"The best part is the Mavs trophy tattoo next to it—almost (almost) makes me wish the Heat had come back to win that one." Joke's on you, he got that one in 2006
"But between this and the documentary, there does seem to be an ongoing effort by Belichick to behave like a man who might one day pass a Turing Test." Seems more like someone failing the Voight-Kampff test to me:
I'm 20 and I buy it just fine. Then again, I paid a little attention when he was in his prime and I really got into sports not too long after '06 so aside from gawking at the really early highlights, I don't have a problem. But yeah, for anyone who wasn't following the NBA before '08, Shaq dominating probably does sound like a joke.