So then after you win the late season games against Boston and LA and drop out of the top five you pass on national champion Davion Mitchell who runs like the wind and made Jalen Suggs his bitch on Championship Monday.
Tonight…in Davion’s NBA debut he went for 10 points, 11 assists, and a floor best +16 in a Sacramento win. Best player on the floor.
Another brilliant decision by Sam Presti.
So as I sit here thinking to myself…what is it precisely something Sam Presti has done in Oklahoma City other than being the guy who had the pick after Portland took Greg Oden?
Sam Presti has never won a playoff series in Oklahoma City without Kevin Durant carrying his lunch sack. In the time since Durant left Oklahoma to be on a team with a shooting guard who can shoot—the Thunder are a winless post season team who aren’t even relevant currently in the Oklahoma sports landscape.
You would even have to rank O State football and easily O State basketball as more fan relevant than the Thunder currently.
If I were doing my sports relevancy poll right now in Oklahoma I would have the Thunder sitting in the sixth slot. I would go 1 OU football, 2 O State football, 3 O State basketball, 4 OU womens’ softball, 5 OU mens’ basketball, 6 the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Unbelievable.
Maybe these guys already have another ownership group in another city waiting for this franchise.
Let me edit myself immediately. I owe Sam Presti an apology. When he traded Serge Ibaka to Orlando he got Victor Oladipo, the draft pick which conveyed into Domas Sabonis, and Ersan Illyasova who who was traded to acquire Jerami Grant.
But then of course he traded away all those young pieces to have the Thunder where they are today as a G League team with a ringer on a max contract who in reality will have only three years left on his window in Oklahoma if the Thunder become relevant two years from now down the road.
7th…I’m moving the Thunder down to 7th behind Tulsa Golden Hurricane football. I try to be fair on here. Tulsa went to bowl game last season and had a player drafted in the first round.
I need a music video and a Coors Light to go to sleep. The fact we didn’t take Davion Mitchell will bother me for at least two months.
I love this song. This will put me to sleep immediately. One of my favorite songs by Sting. Have a nice Tuesday night watching Cade vs. Jalen Green.