NBA Players Mourn the Passing Away Rasual Butler

News of Rasual Butler’s sudden death in a Wednesday morning car crash shocked the NBA. The veteran swingman was 38. 

Police believe Butler was driving at two to three times the speed limit. Butler and his wife R&B singer Leah LaBelle, are killed after Butler lost control of his Range Rover on a Los Angeles street and crashed into a shopping center.

Butler played recently with the Wizards in 2016 most  13 seasons for eight teams,. He also suited up in the Big 3 league this summer. 

Butler was, by all accounts, a good teammate and his passing elicited a wide range of emotional reactions from around the league. Some players touched by Butler’s death were former teammates; others, like Kyle Lowry, grew up idolizing him as a Philadelphia icons.