No. 17 – ratiopharm Ulm | |||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||
League | Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Newark, New Jersey |
January 25, 1988 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school |
Bloomfield Tech (Bloomfield, New Jersey) |
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College | West Virginia (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42nd overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Miami Heat | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2011 | VEF Rīga | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Austin Toros | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Okapi Aalstar | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Châlons Reims | ||||||||||||
2015–present | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||
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Da'Sean Butler (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. Butler was drafted 42nd overall by the Miami Heat in the 2010 NBA Draft. He played in France in the top professional league with Châlons Reims.
Butler scored a career high 21 points in a game against Seton Hall. Against Slippery Rock, Butler had 15 points and nine rebounds off the bench, then had eight points against Arkansas. He had 9 points against North Carolina State, then 10 points and six rebounds against Duquesne. Butler scored 14 points against The Citadel, 16 points against UConn, 7 points against Villanova, and then six points against St. John's. He then scored 9 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against Notre Dame, followed by 12 points and six rebounds against South Florida. Butler then had 14 points and 8 rebounds against Cincinnati, 17 points against Rutgers, and a team-high 14 points against Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl. In the huge upset win over UCLA, Butler had 13 points, while scoring 17 points against Louisville in the Big East Tournament. The Mountaineers eventually made it in the NIT Tournament, and all the way to the finals. In the finals win against Clemson, Butler had 20 points, as the Mountaineers were named NIT champions.