Caron Butler is to straws as Charles Barkley is to cheesy gorditas. For years now, Butler has been seen — and documented — chewing on plastic straws. Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post did a glorious exposé on the matter in 2007, citing Tough Juice’s favorite straws (McDonald’s, Burger King, Cheesecake Factory) and getting comments from his Wizards teammates. (Antawn Jamison registered faint concern.) Butler was said to go through roughly 12 straws a game, chewing on them during play and on the bench until they got stringy. He cited an teenage start to the habit, explaining that chewing the straws calmed him down. The habit (or addiction?) stuck.

But now, as first reported by Mike Fisher of DallasBasketball.com, the NBA has ordered Butler to stop chewing straws on the court.

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