. He was the 2002

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while playing for the Connecticut Huskies.

Early life

Butler was born and raised in

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, where he suffered through a rough childhood; he was a drug dealer at age 12 and arrested 15 times before the age of 15. Butler discovered his love for basketball while at a youth detention center. Butler played in

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basketball in 1998 and 1999.On Caron Butler and Straws
Voices.washingtonpost.com (April 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2013-08-30. After a brief career at Racine Park High School, he enrolled at Maine Central Institute where he was successful enough to receive a scholarship to attend the

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to play for the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team for coach Jim Calhoun for two years.

College career

At Connecticut, Butler lost and developed his perimeter game. As a freshman, Butler led the Huskies, only two years removed from a national championship, in scoring (15.3 points per game) and rebounds (7.6 per game). The summer after his freshman season, he started for the US team that took home gold in the 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men. Butler improved as a sophomore, averaging 20.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, leading the Huskies to regular-season and tournament

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titles. His accolades included Big East tournament MVP, co-Big East player of the year (with Pittsburgh's Brandin Knight), and second-team

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n.Butler Selected by Miami With 10th Pick
. www.UConnHuskies.com Butler led the Huskies to the Elite 8 of the NCAA basketball tournament. In the quarter-final game, he scored 32 points but the Huskies lost a close game to the eventual national champion

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. After the season ended, Butler declared for the NBA draft.

NBA career

Miami Heat (2002–2004)

Butler was a lottery pick in the 2002 NBA draft, selected with the 10th overall pick by the rebuilding

. Miami relied on the rookie Butler immediately: he started all 78 games he played in during the season. He finished with an average of 15.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game—the latter good for 8th in the league. Miami won just 25 games and missed the playoffs, but Butler excelled. He won rookie-of-the-month awards four times during the season, was picked to play in the rookie challenge game at that year's All-Star weekend in Atlanta, and at season's end was named to the first team on the

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. After the season, Miami entered the draft lottery, drafted

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, and acquired

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from the

. In the 2003–2004 season, Butler struggled with injuries, starting just 56 of 68 games. His scoring average fell to 9.2 points, but Miami's balanced offense led by Wade, Odom, and Eddie Jones propelled Miami into the playoffs. In the first round, the Heat and the

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battled in a grueling 7-game series in which the home team won every game. In game 7, Miami closed out the series with Butler scoring 23 points with 9 rebounds. The Heat advanced to the play the top-seeded

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, who were heavily favored and won the first two games of the series before Miami responded with two home wins to tie the series at two games apiece. Butler scored 21 points with 10 rebounds in the fourth game, but the Pacers won the series in six games. After the season, Miami traded Butler, Odom and

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to the

for superstar center

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Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2005)

The Lakers had been a title contender but were now in rebuilding mode led by superstar guard

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. Butler started in all of his 77 games in the 2004–2005 season, averaging 15.5 points a game with a then-career-high field-goal percentage of 44.5% percent. The Lakers struggled with injuries and a midseason coaching change, and failed to make the playoffs. The Lakers traded Butler and Chucky Atkins to the

for Kwame Brown and

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Washington Wizards (2005–2010)

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Sports.espn.go.com (March 12, 2008). Retrieved on 2013-08-30. by coach Eddie Jordan for his aggressive and passionate play,'Tough Juice' hits the spot
Washington Times (April 17, 2006). Retrieved on 2013-08-30. epitomized by Butler's 20 rebounds in the Game 6 loss of the playoff-opening-round series against

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and the

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. On January 17, 2007, Butler made his first game-winning basket, a dunk off a pass from DeShawn Stevenson with 2.2 seconds remaining against the Knicks to give the Wizards a 99–98 win. Butler was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for January 15–21, 2007. It was his best season yet, posting career-high averages in rebounds, assists, and points. He was named as a reserve to the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star team, his first appearance. He broke his hand late in the season attempting to block a shot and sat out the playoffs, along with the injured Gilbert Arenas, and the Wizards were swept in their opening-round rematch with the Cavaliers. In the 2007-08 season, Butler, who was sidelined with a hip injury, was nonetheless selected as a reserve for the

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in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in

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. He missed 20 of the Wizards' last 35 games of the season. He returned to the lineup on March 13 (his 28th birthday), when the Wizards hosted the Cavaliers. He scored 19 points (8-for-18 field goals) and five rebounds in 41 minutes in the Wizards' 101–99 win.

