Caron Butler on the Hustle (Full Length)
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Caron Butler is a 12-year veteran of the NBA, but an ATF drug bust nearly ended his basketball career. He was 15 at the time. In this VICE Sports exclusive, Butler takes us on a tour of his childhood hometown and recounts the harrowing stories and random moments that somehow led him to a life no one could have ever predicted.
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Man he was in prison when he was 16 and still managed to get a scholarship and dudes acting like they careers over
Humzah Hassan well when you a felon it’s pretty much is over 😂😂😂
Caron Butler is like the real life D'angelo Barksdale, except Carons mom wanted him out of the family business instead of running it. She the real MVP
He went to my high school ( Washington park ) he was friends with my mom his story is great, one of my favorites I've met him a few times when working community events I have pictures to prove it. Caron is honestly a really humble dude he knows his roots and is involved with the city.
Can we get more black athletes on this positive level?
Take note fugazis....the most humble dude that doesn't aspire for the savagery REALLY was living that shit. Peace to Caron for reinventing & progressing to a better man & example!
this dude gets it fr... sitting for a few days n the part where he say u realize u rlly aint shit words cant emphasize how true that sinking feeling is
crazy watching this because the guy that's training me for the racine route at my job use to be Caron's supervisor named Jody at the Burger King that's in the video and this burger King is one of my stops......Jody said when Caron worked for him he always said that he was going to be in the NBA and he made it! 💯
I want to hear up to the point Uconn recruited him!
Thank you so much vice you folks always do great work.
All new respect for this player.
Damn Caron is a G.
Such a relatable story to me and he's such an inspiration to me and many thanks Vice Sports and Tough Juice!
This is called inverse Fox News..... this is real journalism.... show the WHOLE STORY.... not just the happy, not just the depressing... show the whole thing.... give us the whole perspective....
Great comment.U hit the nail on the head
To call out just Fox News is Naive my man, if you think CNN and MSNBC I hope you dont feel them or any like them is giving it to you straight, but I get your point!
it's called investigative journalism!
it's called investigative journalism!
@@Tesla_ofthe_Skies they all do a better job than Fox. Fox is the worst mainstream news channel by a long shot.
You're doing a great job vice sports!
I feel like they never explained this part: For those who don't know, Racine is a small "city" which is really just a big town, on the south part of Wisconsin. Its a mainshoot off of I-94 which is the perfect stop between Milwaukee and Chicago. Its actually in a rural area of the state, but its location made it home to a ton of industrial and factory workers, low income properties, and thusly drugs. 90% of the coke in Milwaukee comes through the GD's running it from Chi to Milwaukee, then branching over to Madison, St Paul, and onward. While its not considered "hard" in the same sense that maybe north Houston might be, it is still a tough area. There is also an extreme wealth gap in that city, its either poverty, or the SC Johnson executives/family.
REV J I too grew up in Racine. I watched it decay as in the 1980s as REV J explained. As an economist it pains me to see what has happened in Racine. Caron is exactly correct: if all people see is are drug dealers that is what they see themselves becoming. Just as if all they see is investment bankers they will see themselves as investment bankers. How to turn Racine around? Part of the answer is if we could get people like Caron to show & teach the young people of Racine how to start & run successful firms (and get them the capital they need)...then we could start to change how these young people see the future. What a shame it is that it is mostly to the already well off that we teach how to start and run firms....
Michael Brandl
matt dwyer *wif
I was born in Racine in 1979 and moved away to Miami in 1980. I would come up every summer to see family and wanted so bad to move back, but now as an adult when I come back to visit it looks sad. My uncle is Abdul Jeelani(RIP) who is considered the first Racine NBA player.
Don't paint Racine as some poverty stricken wasteland. Just like most cities it has it's good areas and bad areas. People tend to focus on the bad because it gets viewership. Racine has a booming middle class and some of the best architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright in the US. It's also produced some of the most successful companies in the world, JI Case, SC Johnson, Twin Disc, and InSinkErator. Plenty of beautiful places and people in Racine.
Damn dude ran all the way down Durand to Sheridan in under 30 min
lmao i started dying when he said tony romo n showed his pic
BEST CLIP EVER
LOVE FROM NEWARK NJ 💯✔️
Dude gonna run for mayor of the city one day.
