With all due respect to Steph Curry, this was the better speech. Not even close. Maybe the best speech I’ve heard from a sports figure in this jaded era we live thru together. I remember driving home from work listening to it on the Sports Animal with tears rolling down my cheeks. It was just so refreshing to see someone like Durant reveal himself in this manner.
Even though these two teams have never met in a playoff series there’s so much history of these two clubs intertwined and where they stand heading into these Western Conference Finals. The Warriors with a championship and the best ever single NBA regular season. The Thunder with their fourth Western Conference Finals appearance in the past six seasons. Keep in mind, the only two times OKC didn’t advance were when either Durant or Westbrook were hurt.
Most of us thought the Thunder would have a ring by now. They don’t and they come into this series as underdogs. There’s layers of irony and life wrapped into this series without these teams ever having played each other in one single playoff game to date.
I wish it were Monday morning already.