Caron Butler on the Hustle (Full Length)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
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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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Комментарии • 169

  • @remy7156
    @remy7156 7 лет назад +20

    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.

  • @sanmane7911
    @sanmane7911 5 лет назад +29

    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

  • @humzahhassan4521
    @humzahhassan4521 8 лет назад +110

    Man he was in prison when he was 16 and still managed to get a scholarship and dudes acting like they careers over

    • @cashondeliver
      @cashondeliver 5 лет назад +7

      Humzah Hassan well when you a felon it’s pretty much is over 😂😂😂

  • @toteknowledge
    @toteknowledge 8 лет назад +36

    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!

  • @imPurEGreatness
    @imPurEGreatness 10 лет назад +50

    Can we get more black athletes on this positive level?

  • @traiwitz2736
    @traiwitz2736 3 года назад +7

    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

  • @tdubb82882
    @tdubb82882 8 лет назад +16

    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! 💯

  • @VICESports
    @VICESports  10 лет назад +5

    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

    • @Raul-ex9hg
      @Raul-ex9hg 2 месяца назад

      @VICESports you guys really out did yourself with this one, great from start to end! This should have been a 2 hour episode

  • @1800jr
    @1800jr 9 лет назад +10

    lmao i started dying when he said tony romo n showed his pic

  • @recover6109
    @recover6109 10 лет назад +34

    I want to hear up to the point Uconn recruited him!

  • @jlee562
    @jlee562 8 лет назад +15

    Damn Caron is a G.

  • @tieuellegacy
    @tieuellegacy 8 лет назад +17

    All new respect for this player.

  • @Antman_9602
    @Antman_9602 4 года назад +7

    Damn dude ran all the way down Durand to Sheridan in under 30 min

  • @Pogoc7
    @Pogoc7 9 лет назад +24

    You're doing a great job vice sports!

  • @richardnunez3474
    @richardnunez3474 9 лет назад +17

    Thank you so much vice you folks always do great work.

  • @dablikecaleb5122
    @dablikecaleb5122 8 лет назад +12

    I live in Racine and the Jameel guarhi guy is my trainer right now!!!

  • @leonscott543
    @leonscott543 9 лет назад +147

    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....

    • @northpolegs6201
      @northpolegs6201 8 лет назад +2

      Great comment.U hit the nail on the head

    • @Tesla_ofthe_Skies
      @Tesla_ofthe_Skies 5 лет назад +3

      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!

    • @samuelhong4272
      @samuelhong4272 4 года назад

      it's called investigative journalism!

    • @samuelhong4272
      @samuelhong4272 4 года назад

      it's called investigative journalism!

    • @CamJames
      @CamJames 4 года назад

      @@Tesla_ofthe_Skies they all do a better job than Fox. Fox is the worst mainstream news channel by a long shot.

  • @REVJHD
    @REVJHD 9 лет назад +36

    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.

    • @BrandlTheEconomist
      @BrandlTheEconomist 9 лет назад +10

      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....

    • @wbl2012
      @wbl2012 9 лет назад

      Michael Brandl

    • @wbl2012
      @wbl2012 9 лет назад +3

      matt dwyer *wif

    • @certifiedmg3437
      @certifiedmg3437 7 лет назад +2

      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.

    • @sircjgentleman
      @sircjgentleman 5 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @coachb2766
    @coachb2766 5 лет назад +5

    Dude gonna run for mayor of the city one day.

  • @Sam_B1
    @Sam_B1 8 лет назад +12

    So that's how a Burger King burger is made..

  • @polorican5023
    @polorican5023 9 лет назад +14

    tuff juice is one of the realest in the NBA

  • @alwynsalazar
    @alwynsalazar 4 года назад +4

    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

  • @PvMIceCube
    @PvMIceCube 9 лет назад +6

    Nigga made the whopper all wrong, meat then cheese then pickles and ketchup on that bottom bun

  • @lovenlightman
    @lovenlightman 8 лет назад +8

    Thanks. He is a strong person. And he did not forget what he came from. He wants to help others.

