Game 5 is tonight inside of PayCom Arena.
I am totally immersed in this series. I like and respect both teams. As was the case in the Denver vs. OKC series…at times I find myself conflicted and somewhat confused as to which team I utlimately want to win the championship.
But in the end it has to be the Thunder because of three guys.
Those same three guys who together crawled through the shit in that sewage tunnel from the Shawshank Prison of Tanking to this point where the Thunder are literally two wins away from the pinnacle of NBA excellence.
Those three guys are obviously…1 Shai, 2 Lu, and 3 Kenrich. My respect for these three young men is absolute at this point. What they have been the center of during this rebuild in Oklahoma City is a remarkable thing to witness during these cynical and at times jaded days we live in as American fans of sport.
But I must confess being that I posess the heart of a grinder myself…Nick Collison and Kenrich are probably my two favorite Thunder players in the Oklahoma NBA experience to date. Lu Dort is a very close third and might in fact cause MJ to expand this group to three players in the not to distant future.
Shai…I love you as well, but you’re a bigtime AT&T superstar–so I’m going to love more on the role players as we begin the best 2 of 3 tonight at PayCom.
Kenrich…here would be the dream for MJ as far your NBA future. I hope you win your ring and then Sam Presti trades you to the Denver Nuggets where you win your second ring next season.
BTW…during a Zoom call yesterday… my 5 year-old grandson confessed to me that even though he’s currently wearing an Alex Caruso jersey… like me–his NBA heart is still with Nikola, Jamal, Aaron, and Christian.
So…buddy, get your ring and then maybe, hopefully… I’ll run into you and your family someday walking around Washington Park even though I’m neither lit, nor woke.
Hope is a wonderful thing, trust me on that one.
Good Luck, Kenrich.
Mike J