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**Rasual Butler**
	Los Angeles Clippers – No. 45
	Shooting guard/small forward
Born	May 23, 1979 (age 30); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
League	NBA
Salary	$3,945,000
High school	Roman Catholic High School
College	La Salle
Draft	2nd round, 52nd overall, 2002; Miami Heat
Pro career	2002–present
Former teams	Miami Heat (2003–2005); New Orleans Hornets(2005-2009)
Profile	Info Page

Rasual Butler (born May 23, 1979) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Point Breeze area of south Philadelphia, one of the toughest sections of the city, notorious for crime. After a career at La Salle University, 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]} Rasual recently starred in Trina's music video "Here We Go".^[2]

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.^[3]

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
Career		475	183	23.1	.404	.371	.730	2.6	.8	.4	.5	8.3

[edit] 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
Career		27	6	14.7	.407	.414	.833	1.6	.4	.1	.2	4.8

[edit] References

^ [1]
^ Whitaker, Land (April 17, 2006). "NBA Antics". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/lang_whitaker/04/17/nba.oddities/.
^ "Clippers Acquire Rasual Butler From New Orleans". NBA.com. 2009-08-12. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090812.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

[edit] External links

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

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[1] Whitaker, Land (April 17, 2006). "NBA Antics". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/lang_whitaker/04/17/nba.oddities/.

[2] "Clippers Acquire Rasual Butler From New Orleans". NBA.com. 2009-08-12. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/breakingnews090812.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

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Contents

[edit] NBA career statistics

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] References

[edit] External links