Post#13 » by ThunderBolt » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:41 am
I kind of feel like venting some feelings. So I apologize if this is too long. It's like therapy to me. I still haven't decided if I'll watch tomorrow. If I were a season ticket holder, I would have sold my tickets to this game. Durant is gone. I've come to terms with it. My frustration isn't because I havent moved on from it, it's that the media won't let me. I can watch a random golden state game and not have any sick feeling in my stomach. I'm not quite the same when it comes to watching them play OKC. The media attention makes me think of the scene in the dark knight rises, "You see, it's the slow knife... the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones... that's the knife that cuts deepest."
There are a lot of things that irk me about Durant leaving. Probably the biggest one is how it's resulted in Westbrook gettting a bad name of being a selfish player. Russ isn't perfect but if Durant had a problem with Russ and he would have went to Presti, I believe we would have seen more of an effort to see the style of basketball changed. The reality is Durant didn't do that. He did everything in private. That's his right to do as an UFA. I would have been disappointed in Durant leaving for any team for any reason. The team he chose was pretty weak, but I can live with that. His reasons that he and his camp leaked to the media made me more upset than his decision. That was more cowardly than joining the greatest team in regular season history.
Even as a die hard thunder fan, I couldn't help but admire how Golden State played and what they had built. I know sports is a business but we don't spend time on message boards discussing Google's earnings for the last quarter or what engineers Apple hired. Well, guys with girlfriends don't do that. Sports is different. When Golden State blow up their roster to get KD, it reminded me of something I hate about life. The rich get richer and greed wins. The ultimate "team" had been courting KD all year, even during the playoffs. Then Kerr made comments about OKC not giving Durant enough shots. Seeds of doubt continued to grow in Durants mind. The team unity golden state had, was blown up at the chance to get KD. The big rich guy crushed the little guy.
People have mentioned the possibility of KD returning at some point. I not only don't think this will happen, I don't want it to happen. If your wife leaves you for mother man, you don't have to hate her and be full of anger. However you're plenty justified if you don't want her back. I don't wish Durant or any other GS warrior injuries, but I do wish they have no success. As things stand now, the warriors are very likely to win not just one, but multiple titles. I want nothing more that for this thunder team to be good enough to win an NBA title immediately, and do it with Russell Westbrook.
Some people don't think Russ will stay here after next year. They feel that the contract extension was only about making a financially responsible move. Durant made a decision that didn't maximize his earnings. I believe Russ wants to be here. If he does leave, I don't think it will be in the manner Durant left. It's funny how the perception has changed and Russ is the face of this franchise. I feel more of a desire to see him personally succeed that I ever felt with Durant. People are quick to point out Russ' flaws and I'm not oblivious to them. Russ can't do this on his own and I hope we can give him the support that's he's given back to OKC. You might say that Russ is not the hero OKC deserves, but not the one it needs right now. I don't know if I'll watch the game tomorrow. I'll keep tabs on it. Maybe I'll watch The Dark Knight Trilogy.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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