Is this like Zion where he was maybe a little late for the team plane and got suspended?
Did he just flat out miss the flight altogether?
I’m not sure any of that matters, but I’m curious about the details.
Show up, play hard, be a good teammate, and stop doing things to hurt the team.
Be on time, be an example, all that stuff.
And you know what?
At some point, you have to fight back and set a standard.
If Butler’s absence wasn’t excused, well then he left the team no choice.
Given everything that’s already happened, you have to suspend him in a spot like this.
What choice do they have?
Maybe a week ago Pat Riley was holding out for 80-90 cents on the dollar for Butler.
He can’t even go a full week without doing something that warrants another suspension!
That tends to be how these things ultimately play out outside of the Dame trade last summer.
