Two time All-Star, Caron Butler was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a seven player deal that also sent teammates Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to the Mavs. In return Dallas gets Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, Quinton Ross and James Singleton.
Butler spent most of his childhood in jail, being arrested 15 times before his 15th birthday. Once out of prison Butler asked a local drug dealer for $5,000 to pay for tuition at Maine Central Institute, a prep school that was recommended to Butler. Caron spent two years a MCI to polish his skills on the court and that's where Jim Calhoun saw him play and offered him a scholarship to play at UConn.
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