When the news broke that the Warriors were likely about to complete a deal and bring Jimmy Butler to the Bay, I was working on a piece positing that Golden State general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr., by inaction at multiple critical moments, was now approaching the endgame of his decades-long plan for revenge against the fan base that spurned him for the bulk of his early playing career. It’s not that far-fetched. If you weren’t around for the Dunleavy Era (bless you), the hate was real, it was visceral, and it came from fans who typically embraced losers and erstwhile misfits, fans who just loved a Great Time Out.
The Jimmy Butler Warriors era is going to be totally, absolutely normal
