Caron Butler

In a postseason full of injuries, there have already been plenty of impressive cases of guys playing through pain and helping their teams in their time of need. Amar'e Stoudemire playing well in Sunday's Game 4 win against the Miami Heat after suffering a hand laceration (via fire extinguisher ) is the most notable, but Clippers wing Caron Butler has also decided to play despite having suffered a broken hand in Game 1 of their series vs. the Memphis Grizzlies. In a sport where players need...Read Full Story

The Clippers, down by as many as 27 points in the second half, somehow managed to stun the Grizzlies in front of their home fans, picking up a near-impossible 99-98 win.With nine minutes left, the Clippers trailed Memphis 95-71 before the Clippers played their best nine minutes of defensive basketball of the season.“Our guys didn’t give up,” Vinny Del Negro said.It’s the biggest postseason comeback in the last decade.Despite winning, the Clippers did lose Caron Butler to a fractured left...Read Full Story

When things went wrong for the Clippers for the first 39 minutes of Game 1 against Memphis, they went terribly wrong. They were able to come back from most of that and get the win. But one thing will linger — Caron Butler has a broken left hand and will be out at least a… Read more Caron Butler newsRead Full Story

Here are some more random videos that didn't make the cut this week but might be worth viewing if you have some time to kill. They weren't strong enough to warrant their own post but as a package, it seems to work... NBA Bans Caron Butler from Chewing on Straws During Games - This might be one of the weirdest sports rituals I have ever seen.  Why don't you try a mouth-guard or some gum, Caron?    Pigeon Riding the Subway - This pigeon is the shit! He's like "My wings are mad tired, yo. I...Read Full Story

A few years ago the Washington Post's Dan Steinberg did a piece on Washington Wizards guard Caron Butler and his habit of chewing on straws. According to the 2007 piece, Butler used to chew on toothpicks during games, but that was frowned upon, so he started chewing straws and has been doing that for more than a decade."I had a good performance and it was something that became a habit, and I started doing it all the time," Butler told Steinberg. "So before every game, I stop at the nearest...Read Full Story