I think I’ve already clearly stated my view on Thunder games played against the dumpster fire LA Lakers and Philadelphia 76’ers this basketball season. They’re both horrible basketball teams in tank mode trying to be the one who gets the draft rights for Ben Simmons from LSU in the draft this coming summer.
These are not viable basketball games. Instead.. they’re more like the Harlem Globetrotters playing the New Jersey Generals, only the Generals would never get Ben Simmons in the end no matter how many times they lose.
I will only half watch tonight while finishing a book called Black and White by Richard Williams–the father of tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams.
Hence–no viable preview is needed for this game. If the Thunder somehow lose this game—the Thunder season is officially over, assuming of course—Durant is playing tonight.
If you need a couple of thousand words to build you up for this epic confrontation in LA tonight…I’d give Alex Roig over at Daily Thunder or Erik Horne or Anthony Slater a read. All seem like fair and decent young writers.
Instead—I’m going with this short Phil Jackson interview on Michael, Kobe, and Shaq.