I heard this and smiled as only an older man can. Time heals wounds or at least we hope that’s what happens.
Kevin Durant is coming back to Oklahoma City in the midst of his own season with Golden State to attend the jersey retirement ceremony for Nick Collison on March 20th.
Very nice from all parties concerned.
Enough with the angst and I write that especially to the fans in OKC. Get over it. You look foolish still booing Kevin Durant. I was pissed for about six months and I even refer to him affectionately on here as Cup Cake still, but stop it with the Kevin Durant hate.
He was a free agent, not a slave bound to a redneck city which BTW appears to be growing up a little even in the age of Donald Trump. It’s funny many of my Republican friends are now admitting to me in private they’re ashamed they voted for Trump. How could you blame any young black man for leaving this place at the height of his prime to explore another perspective, another city. Now—I understand it was somewhat weak to do the exploring with Steph and Klay, but life goes on.
And let’s be honest, I know from what Russell Westbrook says around the fringes is that like me he thinks Trump is a douchebag grifter as well. I’m guessing Nick believes the same as well. My point in this is to say as Kevin has lived thru this he’s not the same person he was two and half years ago. He took some heavy heat for his move to Oakland. But it’s his life, his journey as a man, and at the end of the day it doesn’t matter that a bunch of white people in Oklahoma City think booing Kevin Durant somehow brings adult closure to any of this.
It doesn’t. It makes the city look like a bunch of dumbasses with no overall life or big picture perspective.
I’ll probably cry. I cry at chick flicks and I’m sure my eyes will be moist. As a fan, I lived this with these guys with my fan heart on my sleeve.
Life moves on. We’re all on our own unique journey. Kevin Durant is no different. He just made a decision people in Oklahoma City didn’t like.
I’m glad he’s coming back.
I do hope Kevin leaves Oakland after winning this third ring with Steph and Klay this upcoming summer. But I don’t mean that as a way he should come back to play for the Thunder. Instead, I’d like to see Kevin go to Toronto or Denver or Portland and take his journey to another frontier.
Maybe at he end, he could return and play a season in Oklahoma City just for closure.
Don’t make yourself a stranger, Kevin.