It’s that time of the week when I force myself to write one recap of an Oklahoma City Thunder game. This seemed like the game to pick given the ending we had in Oklahoma City with Darius Bazely and Russell Westbrook last week.
We all need a little comedy and some laughs to get us through this second straight season of NBA tanking in Oklahoma City.
There’s a lot of great things going on sportwise which I love to blog about…but right now Sam Prest’s prism of sustainability isn’t one of them. I feel for the beat writer of the Oklahoman who actually has to cover and write something about this team for 82 games.
I think even the shallow New Daily Thunder with that group of people has given up on the Thunder this season. Can you imagine they have the nerve to actually claim they have a Patreon Page of sorts where they’re asking people to pay to read their content. That’s almost criminal fraud. Yikes.
Anyway my strategy for Thunder games moving forward this season is to take a deep breath before every game, keep my sense of humor, and play one of my favorite Seinfeld clips to help me keep all of this in perspective.
I can’t imagine how Vegas can even settle on a spread for this game tonight.
Oh…I looked up the spread…LeBron is a scratch tonight and the Lakers are at -10.5. as a dysfunctional home team favorite I wouldn’t bet on either one of these dumpster fires. Boston at Miami in the early game is the game of the night if you’re into watching NBA teams with a chance of doing something this season.
Miami is playing some beautiful team basketball right now. I feel very good about my three adopt a teams picks with Miami in the East, Golden State in the West, and Memphis as a league sleeper. If Memphis would add a veteran like PJ Tucker or Kyle Lowery or Jrue Holiday they’d become pretty interesting in a hurry.
After watching Jordan Poole of the Warriors light it up last night with 31 points… I might have to expand my Tyler Herro Magazine to include Jordan Poole…who right now to me looks like one of the most improved players in the league.
The Warriors are vastly improved from last season and it was encourgaing to watch Klay shoot before the game. They can bring him back very slowly because Jordan Poole and Damian Lee have turned themselves into a couple of nice NBA players. Take it slow, Klay.
But back to the Thunder vs. Lakers…what kind of a sick gambling addict would even bet on that game? Are you kidding. It’s sad to witness.