  • @steven1boricuavideo
    @steven1boricuavideo 9 лет назад +10

    BEST CLIP EVER
    LOVE FROM NEWARK NJ 💯✔️

  • @dn4244
    @dn4244 8 лет назад +3

    Unbelievable story. Much respect to Caron Butler.

  • @drphot6050
    @drphot6050 6 лет назад +2

    Such a relatable story to me and he's such an inspiration to me and many thanks Vice Sports and Tough Juice!

  • @mrtruthhurts2307
    @mrtruthhurts2307 6 лет назад +4

    Caron Butler what a good dude

  • @xavierrainey8747
    @xavierrainey8747 4 года назад +11

    Who would ever think a state like Wisconsin would have a hood?

  • @keshawnerving1497
    @keshawnerving1497 8 лет назад +2

    Why doesnt this come on tv? It would be really good too watch

  • @stevenmcdowell2560
    @stevenmcdowell2560 6 лет назад +1

    God bless you Caron Butler ,you truly overcame all of the troubles up in the hood,went to the NBA ,& it was all good.

  • @garrrettt
    @garrrettt 9 лет назад +6

    Worked at Burger King but stay chewin McDonalds straws lol
    Great story tho man never knew this bout Caron

  • @Mr813Fla
    @Mr813Fla 4 года назад +4

    Tony Romo was a hooper

  • @arym1108
    @arym1108 6 лет назад +5

    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...

  • @frankiejaimes1
    @frankiejaimes1 7 лет назад +4

    Wow! Much respect Caron.

  • @FlashGiordani93
    @FlashGiordani93 6 лет назад +2

    great mini doc but i cringed when i saw that man go barehanded into the food at bk lmao

  • @godzshadow9001
    @godzshadow9001 6 лет назад +2

    Solid ball player or my Washington Bullets/Wizards. Salute from PG County MD

  • @baristayagee3399
    @baristayagee3399 4 года назад +1

    Could relate same boat. goodlooking for this one needed it 100%

  • @RuntzAHK
    @RuntzAHK 9 лет назад +27

    Some people just don't understand the struggle since most of yall was giving everything to your needs since birth

    • @Slim545
      @Slim545 7 лет назад +3

      oTehReconz exactly than they speak on it as if they know wat it is

    • @mrniceguy1291
      @mrniceguy1291 5 лет назад

      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.

    • @cashondeliver
      @cashondeliver 5 лет назад

      mr niceguy there’s a difference in poor and a poverty

  • @yuupppdre9069
    @yuupppdre9069 4 года назад +4

    Ayeee Tony Romo used to ball... he still can lol

  • @ricosandia5378
    @ricosandia5378 Год назад

    such a real testimony by him. todo respect for what he has done post NBA.

  • @geraldtyler8790
    @geraldtyler8790 5 лет назад +2

    Caron Butler, much love and respect !! I fucks with you Brah !!

  • @Cronellishways
    @Cronellishways Месяц назад

    Love your story, Caron. God bless you.

  • @timothyplatt3300
    @timothyplatt3300 4 года назад +2

    I took a lot of things from this... but let's recognize that Caron makes the most legit WHOPPER this side of the Mississippi.

  • @armanncabrera9072
    @armanncabrera9072 8 лет назад +2

    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

  • @R-Mc
    @R-Mc 8 дней назад

    I went to school with him I graduated from Park high school in Racine Wisconsin 2000 he graduated a year before me

  • @briananderson9650
    @briananderson9650 9 дней назад

    I watched all of the wire and I don’t remember nothing about Bardsdale Mom 😂

  • @theramblingsofbod757
    @theramblingsofbod757 Год назад

    Crime in sports podcast did an episode on him. What a story!!

  • @butterfrank2071
    @butterfrank2071 5 лет назад +1

    U gonna be for every bless mane bring some of that blessings to Miami

  • @turninup8114
    @turninup8114 6 лет назад +2

    Great story!

  • @jumpmanm24
    @jumpmanm24 8 лет назад +4

    true inspiration this is a must watch !!

  • @j.namwen.97
    @j.namwen.97 8 лет назад +5

    I didnt even know Romo played basketball 😂😂😂 great story fr though.