Dallas Mavericks (2010–2011)

On February 13, 2010, Butler was traded to the

along with Brendan Haywood and Deshawn Stevenson for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton, and Quinton Ross. The Mavericks qualified for the

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as the second seed in the Western Conference, but were upset in six games by the

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in the first round. On January 4, 2011, Butler was ruled out for the rest of the 2010–11 season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patellar tendon. The Mavericks went on to defeat the

4–2 in the 2011 NBA Finals to claim their first NBA championship.

Los Angeles Clippers (2011–2013)

On December 9, 2011, Butler signed a three-year, $24 million deal with the

. During his two seasons as a starter with the Clippers, he helped the team reach the playoffs twice.

Milwaukee Bucks (2013–2014)

On July 10, 2013, Butler was traded to the

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alongside Eric Bledsoe in a three-way trade that had both Jared Dudley from the Suns and JJ Redick from the

join the Clippers and two different second round picks being sent to the Bucks. On August 29, 2013, the Suns traded Butler to the

for Ish Smith and

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. On November 22, Butler scored a game-leading 38 points, his largest single game total since 2009, during an overtime 115–107 loss to the

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. On February 27, 2014, Butler was bought out of his contract by the Bucks, and in 34 games, he averaged 11.0 points per game.

Oklahoma City Thunder (2014)

On March 1, 2014, Butler signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Butler finished the season having played in 22 regular season games and 17 playoff games for the Thunder, as they qualified for the Western Conference Finals where they were defeated by the

Detroit Pistons (2014–2015)

On July 15, 2014, Butler signed with the

to a reported two-year, $9 million contract. On June 11, 2015, Butler was traded, along with Shawne Williams, to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Ersan İlyasova. However, he was later waived by the Bucks on June 30, 2015.

Sacramento Kings (2015–2016)

On July 23, 2015, Butler signed with the

. He received minimal minutes during the 2015–16 season and made just 17 appearances, averaging 3.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. On June 21, 2016, Butler exercised his player option with the Kings for the 2016–2017 season. However, he was later waived by the Kings on July 4, 2016, after he reached an agreement with the team to have his contract bought out. Butler's final NBA game was on April 11, 2016, in a 105 - 101 victory over the

where he recorded 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

Retirement

Butler announced his retirement on February 6, 2018.

Coaching career

On November 14, 2020, the

announced that they had hired Butler as assistant coach.

Other activities

In 2015, Butler released an autobiography entitled ''Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA''. In 2019

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signed on as the executive producer of Butler's

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of the same name. In 2017, he participated within Global Mixed Gender Basketball (GMGB), which is the first professional basketball league to support unified play between men and women, by being a color commentator for games. He also owns a team in the newly developed league known as the Wisconsin Cheeseheads. Also in 2017, Butler joined

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as full-time college basketball and NBA analyst. In 2018 Butler joined FS1 as an NBA analyst.

Personal life

Caron Butler is a Christian. After Butler was sent to a juvenile institution, he began to change his life by reading

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verses. Butler began taking his interest in basketball seriously when he looked out his window at a basketball court at Ethan Allen Juvenile Detention. Butler spoke of it saying, "

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puts stuff in front of you for a reason." Butler also said, "God put his hands on my life. odsaid, 'I'm going to touch you so that you can touch others.'" Butler attended a surprise birthday party for Anthony Fadel, a 16-year-old in the Washington, D.C. area when invited by the boy's family. The party was held in May 2007, and the event was primarily reported by blogs, since Wizards' PR purposely did not cover the event to preserve the sincerity of Butler's gesture. After working at

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in his youth, Butler now owns six of the fast food restaurants across the United States. He has taken Business Management classes at

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.Helin, Kurt (July 21, 2010)
"Caron Butler used to work at a Burger King, now owns six"
''nbcsports.com''. Butler is the son of Mattie Claybrook Paden. His father left him when he was born to join the

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. His mother married Melvin and he has younger brother Melvin III. Caron and Andrea Pink Butler met at UConn's pre college summer program. After their sophomore year they traveled to

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in 2005 and married. Butler has a daughter and son from a previous relationship. With wife Andrea he has three other daughters.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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