Miami Heat: Caron Butler life story documentary is up for Emmy

The Miami Heat casts of players and rosters have included quite the character or two. Although relatively briefly, Caron Butler was one of those characters.

The Miami Heat have been as fortunate as they have over the years to have some of the greatest players ever on their roster. Whether you look at names like the obvious ones, or otherwise, what you will see is a list that is nothing short of amazing.

Although only among the association for a relatively short time compared to the inception of the league itself, only existing since 1988 in a league that has been around since the mid-1940s, the Miami Heat have had quite the luck from a player acquisition standpoint.

Of course, you have names like Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning, and Jimmy Butler to name a few. You also then have names like Glen Rice, Tim Hardaway, Rony Seikaly, Jamal Mashburn, Eddie Jones, and others. One name specifically that we will focus on here though is former Miami Heat first-round pick, Caron Butler.

Drafted out of UCONN with the 10th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, the Racine, Wisconsin native hit the ground running. Already walking, talking, and living up to his now well-known nickname that he had yet to fully receive, Tuff Juice proceeded to average 15.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.4 blocks in just his rookie season.

Unfortunately and after a slightly down sophomore campaign, he was traded in a package to the Los Angeles Lakers for Shaq prior to his third season. Butler would still go on to have quite an amazing career. It was a career fitting for a man that had lived the life that Caron Butler had.

That life is our real purpose for being here today though. In capturing the essence of Butler’s life on film, the Monumental Sports Network has now been nominated for an Emmy for their efforts. The network is a DC-based network that covers all of the District’s teams.

Titled Seeing is Believing, the network obviously does a masterful job of telling the former Washingon Wizard and Miami Heat member’s story. It’s such a shame that he didn’t come into his own with the Miami Heat though, he oozes of the stuff that Heat Culture is made of.

Either way though, we are glad he has received this honor, along with Monumental Sports Network for encapsulating it perfectly into this presentable package. It is a much-deserved honor for a much deserving man, with an equally much deserving story. Now, let’s just hope that Tuff Juice comes out on top to win it, but why wouldn’t he, he’s used to surprising people with his fate.