    • @llong3316
      @llong3316 8 лет назад

      Was pretty good too

  • @trevordux9373
    @trevordux9373 2 года назад

    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.

  • @curiouslymavismade
    @curiouslymavismade Год назад

    This is a rugged story, God definitely blessed you, Caron.

  • @Mz3P1c
    @Mz3P1c 9 лет назад +3

    His car door opens the wrong way

    • @EndoTelevision
      @EndoTelevision 9 лет назад +3

      Alex Picinich its called a suicide door

    • @Sincewayback1997
      @Sincewayback1997 9 лет назад +3

      You know nothing about luxury cars

    • @Mz3P1c
      @Mz3P1c 9 лет назад

      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

    • @Fuegolino
      @Fuegolino 8 лет назад

      +Alex Picinich since you like nice car, RUclips Rolls Royce...check out the phantom, ghost & wraith...you will not b disappointed

  • @westphillybull360
    @westphillybull360 7 лет назад +1

    great story!!

  • @flat_life750
    @flat_life750 10 лет назад +1

    Hell fuckin yeah a subie hawkeye at 1:20

  • @ScrillaTMU
    @ScrillaTMU 6 лет назад +2

    Tough juice 💪🏾

  • @billyyoon010
    @billyyoon010 10 лет назад +17

    Tony Romo should have stuck with bball..

    • @tLoko
      @tLoko 10 лет назад +41

      All of his passes would've still been intercepted.

    • @FreshDeli97
      @FreshDeli97 10 лет назад

      TLOKO hahahahaha! Good one!

  • @Tesla_ofthe_Skies
    @Tesla_ofthe_Skies 5 лет назад +3

    "4.5 Will get you in the game anything less is just a GD shame!"

  • @certifiedmg3437
    @certifiedmg3437 7 лет назад +1

    RACILLA!!!!!!! Racine,Wisconsin! Caron know my cousin Aziz and the Hicks

  • @jas1511
    @jas1511 10 лет назад +1

    Real dude man

  • @tmonjr8490
    @tmonjr8490 8 лет назад +1

    nice.very inspiring

  • @briananderson9650
    @briananderson9650 9 дней назад

    And back to the Barksdale thing, he was pushing kilos Butler talk about he had a little ounce

  • @briananderson9650
    @briananderson9650 9 дней назад

    Tony romo.😂 I thought he only played football

  • @alexbballboy
    @alexbballboy 10 лет назад +1

    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?

    • @jamesdocker8629
      @jamesdocker8629 6 лет назад

      alexbballboy that's how u get more views so u get more money for ads

  • @Kefiafusu
    @Kefiafusu 7 лет назад +1

    info on the last beat?

  • @axljonsson1716
    @axljonsson1716 10 лет назад +1

    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

    • @ikeacaha4460
      @ikeacaha4460 9 лет назад +9

      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

  • @rlucas96
    @rlucas96 4 года назад +3

    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.

    • @cna9840
      @cna9840 4 года назад +2

      ryan lucas trust me Racine isn’t the worst place ... there’s just not much opportunity to grow

    • @rlucas96
      @rlucas96 4 года назад +1

      @@cna9840 completely understand that

    • @Squarian33
      @Squarian33 3 года назад

      Yeah cause nice houses kept you fed....fuckin moron

  • @sbizzle23
    @sbizzle23 5 лет назад

    Who are the 34 idiots that disliked. This is a success story

  • @jamailwalker5875
    @jamailwalker5875 6 лет назад

    my nigga been through it all he got my vote.

  • @IceKareemTV
    @IceKareemTV 6 лет назад +3

    Was it his tho?

    • @markbaz4200
      @markbaz4200 4 года назад

      They Planted it.... Just to let him know they could've if they wanted to and "scare him straight"!

  • @Kefiafusu
    @Kefiafusu 5 лет назад +2

    discount rasheed wallace sighting.

  • @damarimck
    @damarimck 9 лет назад +1

    Caron Butler low key look like tre Melvin

  • @marcusmcnair7479
    @marcusmcnair7479 5 лет назад +1

    This could ha ve been Trayvon Martin when some people misjudge young black men

  • @austinhoffman219
    @austinhoffman219 8 лет назад +8

    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.

