As a passionate NBA fan who lives just inside the northern border of Oklahoma County… I care who wins tonight’s NBA Cup Finals between OKC and Milwaukee. I want the Thunder to win and the following is why.
The primary reason is that despite my angst over the Thunder’s kindegarten level of local media coverage, despite their pathetic OPM 5% investment in the new arena, and despite their completely over the top third year of tanking…. I have three reasons I want this Thunder team to succeed even though my ardor for Thunder Nation has never really returned from the tanking.
My three reasons are Shai, Lu Dort, and Kenrich Williams. I love and respect these three young men and how they’ve each individually taken a stake in their team. They never wavered their inner core principles to rebuild the Thunder franchise and bridge the Durant-Westbrook era into this next generation of NBA ball in Oklahoma City.
Does winning tonight really matter?
Of course it does.
If you’re a competitor who competes at a high internal level…winning matters if you do it the right way.
And these three dudes have all done it the right way since they became core building blocks of Sam Presti’s rebuild in Oklahoma City.
I can’t wait to watch the human factor in tonight’s game because I can assure you Giannis, Damian, and the rest of the Bucks want to win this game just as much as Oklahoma City.
Winning matters.
Shai, LU, and Kenrich…good luck.
Merry Christmas, guys. This is your night.
MJ