I received a tough comment on my take in relation to the Thunder’s abysmal 73 point loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night.
So I’d like to explain my post on the 73 point loss right here.
Even though the 73 point loss by the Thunder was the worst loss in NBA history…I actually thought most of my comments were not all that bad.
I will admit I may have gone too far in comparing the Thunder to sex trafficking or domestic terrorism. Because in Oklahoma City we should never make light of the latter subject considering Oklahoma City’s dark history in that regard.
I went too far on that one.
Did I have a temper tantrum?
No. What I had was a human reaction to witnessing the young Thunder players being humilated by the process of which they’re being subjected to by Sam Presti because he can’t sustain a competitve team in this market without at the minimum tanking for three successive seasons.
I listened to the Sports Animal today to see if others agreed with me and not one person disagreed with the state of the Thunder. In fact…several went further than me suggesting Clay Bennett should either move the team to Las Vegas or Seattle.
If not for Russell Westbrook the Thunder would be 4-18 after twenty-two games. Unfortunately for the Thunder, they can’t schedule the Lakers for all 82 games with LeBron sitting.
The Thunder from my view have five perhaps six legitimate NBA players on their roster currently. Those being in this order are…1 Shai, 2 Lu Dort, 3 Josh Giddy, 4 Mike Muscala, 5 Kendrick Williams, and 6 Derrick Favors.
The rest of the roster are prospects in the process of proving if they can play at this level.
So that’s where I’m coming from as far as the Thunder. To be honest…I’ve for the most part tried to keep from commenting on the Thunder very much this season on my blog.
But I will admit the visual of these young kids being humiliated like this stirred me up. Because it should be an honor being an NBA player. There’s only 450 or so humans in the world who can say they’re an NBA player. How cool should that be?
And as far as the Thunder broadcast and the quality of those broadcasts… I don’t think I went nearly far enough. I can’t take anything back there.
But on the part where I compared the Thunder operation to sex trafficking and domestic terrorism… I will admit I crossed a line.
So please pretend I never compared Sam Hinkie-Presti and his basketball operation to sex traffickers and domestic terrorists. I was wrong in writing that sentence. I’ll try and be better if the Thunder lose a game by 74 points later in the season. I promise.
Have a wonderful Championship Saturday and bring it home O State.
MJ