Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butleris an American professional basketball player who last played for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He has previously played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Point Breeze area of South Philadelphia...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 May 1979
CityPhiladelphia, PA
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It's a new system for me, and I'm trying to go out there and make plays, ... Some days, I come in early to watch game tapes or talk to guys like P.J. Brown, Nachbar and David West, so they can give me some pointers about the offense. Coach Scott makes it easy for you because he lets you play your game. I'm trying to pay attention to everything.
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It showed a lot of resilience, we showed toughness tonight. We showed a lot of character. Both our ball handlers were out tonight. ... I think it showed we have a lot of character on this team. We're trying to make a playoff push.
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It's much different than being in Miami. There's not too many places you can go where people don't know who you are.
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They had to rotate to David West because he is such a good shooter from 17 feet. But once they rotated, he saw me and swung it to me in rhythm and luckily for us, I was ... able to make the shot.
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There were a lot of plays that knocked the wind out of them. We kept them at a distance.
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You play for a good team like that, everybody has a specific job, ... If you're a guy who shoots well, that's all you do. If you're a guy who passes the ball well, that's what you do. But I saw this opportunity with the Hornets as something different, not just to be a shooting specialist, but having a chance to expand my game.
defend players
I want be someone that they know will defend them, ... They're all one-on-one players who come at you every night.
couple hit knew
After I hit my first couple of shots, I knew I had it going a little bit.