It is good but this amount of work should’ve happened before release. 

Everything you’ve said here works just fine in terms of why he didn’t start the game.

No one is arguing that he isn’t successful.

Illness doesn’t make any sense. If it was serious enough to not play, why dress him? Why would neither Butler nor Belichek say it was that?

Because it’s just a “narrative” that Belichick is kind of a stubborn asshole?

Still....you know that’s what it is. Come on. 

The only two acceptable, probable answers are 1.) Malcolm Butler did something to piss Bill Belichick off and so Belichick benched him, then realized he’d look like an asshole if he inserted Butler back into the game over something so stupid, and 2.) Belichick over thought the situation and figured he could put a…

A bit touchy on this subject, eh?  Waiting for your better explanation. 

Yeah. As a neutral observer, I wanted to see the humble fans of New England prevail because they always handle victory with unimaginable class.

We all know what it was though, right? Butler did something that any reasonable person would say was no big deal, at best a very minor indiscretion (doesn’t matter what it was).

Counterpoint: Fuck the Patriots.

Malcolm Butler is the randomly most impactful player in NFL history. He changed the course of TWO Super Bowls and played a grand total of 1 important play.

Finally, the trade war with China has helped an American worker.

The Chinese gotta have *someone* to fill the gap left when Blatche inevitably signs on with the Lakers.

I don’t even agree with your analysis but this comment is fucking gold and I truly appreciate you.

Meanwhile, the hoverboard is still JR Smith’s preferred vehicle.

Well captain fucknuts, for starters he would be a 16-12 machine and would be viewed much more favorably compared to his time with LeBron. His narrative could change from 5x all-star to fringe HOF. He could help take the next evolution of death squad. He could dip his nutsack on your nose. FOH.

......wut? What an incredibly stupid comment. The only thing that would do to the narrative is make people think that he’s a lame, non-competitive, coattail riding dipshit like KD. You think people would somehow respect him more for joining an absurdly stacked all-star team that is already virtually guaranteed another…

I think this officially means both Minnesota and Cleveland lost the Wiggins/Love trade.

I really would have liked to see Love join the Dubs. May have completely changed the narrative for his career. Now he just gets to set the Cuyahoga River on fire 22-28 times a year