College career

Butler played his college career with the La Salle Explorers. He 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.

Professional career

Butler was selected by the Miami Heat with the 53rd pick of 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 four-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.

His outside shooting is considered to be his greatest strength, shooting 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. 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. He was waived by the Raptors on March 23, 2012. He averaged 3.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 13 minutes of action in 34 games.

On January 18, 2013, Butler joined the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. He was subsequently named the 2013 Impact player of the Year which is awarded to a player who joined an NBA D-League team mid-way through the season and made the greatest contribution following his in-season acquisition.

On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Indiana Pacers. He averaged 2.7 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 50 games.

On September 29, 2014, he signed with the Washington Wizards. After an impressive preseason and a fractured wrist suffered by Bradley Beal, Butler made the final team prior to the start of the 2014-15 season. Within six regular season games, he was a force off the bench as he cemented a role under coach Randy Wittman.

On September 28, 2015, Butler signed with the San Antonio Spurs. On March 9, 2016, he was waived by the Spurs. He averaged 2.7 points, 1.2 rebounds and 9.4 minutes in 46 games.

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. He also was dating Khloe's friend and former assistant, actress Malika Haqq, at the time of his appearance on the show.

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	New Orleans/Oklahoma City	79	20	23.7	.406	.380	.693	2.9	.5	.4	.6	8.7
2006-07	New Orleans/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
2011-12	Toronto	34	14	13.3	.308	.273	.583	1.9	.6	.2	.1	3.2
2013-14	Indiana	50	2	7.6	.464	.419	.571	.8	.3	.1	.2	2.7
2014-15	Washington	70	1	20.1	.422	.387	.791	2.6	.8	.4	.3	7.7
2015-16	San Antonio	46	0	9.4	.471	.306	.688	1.2	.5	.3	.5	2.7
Career		809	266	21.3	.403	.362	.747	2.4	.8	.4	.5	7.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004	Miami	10	0	5.8	.409	.333	.000	1.1	.2	.1	.0	2.1
2005	Miami	12	1	15.2	.373	.367	.333	1.5	.6	.1	.1	4.7
2009	New Orleans	5	5	31.6	.459	.526	1.000	3.0	.2	.2	.8	10.6
2011	Chicago	3	0	2.3	1.000	1.000	.000	.3	.0	.0	.0	1.0
2014	Indiana	10	0	6.3	.357	.417	1.000	.5	.1	.1	.1	1.7
2015	Washington	2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	.5	.5	.0	.0	.0
Career		42	6	11.2	.407	.417	.857	1.2	.3	.1	.1	3.5

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