Caron Butler
Caron Butler
James Caron Butleris an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth13 March 1980
CityRacine, WI
accepted chance everybody experience gave grateful great miss opportunity turned
He gave me an opportunity when everybody turned their back on me. He gave me a chance to come to school. He accepted me into his family. It was a great experience for me at UConn and I am grateful to him for that. I wouldn't miss this for anything.
attacking everybody finding fun knew looks vocal
He looks great. He's attacking and getting to the basket, which is something everybody knew he could do. He's having fun out there and he's being a vocal leader. You can see him finding his place.
earlier losses main road stop three
Our main thing was to go .500 or better (on the road trip). Now that we've got three wins, why stop now? Let's make up for some of the losses earlier in the season.
coming great rattled twice
I don't think it rattled him, but I think it made him think twice about coming in there. (James is) still a great player, he does so many things well, but he did think twice about coming in there.
He just thought my story was real inspiring. I thought it went real well.
demands either gets great job passing people reading situation
He is the most effective, not when he's scoring, but when he gets other people involved. He demands a double-team every night. He did a great job of reading the situation and either going to the rim or passing it off. He's a superstar.
best contact finding finish league players
He is one of the best players in the league and he is only 24. That's scary. The way he absorbs the contact going to the rim, and then finding a way to finish is unbelievable.
fell felt finding followed great job legs
It felt real good. I got my legs under me, I followed through, I really wanted that shot. Chucky did a great job of finding me, and it just fell a little short.
trip
Yeah, it was ugly, but we won. We'll take it, especially after the trip we just had.
We need an almost-perfect game. Ain't that right, L.O.?
basketball win
We've got to have it. Anyway, anyhow. We're going to win this basketball game.
We have to play with the same tenacity. Nothing changes.
asked bench coach felt injury needed obviously opportunity stretch win
If Coach needed me to come off the bench to be successful, I was going to do that. Obviously we went through a stretch in which we didn't win games, and with the injury to Jarvis Hayes, he told me I had the opportunity to start. He asked me how I felt about it, and I said, 'If the team's going to be better with me starting, I'll all for it.' And we've been good. We're 3-1.
came halves shooting time together
I came out shooting early. There have been times that things have been going real well for me, but this was the first time that I've been able to put two halves together like that.