On the various rec league teams you’ve played on, how many of your past and present teammates would’ve apologized to you and the rest of the team for dropping 30 on an opponent? Well, that’s Da’Sean Butler of West Virginia, according to his coach Bob Huggins yesterday, after Butler went down with a scary knee injury vs Duke. Here’s what Huggins said (among a slew of other praises that you should definitely check out), from dsportsdaily’s XLTweet …
“And then his junior year, I think the first exhibition game, he got 36 or 38, and he was in the locker room apologizing that he shot the ball too much, he didn’t get his teammates involved.”
Butler sounds like a consummate teammate.
Incidentally, with his name not even listed on most draft boards to begin with, his draft hopes may have plummeted with this ill-timed injury. Butler was to have attended the Portsmouth Invitational this Wednesday, but I don’t see that happening now. Even if his knee remains diagnosed as “just” a sprain, he’d be hesitant to go hard on it, if we’re talking about the next 7 days.
It’s all speculation at this point, but in perhaps the best-case scenario, he’ll heal quickly and get another shot in front of scouts — regardless of whether or not he’s drafted — at NBA Summer League. His game reminds me of a poor man’s Steve Smith. A bit too upright in his oncourt stance, but very, very crafty.
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