[61] However, in the Timberwolves' first game after the All-Star break, on February 23 against the Houston Rockets, Butler left the game late in the third quarter with a right knee injury. [14] The Mavericks went on to defeat the Miami Heat 42 in the 2011 NBA Finals to claim their first NBA championship. Jimmy Butler's near triple double helps Miami secure 101-99 win in Philadelphia The Heat get their first W after all-star break and snap 4 game losing streak. [80] On December 9, Butler was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week after he averaged 27.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game. He also appeared in 65 postseason contests (49 starts) and averaged 11.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.12 steals and 31.4 minutes while shooting 39.9 percent from the floor, 28.6 percent from three-point range and 83.8 percent from the line. No, it has nothing to do with rooting against LeBron James and the bitter rival Cavs. [41] On November 20, he scored a season-high 40 points in a 118110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Butler's final NBA game was on April 11, 2016 in a 105 - 101 victory over the Phoenix Suns where he recorded 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block. That's never going to change. His teammates started calling him Tough Juice because he frequently motivated them for a better game even when he struggled to recover from the injury. [93][94] Butler finished the regular season leading the league in steals with 2.1 steals per game. Butler and his wife Andrea reside in Miami and have a son, James Caron (JC), Jr. who is a redshirt senior on a basketball scholarship at UC-Irvine and four daughters, Camary, Mia, Ava and Gia. Butler was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. [35] The party was held in May 2007, and the event was primarily reported by Internet blogs, since Wizards PR purposely did not cover the event to preserve the sincerity of Butler's gesture. Butler also achieved the most 40-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist playoff games in Heat history with three, one more than James and Wade. Despite 32 points from Butler, the Huskies lost a close game to the eventual national champion Maryland Terrapins. He finally began working as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat on November 14, 2020. Together with teammate Bam Adebayo who posted 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, they became the first pair in league history to register triple-doubles in the same game more than once. He filled numerous roles with Turner Sports including being featured on NBA TVs signature studio show, NBA Game Time, and NBA on TNTs PlayersOnly franchise. [43] On December 28, he matched his season high with 40 points and hit a 20-footer at the buzzer to give the Bulls a 10199 comeback victory over the Brooklyn Nets. On December 9, 2011, Butler signed a three-year, $24 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. Joakim Noah Bio: NBA, Team Ambassador, Girlfriend Who Is Aaron Rodgers Wife? [96][97] On December 28, he recorded 25 points, eight rebounds, and a career-high 15 assists in a 119112 loss to the Washington Wizards. By season's end, Butler would also be named to the first team on the NBA All-Rookie Team. The only players that have more such games are James (12) and Shaquille O'Neal (8). Butler met Andrea in the early 2000s when he played for the University of Connecticut. 10 overall in 2002 by . [48] After questioning the desire of the team's younger players following a loss to the Atlanta Hawks on January 25, Butler was fined and held out of the starting lineup against the Miami Heat on January 27 as punishment. Caron Butler joins Whitlock and Wiley to talk Jimmy Butler trade rumors | NBA | SPEAK FOR YOURSELF - YouTube Caron Butler joins Marcellus Wiley and Jason Whitlock to discuss Jimmy. Caron had started his NBA league journey when the Miami Heat selected him in the 2002 NBA draft. [85] On September 8, Miami advanced to the next round after Game 5 win, thus completing the upset. Caron Butler on IMDb: Movies, Tv, Celebrities, and more. DIRK NOWITZKI BX1=E141 #10. This article was last updated by Krishna Gurung on February 10, 2023. [82] On January 30, 2020, Butler was named to his fifth NBA All-Star Game. Soon after, Butler received a scholarship from the University of Connecticut to play for the UConn Huskies. Caron Butler in his childhood (Source: Amino Apps). Butler with the Washington Wizards in 2007, Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, "Third FIBA World Championship For Young Men 2001. Jimmy Butler with 16 points on 10-of-11 shooting from the foul line. I think the brotherhood that we have, were always there for each other when one of us needs to talk or when one of us needs anything. Most recently he earned acclaim hosting the NBA Together initiative. On January 4, 2011, Butler was ruled out for the rest of the 201011 season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patellar tendon. Butler became only the third player in franchise history to have at least 45 points, five assists and five rebounds in a postseason game, joining James and Dwyane Wade. [40] With wife Andrea he has three other daughters.[41]. Butler is a two-time NBA All-Star and the 2002 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. As a result, he played in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for about two years in the late 90s. He began playing inter-school tournaments and showed much promise. The Lakers had been a title contender but were now in rebuilding mode, led by superstar guard Kobe Bryant. . He had already become an infamous drug dealer at age 15. Butler began taking his interest in basketball seriously when he looked out his window at a basketball court at Ethan Allen Juvenile Detention. Jimmy Butler a sonn la rvolte cette nuit : le boss du Heat en avait marre de perdre alors il l'a fait savoir. On June 21, 2016, Butler exercised his player option with the Kings for the 201617 season. ", NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler rooting for 'little brother' on Atlanta Falcons. He scored eight consecutive Heat points at the end of regulation just to get them into the extra session. Caron Butler; Anthony Carter; Octavio De La Grana; Eric Glass; Chris Quinn; Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended . In the playoffs, the Heat were eliminated in a four-game sweep by the Milwaukee Bucks who would go on to win the NBA Finals. His