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For those that don’t know what a Mench is, I am not talking about Kevin’s brother. Here is a definition: MENCH – a human being, upright, honorable, decent person, someone to admire. Currently we cannot refer to many sports stars as such.

So what did Caron do to earn such a title? He gave a few minutes of his time and treated someone like they were important.

“I said ‘It’s a surprise party, everyone’s in the basement’,” Marie recalled, and so Caron Butler went down into the basement to watch the NBA playoffs with a bunch of high school sophomores who were waiting to surprise their buddy. About 10 minutes later, Anthony arrived home, with his dad.

Caron is the one on the far right. (Courtesy Fadel family)”We just went downstairs, opened the door to the basement, and Caron Butler’s just over there chilling with my friends,” Anthony told me. “I couldn’t say anything. I was just shocked.”

I don’t know about you but my cockles are warmed.