It was a great night for the AAA program in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night in NBA Playoff action.
The tenacles of the best G League program in the history of the league were never more apparent than on Tuesday night.
In Brooklyn…Thunder lottery picks Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Jeff Green are now the core of the team most are picking to win in the East and advance. The Nets are now up 2-0 on the biggest underacheiver in the league in the Brad Stevens’ Celtics.
If this is sustainability—then I’m not sure the average season ticket holder in Oklahoma City fully understood this when the team was moved from Seattle to Oklahoma.
Even in Green Bay….the Packers were able to keep Aaron Rodgers until their own head coach was so stupid he kicked a field goal and took the ball out of Aaron’s hands and allowed Tom Brady to run out the clock in what was probably Aaron’s last game as a Packer.
In the West…former Thunder star Sixth Man Dennis Schroder was superb as he fueled the Lakers to a 99-92 win over the upstart Phoenix Suns.
Of course…we all love former Thunder point guard Chris Paul who almost rented the house across the street from me when he played for New Orleans here in Oklahoma. But who would have thought former Thunder lottery pick Cam Payne would have been the best player on the floor with guys like LeBron, AD, CP3, and Devin Booker on the same court.
I mean… who would have dreamed Dennis Schroder and Cameron Payne would have been the brightest youngest stars on the floor with the Lakers taking on the Suns in a critical Game 2.
Well—we know this…not Sam Presti and his basketball people on staff. We also know this won’t be a hot topic discussion point for either Little Nick Gallo or Royce Young on their blogs…because they’re not allowed to write like this. Writing like this isn’t part of that deal.
So..while the 22-50 Thunder sit idle dreaming if they can trade away the rights to Cade Cunningham and land an obscure white Euro to go along with Kid Poku… it was a good night in Oklahoma to watch how far the kids have gone from the greatest G League program to becoming stars in the NBA.