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A few years ago the Washington Post's Dan Steinberg did a piece on Washington Wizards guard Caron Butler and his habit of chewing on straws. According to the 2007 piece, Butler used to chew on toothpicks during games, but that was frowned upon, so he started chewing straws and has been doing that for more than a decade."I had a good performance and it was something that became a habit, and I started doing it all the time," Butler told Steinberg. "So before every game, I stop at the nearest Burger King or McDonald's, grab a handful of straws and come to the game and start chewing them....You know, I've got a handful on me right now."
The report said that Butler goes through about six straws, so about 12 a game, and spits them out when they get stringy.
But it looks like NBA commissioner David Stern has had enough. NBA Executive Vice President Stu Jackson apparently called up Butler, who is now a Dallas Maverick, this week and told him not to chew anymore straws during games. Mavs owner Mark Cuban confirmed the phone call.
"It's against the rules," Cuban told ESPN. We wonder if Butler's scoring average will start to go down now.
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