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The connection between this article and my book is that Marcus one of the main character is going to jail and he is a very good basketball player and when he gets out he is immediately going to play collegen and then strait to the NBA

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I recently wrote an article about the rough childhood of DJ Mbenga. Afterwards, I was curious to know about other players who have come from bad backgrounds who,made it to the NBA.

Washington Wizard Caron Butler is one such player.

Caron Butler was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, where he suffered a tough childhood.

When Caron Butler was 16, it looked as though he would live his life mainly in prison. He had been arrested 15 times for minor offenses before his 15th birthday. Then Butler was sentenced to one year in prison for firearms and cocaine possession.

In most cases, youths that start their lives this way would end up living most of their life in prison or worse, dead. But not Caron Butler.

It was obvious from an early age that Butler had promise as a person and as a basketball player. But even though Butler was an impressive basketball player, like many kids in his neighborhood, he couldn't make a name for himself except amongst the local police officers.

Once out of prison, Butler had a brief career at Washington Park High School. He then enrolled at Maine Central Institute, where Jim Calhoun offered him a scholarship to play at UConn. Butler played two seasons at UConn before declaring himself for the 2002 NBA Draft.

In his freshman season, he lead the Huskies in both scoring and rebounding, with 15.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.

In his sophomore season, he was named co-Big East Player of the Year with Pittsburgh's Brandin Knight and was a second-team All American after a season averaging 20.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

Eight years after being released from prison, Caron Butler was picked 10 th overall by the Miami Heat.

In 2004, Butler was part of the package that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers for Shaquille O'Neal. After one season in LA, he was traded again to Washington for Kwame Brown and LaRon Profit.

He has played his best basketball since arriving in Washington. He is averaging a career best 19.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, and he made the 2007 All-Star team as a reserve.

He is another one of many players that has had a rough road to the NBA, but has managed to make it despite his tough childhood.

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Caron Butler: From Jail to the NBA in Five Years

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I recently wrote an article about the rough childhood of DJ Mbenga. Afterwards, I was curious to know about other players who have come from bad backgrounds who,made it to the NBA. Washington Wizard Caron Butler is one such player. Caron Butler was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, where he suffered a tough childhood.

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The Theme in this novel is staying true with people and not turning away from problems. I believe this is true because Eddie and Marcus are the bestest of friend until 1 conflict gets between them and from there on they act like they barley know each other. Another reason this is true is because when Marcus gets in trouble and caught Eddie turn his back to him because he doesint what to go to jail after he signed his scholarship so he is really depending on Marcus being loyal to their friendship.

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The Antagonist in this novel is Marcus and Eddie. One conflict is that they start doing stick ups and Marcus gets caught  because one of the people they robbed remembered his face and looked in the year book the police gave him and he knew it was Marcus. Marcus never told the police that it was Eddie that had then gun but Eddie got cought for doing a diffrent stick up ut his parents paid the bail and he got out. another conflict is in the diffrence in how Marcus and Eddie was treated.

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the protagonist in this novel is Marcus and Eddie

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The setting in this novel takes place in New York city in the projects (Ghetto). This takes place during the fall and the winter and early spring

I know this because Eddie says "it was freezing out" and "as the leaves fall me and Marcus play 1-1."