Rasual Butler

Rasual Butler

No. 9   Toronto Raptors
Small forward / Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth	May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23)
Place of birth	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
League	National Basketball Association
Career history
2002–2005	Miami Heat
2005–2009	New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
2009–2011	Los Angeles Clippers
2011	Chicago Bulls
2011–present	Toronto Raptors
Stats at NBA.com

Rasual Butler (born May 23, 1979) is an American professional basketball player currently playing 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. He was waived by the Clippers on February 28, 2011, and signed with the Chicago Bulls on March 3, 2011.

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

On December 10, 2011 Butler signed a new contract with the Toronto Raptors.

Off the court

• Butler starred in Trina's music video "Here We Go".
• 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

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Miami	72	28	21.0	.362	.292	.731	2.6	1.3	.3	.6	7.5
2003–04	Miami	45	0	15.0	.476	.463	.762	1.4	.5	.2	.3	6.8
2004–05	Miami	65	15	18.5	.399	.373	.771	2.3	1.0	.3	.4	6.5
2005–06	NO/Oklahoma City	79	20	23.7	.406	.380	.693	2.9	.5	.4	.6	8.7
2006–07	NO/Oklahoma City	81	38	27.4	.398	.369	.644	3.2	.8	.5	.7	10.1
2007–08	New Orleans	51	8	17.2	.350	.331	.839	2.0	.7	.3	.4	4.9
2008–09	New Orleans	82	74	31.9	.433	.390	.782	3.3	.9	.6	.7	11.2
2009–10	L.A. Clippers	82	64	33.0	.409	.336	.841	2.9	1.4	.4	.8	11.9
2010–11	L.A. Clippers	41	2	18.1	.323	.326	.667	1.9	.7	.2	.4	5.0
2010–11	Chicago	6	0	4.3	.545	.571	.000	2.0	.0	.0	.0	2.7
Career		604	249	23.9	.401	.361	.751	2.6	.9	.4	.6	8.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Miami	10	0	5.8	.409	.333	.000	1.1	.2	.1	.0	2.1
2004–05	Miami	12	1	15.2	.373	.367	.333	1.5	.6	.1	.1	4.7
2008–09	New Orleans	5	5	31.6	.459	.526	1.000	3.0	.2	.2	.8	10.6
2010–11	Chicago	3	0	2.3	1.000	1.000	.000	.3	.0	.0	.0	1.0
Career		30	6	13.4	.412	.424	.833	1.5	.3	.1	.2	4.4

External links

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