Mystery Player #27
Saturday, August 1, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Caron Butler
F · 2002–2016
Caron Butler's career
Caron Butler played 14 seasons between 2002 and 2016, across 9 franchises — Heat, Lakers, Wizards, Mavericks, Clippers, Bucks, Thunder, Pistons and Kings. Over 881 regular-season games he averaged 14.1 points, 5 rebounds and 2.3 assists, finishing with 12,430 career points. He was 2× All-Star.
He entered the league in the 2002 draft, taken 10th overall in the lottery. That makes him a product of the 2000s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 14 seasons he was a consistent starter at 14.1 points per game.
- Games
- 881
- PPG
- 14.1
- RPG
- 5
- APG
- 2.3
- Points
- 12,430
- Rebounds
- 4,387
- Assists
- 2,007
- 3PM
- 746
Teams
- Heat · 2003–2004
- Lakers · 2005
- Wizards · 2006–2010
- Mavericks · 2010–2011
- Clippers · 2012–2013
- Bucks · 2014
- Thunder · 2014
- Pistons · 2015
- Kings · 2016
Honours
2× All-Star
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Caron Butler across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- F
- Debut season:
- 2002
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Heat, Lakers, Wizards, Mavericks, Clippers, Bucks, Thunder, Pistons, Kings
- Points per game:
- 14.1
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 2
Why this was a fair answer
Answers are never obscure by design: the pool is every NBA All-Star who debuted in the 1969-70 season or later, plus current players carrying a real scoring role. Caron Butler qualifies on the first route, with 2 All-Star selections — a repeat selection.
With 9 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was unusually generous here — a wide range of guesses would have lit it up green and pointed the wrong way as often as the right one. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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