Justin Robertson of Bleacher Report published a longform piece yesterday on former Spur and NBA journeyman Rasual Butler. For those of you who don’t remember him, he was an unheralded, yet valued reserve on the 67-15 2015-2016 Spur team that fell in the second round to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Though Robertson covered the questionable circumstances around his death - a fatal car crash that killed Butler and his partner, he interspersed details of his long and windy career in the NBA and the many teammates he came in touch with. He was celebrated for being “a man of many layers.