Truly a great game!
One of the most dramatic last two minutes of any post-season game I’ve seen so far this season.
My full and complete respect to Shai not just for his incredible season, but the fact he went into that post game presser and took it like a man admitting he fouled PJ Washington on the shot attempt with 2.5 seconds remaining.
Total class. I’m glad I changed my vote to Shai for the regular season MVP.
I thought Lu, Chet, JDub, Cason, and in spots Isaiah Joe were excellent.
Shout out to Chet in that he played in all 82 regular season games, plus the ten post-season games.
The only negative I see is the fact Sam Presti didn’t do his job at the trade deadline and acquire another big to help Chet with defensive rebounding and rim protection. Plus, the Josh Giddey situation should have neen settled in early March at the latest.
The acquisition of Gordon Hayard and Bismack Biyombo is general manager malpractice and Sam Presti should be called out for it. But of course that won’t happen with the Oklahoma City sports media because the writers in this market simply aren’t equipped to objectively cover a big league team like the Thunder whose future burns bright.
Anthony Slater by far is the best beat reporter who has ever covered the Thunder beat, but of course he now covers the Golden State Warriors beat.
If you think I’m being too harsh simply listen to ESPN’s Richard Jefferson’s commentx at the conclusion of this video I posted this morning.
Close your eyes for just a bit and imagine that Derek Lively and Ousmane Deng were on opposite teams this series. Imagine OKC had a scrappy second big like Lively at their their disposal.
Sam Presti…c’mon, dude. You’re one the who said, “Scared money don’t make money.”
Sam Presti…these guys deserve better from their general manager.
I’m going to go fishing and then get settled in for Game 7 tonight in Denver.
Have a blesssed day.
MJ