I trudge ahead in Oklahoma with the NBA’s second season set to begin even with Thunder homerette Brian Davis now officially suspended for Game 1 of the Utah series for his racial on air gaffe. I forge ahead in Oklahoma in what has to be the dumbest state of all fifty and maybe even Puerto Rico if they ever attain statehood.
Only in Oklahoma, a state which went 70% for wannabe porno star POTUS Donald Trump, could some harmless mole like Brian Davis be suspended for something this stupid. I mean, it’s not like he said ‘he just grabs a handful of pussy whenever’. Or he didn’t do anything like pee on a Russian prostitute in a Moscow bed where Obama once slept. Nor did Brian Davis have his thug mafia lawyer pay some upscale hooker like Stormy Daniels the sum of $130,000 to not have sex with him. For crying out loud he didn’t even insinuate Carly Fiorina’s ugly face could stop a semi truck.
Yet here we sit in Christian right Oklahoma with little harmless Brian Davis in handcuffs and not available for Game 1 of the Utah series.
Only, and I repeat, only could this happen in Oklahoma.
So…..my Power Poll. Well,–I’m going to have to put the Thunder back in there even though I swore I never would again. It must be the Scott Pruitt water I’ve been drinking with these same wild, crazy, and daft Okies. It must be doing bad things to me.
This is a tough Power Poll with the Steph Curry situation though because without Curry the Warriors are only 17-14 without him and are a net team negative points per game without him as well. With a healthy Steph Curry these Warriors would be a lock to repeat, but I’m not so sure what to think right now. The Spurs don’t have much left of what they used to be, but they still have Pop. So—all the sudden that series might maybe be interesting.
Anyway, my Power Poll for the first round.
1 Houston
2 Golden State
3 LeBron
4 Toronto
5 Philadelphia
6 Portland
7 Oklahoma City
8 Utah
So…Matt Pinto will be replacing Brian Davis. Which is actually good for me in that I’ll be able to possibly listen to portions of the Fox telecasts. Pinto is a pro and actually about the only guy in this market I would defer to from an NBA view. He knows his shit.
I’m still not sure if I’m going to pay money to attend a game in this Utah series though. These guys haven’t won be back to that extent. Fool me once…right? But I’m thinking I’m might go sneak over to the German beer hall in Bricktown for Game 2.
My wife won’t sit in the same house with me during a Thunder game so it will primarily be me and the diva lab Pauli at the Thunder Game Day watch party. Probably gonna cater this watch party with Earl’s BBQ ribs, some cole slaw, baked beans, and fried okra. Too cold for beer though on Sunday. I never drink beer if it’s not at least 82 degrees outside. Maybe just a ton of coffee for Game 1.
I have no idea whatsoever what will happen in this series, but Oklahoma does have Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony who between them went a combined 1-9 in post season play last season with the Thunder, the Pacers, and the NY Knicks.
So–I would think this series should be pretty interesting from a competitive standpoint.
I’m honestly not all that jacked about the Thunder, but the playoffs in general should be pretty good.
Hang in there, Brian Davis. You’re not a bad dude. The clouds will part and the sky will turn blue again for Game 2 and you’ll be back on the air saying goofy Oklahoma things like this never even happened.