work ethic is great. Before he was fifteen he had been arrested over a dozen times for minor . They had offered him around $27.5 million. However, the NBA veteran ultimately took a break from professional basketball in 2018. Butler announced his retirement from the NBA on February 6, 2018. In his freshman year in college, Butler led the Huskies in both scoring (15.6 ppg.) [36] On April 2, he recorded his first career triple-double with 28 points and career highs of 17 rebounds and 12 assists in a 9490 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Butler started in all of his 77 games in the 20042005 season, averaging 15.5 points a game with a then career high field goal percentage of 44.5% percent. [24][25] On December 9, he scored a then career-high 36 points in a loss to the Boston Celtics. Butler was a lottery pick in the 2002 NBA draft, selected with the 10th overall pick by the rebuilding Miami Heat. Butler was traded by the HEAT to the Los Angeles Lakers on July 14, 2004 along with Brian Grant, Lamar Odom and a first-round pick in the deal that brought Shaquille ONeal to Miami. His father left him when he was born to join the Marines. "Honestly, I enjoyed it a lot," Leslie said. He became the sixth player with multiple triple-doubles in a Finals series along with James, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and Draymond Green. [10] Butler was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for January 1521, 2007. The Mavericks qualified for the 2010 NBA Playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference, but were upset in six games by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round. [91], On February 11, 2021, Butler recorded his 10th career triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the Heat's 10194 win over the Houston Rockets. Considered a two-star recruit by 247Sports.com,[8] he was listed as the No. Thats more food. Caron grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, and had a tough childhood. Tag Lamar Jackson? Caron Butler Shoots To Elevate Others 06/06/2017. [99] On February 3, Butler was named a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, making it his sixth career All-Star selection. So he left his college career two years ahead and went for the draft in 2002. He became the first Bulls player to score 50 points since Jamal Crawford in 2004. In his sophomore season, Butler increased his scoring average to 20.3 points per game and helped UConn reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA basketball tourney. Soon they began to see each other and dated for about five years before getting married. [126], In the NBA Bubble, Butler opened his own coffee shop, which he operated out of his hotel room using his French press coffee brewer, charging $20 per cup. I remember writing my mother letters, so many letters, telling her how much I loved her and if I was to get out, I would never, ever hurt her again, he said. "Theres a lot of discrepancy about who won, but Im going to say I won," Leslie said with a laugh. Thats something I can pick his brain about: how to get in and out of cuts better.". After retiring from professional basketball, he joined ESPN as an NBA analyst and overlooked college basketball. Despite Miami winning just 25 games and missing the playoffs, Butler proved to be a notable rookie, winning the rookie of the month awards four times during the season while also getting selected to play in the rookie challenge game at that year's All-Star weekend in Atlanta. [75] In Game 1 of the 76ers' first-round playoff series against the Nets, Butler scored a game-high 36 points in a 111102 loss. After his freshman season at Tyler, where he had averaged 18.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, Butler drew interest from Division I programs. The Heat lost 108-103 to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday for their fourth straight loss. [74] On January 29, Butler was shifted to point guard and had 20 points and six assists in a 121105 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. However, he wrote his first book Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA, an autobiography, while he was still actively playing in the league. [127] A year later, he officially launched his coffee brand, and planned to dedicate his time into the coffee roastery business post-retirement. Jimmy Junebug Carter could sell drugs like the best of them. But theres some people out there that have good hearts and good intentions thats trying to better their self and just going about it a little bit in the wrong way. As a senior and team captain in 200607, Butler averaged 19.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game and was subsequently voted his team's most valuable player. NBA Top 10 du jour : Jimmy Butler l'arrive d'un alley oop, c'est beau . He is also the second player to reach such stats in NBA playoff history after Gary Payton in 2000. ADVERTISEMENT #Kimmel #GameNight #NBAFinals. May 11 rebounds pa si Butler, kapos ng isang assist para sa triple-double at may 4 steals pa. Nag-ambag ng 14 points si Gabe . At one point during his teen years, Butler wound up at a maximum-security detention center where his outlook on life changed. [16] 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 Philadelphia 76ers.[17]. I couldn't believe it."[5]. 127 junior college prospect in 2008.[9]. He became one of the top point scorers for the Huskies first season. Racine native and former NBA player Caron Butler teaches basketball to children in China as part of Jr. NBA. He dealt drugs and was arrested more than a dozen times before spending more than a year in prison on drug possession and firearms charges. At Connecticut, Butler lost 15 pounds (6.8kg) off his frame and developed his perimeter game. FYI -- Jimmy reportedly. Thats big. 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Maybe Leslie is a longshot to make the roster, but he was one of 27 Falcons who joined quarterback Matt Ryan for workouts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently. After the surgery, he played six more NBA seasons but could not make significant records. Caron Butler with his wife, Andrea (Source: Pinterest). He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBAs All-Rookie Team in 2002-03. He began playing the sport with other boys there and showed his caliber. He said he drank about six 12 ounce sodas a day and would wake up in the middle of the night to have one. 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