As the NBA season winds towards the playoffs, my team, the Golden State Warriors, is currently looking like, as they say, “a problem.” (Friday night they overcame the best player in the world, Nikola Jokic; it was lovely.) This is good news, because a few months ago they looked dead in the water, and for a month or so I even gave up on watching them.
Their season turned when they traded for the wily small forward Jimmy Butler, and I want to just quickly give my appreciation to Butler here by calling back to the time a few season back when he showed up to NBA Media Day—when players take the pictures that will be used in TV graphics all season long—in full goth. Can you believe this guy plays for our team? It’s just awesome.
