I’m over OU’s road loss to Baylor and ready to get amped for Iowa State coming to town on Saturday. Sometimes you have to lose to be a winner. But first I’ve got Tyler Herro in town tonight to play Sam Hinkie-Presti’s OKC Thunder tonight. I’m hyphenating the King of Tanking’s name for however long we in Oklahoma City have to endure this Death March of his.
I’m hedged though with Golden State and Miami for howeverlong the Death March takes.
Hopefully…Mike Muscala sees the floor tonight so we can see threes raining from both sides tonight at the Peake.
I will never get on Mike Muscala and Kenrich because I have eternal respect for their work ethic and professionalism. I may snark at others, but not those two.
I mean for this season for me this will be a Game 7 for a Thunder game. Plus, all the Laker games with Russell where you can see Laker Coach Frank Vogel literally questioning the existence of God after a Westbrook miscue in the last two minutes.
It will be my first game at the arena this season as I try to shake down the ticket resalers five minutes before tip for a nice lower section seat for maybe 40 % face value. I don’t know…this is my first game this season to test the the strength of ticket prices. Tyler>LeBron, right?
True story…I’m driving in Deer Creek today…and this kid maybe thirteen or so is wearing a Tyler Herro jersey while riding his bike. I stop the truck, but do not get out and said to this kid, “You’re wearing a Tyler Herro jersey!”
He said, “Yes, sir…he’s my favorite player in the league. I want to be a hybrid guard like Tyler someday. Inside-outside game. Two zone player.”
I said, “Me, too. I love Tyler. I tried to get Sam Hinkie-Presti to move up and draft Tyler two years ago. Instead we got Darius Bazely. Nice kid, nice smile…but not Tyler Herro.”
The kid said,”You serious?”
“Absolutely…at one time I was the most trusted voice in the NBA on the Daily Thunder. I’m sure Sam Hinkie-Presti was reading me every day. Not a doubt.”
I then said, “For a young player like you in Oklahoma to recognize Tyler’s greatness tells me you’re a smart kid. I’m guessing Honor Roll student.”
He said, ‘Straight A’s. Never made a B in my life.”
I waved and said,” Good luck being Tyler Herro, kid. You can do it.”
The end.
They should play this for Tyler during warmups tonight. Give the Thunder fans a chance to see what they missed.