Oklahoma City Deserves To Lose – Long Live The Sonics

Website design By BotEap.comIt’s funny to see Oklahoma City fans get upset when Kevin Durant comes to town.

Website design By BotEap.comOn Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors arrived at MidFirst Bank Arena and, like last year, the Thunder Faithful treated KD and his Twitter account to a healthy round of boos, taunts, and signs proclaiming things like “Integrity trumps rings,” which is the kind of thing you have to tell yourself when you’re dumped.

Website design By BotEap.comAnd there is no love lost between the fans or the teams. Russell Westbrook has never gotten over KD’s routine of it’s not you, it’s me. Durant announced his plans in a web post. It wasn’t quite “Bring my talents to South Beach,” but then again, KD isn’t quite Lebron either.

Website design By BotEap.comBut the story is that Russ found out about Durant signing with Golden State via Twitter, which I could see as shocking. Russ found out that he had been dumped when KD changed his Facebook status.

Website design By BotEap.comThat sucks.

Website design By BotEap.comLast year he took it out on EVERYONE, averaging a triple double and taking home the MVP trophy and even out-sizing KD for contract size.

Website design By BotEap.comDurant, however, also took home an MVP trophy. From the NBA finals. He goes with his ring. And he’s well on his way to another.

Website design By BotEap.comHe had been in Oklahoma eight years before he left, seven of them with Westbrook. Both Westbrook and Oklahoma City fans had come to see it AS the franchise. He was his best player, his brightest light, all they knew.

Website design By BotEap.comAnd then he dumped them for a sexier, younger model. It’s not you, it’s Me.

Website design By BotEap.comAnd they turned on him as if he were a traitor, which in a way he was. Instead of trying to find a way to beat the Warriors, Durant joined them. He’s lucky he didn’t do that shit in Philly. We’ve been known to throw away batteries.

Website design By BotEap.comBut even in Oklahoma, a place I’ve never been but I imagine is like living in a loaf of stale Wonder Bread, with almost the same color and nightlife, things turned sour.

Website design By BotEap.comWestbrook and Durant clashed during the game, clashing with their squads behind them. And for the first time, Westbrook got the best of Durant and the Thunder got a win.

Website design By BotEap.comHowever, I have watched Durant’s career from the beginning. Because I live in Seattle. Most people forget that the Seattle Supersonics drafted him (and Westbrook, technically, even though the team moved six days later), and he played his first season here, right before David Stern took this city hostage and let Clay Bennett will steal the equipment. It wasn’t exactly the Colts moving in the middle of the night or even the Browns turning into the Ravens, but it was close.

Website design By BotEap.comYou know who hasn’t forgotten? Seattle. That should have been his team, his playoff runs, his chances at a parade.

Website design By BotEap.comBut despite his public promises to keep the team in Seattle, Clay Bennett never intended to do anything more than return to Oklahoma City, and there are emails to prove it. However, David Stern didn’t care. The city of Seattle, which was still paying for the stadium they restored for the Sonics less than 15 years earlier and voters were a little wary of building a new one.

Website design By BotEap.comSo, greedy bastard that he was, Stern made an example of the city and let Bennett pull the team out of the 14th largest market in the country and down to 45th.

Website design By BotEap.comIt was shocking.

Website design By BotEap.comBut it worked. Ask the Clippers. And the Chargers.

Website design By BotEap.comThat’s why it’s kind of funny to me when those fans feel slighted or start talking about integrity.

Website design By BotEap.comYOU ARE THE LADY. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?

Website design By BotEap.comShut up. Let it go. You and your ill-gotten franchise deserve to be abandoned, you womanizing bastards. You deserve to lose. forever. Or at least as long as Clay Bennett or his heirs own the team. I’m glad Kevin Durant stood them up and I’m even glad he won somewhere else. I’m glad he rubs it in your face and I hope this year it’s James Harden, the guy you throw away, who crushes your dreams.

Website design By BotEap.comSorry Thunder fans, but may the curse of Clay Bennett live forever.

Website design By BotEap.comLong live the SuperSonics.

Website design By BotEap.comAh, but it’s Thanksgiving, so let’s end on a high note.

Website design By BotEap.comThis year I am grateful for many reasons. I’m grateful to be a Philadelphia sports fan where I root for Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Carson Wentz and Rhys Hoskins for the foreseeable future. I’m thankful I’ve never worked for Charlie Rose. I’m thankful my team didn’t go cheap and sign Blair Walsh. I’m thankful for my beautiful wife and baby that’s ready to show up at any moment (“Embiid” is a great name for a boy or girl, right?). I’m grateful to live 3,000 miles away from the family whose politics I avoid on Facebook so I don’t have to try to explain that “SAD!” It is not a political position or that NOBODY IS PROTESTING THE ANTHEM before I can eat cake. I’m grateful to have put the Guru and team behind the scenes that helped get this all off the ground.

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Website design By BotEap.comHappy Thanksgiving everyone.

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