Butler never had the luxury of choosing the source of his support. When he needed $5,500 to pay for prep school in Maine, he got it from a drug-dealing friend. They remain close. But when Butler ...

As a child, Caron Butler looked forward to little more than a life of struggle and crime. Now after 14 years in the NBA, Butler tells the story of his journey from drug dealer to pro basketball ...

Caron Butler put together a strong career in the NBA. He was a two-time All-Star who won a title in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks. But for a point in his youth, it didn’t seem like he was going ...

Caron Butler's autobiography "Tuff Juice," details the NBA player's journey from a drug-dealing ... Butler writes that he was a drug dealer by age 11 and arrested 15 times before the ...

Caron Butler, the newest Pistons free agent acquisition, goes back to his hometown of Racine, WI to talk about his hard-scrabble upbringing dealing drugs.

Caron Butler didn’t sling a little dope. He slung a lot. And before he was 15, he’d been arrested 15 times, he said. “Looking back, I was a lost kid,” Butler, an NBA veteran and new member ...

Caron Butler has had quite a successful basketball career. During his 14-year run in the league, he was a two-time All-Star and won a title with the Dallas Mavericks. "Tuff Juice" retired after ...

Rick Geller, right, with Caron Butler. The NBA All-Star called Geller, a retired Racine Police sergeant, a "guardian angel" after he opted not to arrest Butler during a drug raid in 1998.

In his 2015 biography, Caron Butler details his rise to NBA stardom from a childhood surrounded by gangs and violence in Racine, Wis., where he served nine months in jail because of a drug and ...

To see Caron Butler on the basketball court today, you'd have little sense of how far this NBA player has come. As a young boy, he had the dream and the skills, but nearly threw it away for a life ...

Caron Butler's story again is planned to reach the big screen, with an assist from Mark Wahlberg. ... as a gang member and drug dealer in his hometown of Racine, Wisconsin.

As a child, Caron Butler looked forward to little more than a life of struggle and crime. Now entering his 14th season in the NBA, Butler tells the story of his journey from drug dealer to pro ...