Unbelievable story. Much respect to Caron Butler.
Could relate same boat. goodlooking for this one needed it 100%
Thanks. He is a strong person. And he did not forget what he came from. He wants to help others.
I live in Racine and the Jameel guarhi guy is my trainer right now!!!
tuff juice is one of the realest in the NBA
God bless you Caron Butler ,you truly overcame all of the troubles up in the hood,went to the NBA ,& it was all good.
Nigga made the whopper all wrong, meat then cheese then pickles and ketchup on that bottom bun
I remember him being drafted and Caron saying, " I'm going to make every team regret passing on me." I was like damn that's dope. And he went 10th overall which wasn't terrible. Lol
Caron Butler what a good dude
such a real testimony by him. todo respect for what he has done post NBA.
So that's how a Burger King burger is made..
Wow! Much respect Caron.
Who would ever think a state like Wisconsin would have a hood?
Word
every state has plenty.
You obviously know nothing about Milwaukie....
mike man stfu 😂😂😂😂
Xavier Rainey same
Tony Romo was a hooper
Crime in sports podcast did an episode on him. What a story!!
Why doesnt this come on tv? It would be really good too watch
Great story!
true inspiration this is a must watch !!
great story!!
Some people just don't understand the struggle since most of yall was giving everything to your needs since birth
oTehReconz exactly than they speak on it as if they know wat it is
oTehReconz I think most of us are in the "everyday struggle". I understand every case is different. I grew up in poor Mexican area. I chose to stay in the right lane. life is about choices. you see when he decided to go straight, he did it.
mr niceguy there’s a difference in poor and a poverty
Solid ball player or my Washington Bullets/Wizards. Salute from PG County MD
U gonna be for every bless mane bring some of that blessings to Miami
In this VICE Sports exclusive, Caron Butler takes us on a tour of his childhood hometown and recounts the harrowing stories and random moments that somehow led him to a life no one could have ever predicted.
Check out more VICE Sports Meets here: bit.ly/YXsTAM
@VICESports you guys really out did yourself with this one, great from start to end! This should have been a 2 hour episode
Everyone going crazy about romo hoopin but these top level athletes are play professional sports for a reason, because they are world class. Most QBs were also stud pitchers and b-ball players at one point. Most WRs/RBs/TEs could’ve played D1 basketball or ran track somewhere. And they all can pretty much walk into a sport with zero experience and at least compete...bo Jackson, world class baseball player and running back, also drives a golf ball 330yds. Romo- QB, ball player, excels at golf. Russel Wilson has spent his off season doing spring training with the Yankees. Most professional athletes can cross the lines of a different playing field and AT LEAST be competitive...
Caron Butler, much love and respect !! I fucks with you Brah !!
nice.very inspiring
it was cool to meet him a couple years back. playing in the 3v3 gus macker in racine. he was there for the championship game against racine, I mean we smacked that ass because Beloit don't play no games in gus mackers. but he took a picture with us and talked to us a little. he's big but not that big anymore looking at other nba players lol
great mini doc but i cringed when i saw that man go barehanded into the food at bk lmao
yea that shit wild 😂
info on the last beat?
Worked at Burger King but stay chewin McDonalds straws lol
Great story tho man never knew this bout Caron
Man. Honestly. The best stories are from players that are not superstars. I love good people we need more good people. I’m not a good person myself. But this aspires me to be a better person.
Real dude man
Tough juice 💪🏾
Ayeee Tony Romo used to ball... he still can lol
This is a rugged story, God definitely blessed you, Caron.
I took a lot of things from this... but let's recognize that Caron makes the most legit WHOPPER this side of the Mississippi.
Hell fuckin yeah a subie hawkeye at 1:20
RACILLA!!!!!!! Racine,Wisconsin! Caron know my cousin Aziz and the Hicks
I didnt even know Romo played basketball 😂😂😂 great story fr though.
Was pretty good too
my nigga been through it all he got my vote.