    • @gd1889
      @gd1889 2 года назад

      Fafsa?

  • @---Kai
    @---Kai 9 лет назад +1

    9:29 is that michael b jordan?

  • @kidscarj5978
    @kidscarj5978 7 лет назад +1

    21st Street !

  • @camronburks7628
    @camronburks7628 3 года назад

    he knew my uncle

  • @TheSportsandFilmFellowship
    @TheSportsandFilmFellowship 10 лет назад

    Real dude

  • @Entropy106
    @Entropy106 5 лет назад +1

    I remember when I first watched butler when I was 8, I thought he was Mexican

  • @brittdavid8591
    @brittdavid8591 6 лет назад

    King CB

  • @bigbwitdathirdeyeopen4526
    @bigbwitdathirdeyeopen4526 Год назад

    I know when he got to DC he seen same shit just in a east coast Way

  • @danielgershowitz7624
    @danielgershowitz7624 10 лет назад +6

    ROFL that would be one Dauan Blair's baby mommas

  • @ryanbarelli1463
    @ryanbarelli1463 9 лет назад

    he aint wear no gloves makin that whopper

    • @RV1AND
      @RV1AND 9 лет назад +9

      Ryan Barelli Luckily he was making it for himself

  • @sidris9529
    @sidris9529 Год назад

    Ja Morant wishes he was like this

  • @Braydog101
    @Braydog101 5 лет назад

    Cheese before the pickles Caron

  • @Lost1ne33
    @Lost1ne33 8 лет назад

    now if yall don't have problems n living in the hood u better be busin your ass

  • @Phillip1400
    @Phillip1400 16 дней назад

    Hood SuperHero

  • @zodiacstop9096
    @zodiacstop9096 5 лет назад

    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

  • @Slim545
    @Slim545 8 лет назад +1

    fukking sad

  • @bushmastersavimbi3379
    @bushmastersavimbi3379 10 лет назад +1

    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.

  • @manyamental4200
    @manyamental4200 4 года назад

    What a magnificent jewel of a BLACK MAN😘😍

  • @zodiacstop9096
    @zodiacstop9096 5 лет назад

    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

  • @armin38822
    @armin38822 9 лет назад

    is kinda fucked up to see how everybody wants to shake his hand.

    • @TheBasketballfan24
      @TheBasketballfan24 9 лет назад

      Why?

    • @TheBasketballfan24
      @TheBasketballfan24 9 лет назад +2

      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

    • @armin38822
      @armin38822 9 лет назад

      aaand it also helps the caron butler image ;)

    • @TheBasketballfan24
      @TheBasketballfan24 9 лет назад +3

      armin38822 Tbh I doubt he cares about his image he isnt no superstar.. we are not talking about a Kobe, Lebron or KD

  • @morganfreeman1683
    @morganfreeman1683 10 лет назад

    Who the fuck is this guy?

    • @yeezusdropout
      @yeezusdropout 9 лет назад +3

      He averaged 20.3 points for his career. He played for many teams look him up on RUclips. He is a very good player.

    • @Fuegolino
      @Fuegolino 8 лет назад +1

      Who the fuck pretends to be Morgan freeman on RUclips? You really ain't shit

  • @nykkotine2821
    @nykkotine2821 9 лет назад

    .

  • @BanaGa
    @BanaGa 9 лет назад

    Career scrub

    • @jwildman95bamf
      @jwildman95bamf 9 лет назад +5

      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

    • @jerrybronham
      @jerrybronham 8 лет назад +2

      +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

  • @sesshomaruskii
    @sesshomaruskii 5 лет назад

    🐀

  • @dosHalfandHalf
    @dosHalfandHalf 10 лет назад +2

    playing rick ross at a block party smh

    • @AGdrizzy
      @AGdrizzy 10 лет назад +24

      Shut the fuck up fatass. Thats not important, listen to what he is talking bout u negative piece of shit

    • @dosHalfandHalf
      @dosHalfandHalf 10 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @communityevangelist4506
      @communityevangelist4506 3 года назад

      @@AGdrizzy 😂😂😭