Rasual Butler

Rasual Butler

Free Agent
Small forward / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1979-05-23) May 23, 1979 (age 32) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
High school	Roman Catholic (Philadelphia)
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	La Salle (1998–2002)
NBA Draft	2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53rd overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Pro career	2002–present
Career history
2002–2005	Miami Heat
2005–2009	New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
2009–2011	Los Angeles Clippers
2011	Chicago Bulls
2011–2012	Toronto Raptors

Rasual Butler (born May 23, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Point Breeze area of south Philadelphia.

La Salle

Butler became the sixth Explorer to score over 2,000 points, and at the time of his induction into the La Salle University Hall of Athletes, he ranked fourth among the Explorer’s all-time scorers (2,125). He was named to First Team All-Atlantic 10 (2001, 2002) and was selected to the Verizon Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship All-Tournament team in 2002. He was inducted into the La Salle Hall of Athletes in 2008.

Pro career

Butler was a second round draft choice of the Miami Heat in the 2002 NBA Draft. After three seasons, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part of the largest trade in NBA history. The 4 team trade involved the Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, and Utah Jazz, and featured thirteen players, most notably Eddie Jones, Antoine Walker, Jason Williams and James Posey.^{[citation needed]}

His outside shooting is considered to be his greatest strength, achieving 36 percent over the course of his career and even 46 percent (50 total) during the 2003–04 season from behind the three-point line according to NBA.com. His career-high total were 134 made three-point shots (37 percent) during the 2006–07 NBA season.

During the 2007–08 regular season (still with the New Orleans Hornets) he averaged 17 minutes of action, 4.9 points and 2 rebounds per game while coming mostly from the bench.

On August 12, 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers acquired Butler by trading a conditional 2016 second round draft pick.^[1] He was waived by the Clippers on February 28, 2011,^[2] and signed with the Chicago Bulls on March 3, 2011.^[3]

In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract with CB Gran Canaria.^[4] However, he never made an appearance for them on the court.

On December 10, 2011 Butler signed a new contract with the Toronto Raptors.^[5] He was waived by the Raptors on March 23, 2012.

Off the court

• Butler starred in Trina's music video "Here We Go".^[6]
• Butler is close friends with fellow NBA player Lamar Odom and was seen in episodes of his television show, Khloe and Lamar.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

References

1. ^ "Clippers Acquire Rasual Butler From New Orleans". NBA.com. 2009-08-12. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090812.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Bulls sign free agent Rasual Butler
4. ^ CB Gran Canaria lands former Bulls Rasual Butler
5. ^ "Raptors Sign Free Agent Forward Rasual Butler". NBA.com. 2011-12-10. http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/20111210/21915/raptors-sign-free-agent-forward-rasual-butler. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
6. ^ Whitaker, Land (April 17, 2006). "NBA Antics". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/lang_whitaker/04/17/nba.oddities/. 

External links

• Player Profile - NBA.com
• Rasual Butler at Basketball-Reference.com
• College Statistics