His car door opens the wrong way
Alex Picinich its called a suicide door
You know nothing about luxury cars
I know basics about nice cars and that some cars do open in different ways like diagnally i just have never seen a car door open in the exact opposite way James The Rep Reviewer DeShawn jones
+Alex Picinich since you like nice car, CZcams Rolls Royce...check out the phantom, ghost & wraith...you will not b disappointed
Real dude
"4.5 Will get you in the game anything less is just a GD shame!"
Basically the moral of the story is all the kids in that nieghborhood need to be really good at basketball in order to not go to jail or end up dead
No moral of the story you moron is that there is more to life than selling coke. That there is some good that can come out of it. Not just basketball you idiot
I love these videos, but why do you upload a video for part one, a video for part 2, and a full length video? You could just upload the full length video... Do you need views that bad?
alexbballboy that's how u get more views so u get more money for ads
That "hood" sure has alot of nice single homes. Ive lived in worse neighborhoods twice in my life. Sometimes dudes try to make things more than what they are. I heard gunshots damn near everynight when i lived in the 1st ward of allentown. People were shot and robbed all the time. It was just how it was. That neighborhood that Caron grew up in looks like paradise in comparison.
ryan lucas trust me Racine isn’t the worst place ... there’s just not much opportunity to grow
@@cna9840 completely understand that
Yeah cause nice houses kept you fed....fuckin moron
Tony Romo should have stuck with bball..
All of his passes would've still been intercepted.
TLOKO hahahahaha! Good one!
Who are the 34 idiots that disliked. This is a success story
King CB
he knew my uncle
Caron Butler low key look like tre Melvin
21st Street !
9:29 is that michael b jordan?
he aint wear no gloves makin that whopper
Ryan Barelli Luckily he was making it for himself
discount rasheed wallace sighting.
I know when he got to DC he seen same shit just in a east coast Way
Cheese before the pickles Caron
This could ha ve been Trayvon Martin when some people misjudge young black men
Was it his tho?
They Planted it.... Just to let him know they could've if they wanted to and "scare him straight"!
I remember when I first watched butler when I was 8, I thought he was Mexican
now if yall don't have problems n living in the hood u better be busin your ass
fukking sad
+Swindeville 90z ???? It's fukking inspiring
Tom H that too
ROFL that would be one Dauan Blair's baby mommas
Okay...
If you live below the poverty line you can go to college for free. If the inner city schools suck than how are you going to get the skills for college. Disenfranchised youth is in our backyard yet we are wasting billion's in Iraq ext.
Fafsa?
March April babies they're always in the street 1st........ And then all of a certain jackpot......... They're born that way talented individuals.......... They are in every hood in America you heard him....... I don't know how it happened......... Stop taking your kids to church
Ja Morant wishes he was like this
is kinda fucked up to see how everybody wants to shake his hand.
Why?
armin38822 You got a point but Caron Butler the NBA player is rich and for him to come back and do things for the kids is really good
aaand it also helps the caron butler image ;)
armin38822 Tbh I doubt he cares about his image he isnt no superstar.. we are not talking about a Kobe, Lebron or KD
What a magnificent jewel of a BLACK MAN😘😍
Top player in the States Chicago....... Here's an example 30 for 30 Benji PISCES top player in the country......... But they have Temper temper temper
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They brainwashed even the veterans into wearing gay ass new age soccer jerseys. At least you could sport some baggy Maradona jersey like a boss.
+Huey Freeman ☝
:)
Who the fuck is this guy?
He averaged 20.3 points for his career. He played for many teams look him up on CZcams. He is a very good player.
Who the fuck pretends to be Morgan freeman on CZcams? You really ain't shit
Look I l lol
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Career scrub
Man he was part of the big 3 in D.C. with Gilbert Arenas and Antwan Jamison. This dude is a straight man. I always got a soft spot for you Caron when you play my wizards
+Jared Wildberger He was also the second leading scorer on the Mavs when they won it all in 2011. Shame his knee blew out like a 1/4 way of the season
playing rick ross at a block party smh
Shut the fuck up fatass. Thats not important, listen to what he is talking bout u negative piece of shit
lol
@@AGdrizzy 😂😂😭
I don't understand why these pro athlete always want to tell you they came from the hood and grew up hustling in all that. It's like they they're trying to brag about it or some shit.
You missed the entire point