Month: July 2016

This will be the narrative in Oklahoma City until either Westbrook signs an extension or is traded before the trade deadline.

My heart says no. My brain says yes.

We all love Russell Westbrook, but the Thunder have to decide if he’s fully committed to the franchise. This is simple, if he’s not, then make a trade with either the Lakers or Celtics and start the total rebuild  now instead of later.

Boston has an unprotected pick from the Nets, plus an array of promising young players. The Lakers have Brandon Ingram. Presti dealt with the Celtics in the Jeff Green-Perk trade so there’s familiarity there.

This is very simple for Sam Presti–if he allows Russell Westbrook to walk without getting anything in return he should be fired the next day. This cannot happen.

Some players and the draft picks must be garnered unless Russell professes his love for Oklahoma. My guess is he’ll profess his love for the Pacific Ocean and being closer to his family.

You’d think any trade would go thru either the Lakers or Celtics.

Hurts to think about it, but in the course of a few months the Thunder could conceivably lose their core of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka.

Welcome to the NBA.

Every guy needs his song. This is my song. Have a wonderful Thursday. Keep your head up, Oklahoma City. British Open this week-end, Dustin Johnson going for three in a row.

 

 

I don’t about know you, but I had a stellar day. Birds were chirping and I was singing Rose Royce in my head all day. Oklahoma City—-you can’t let this get you down. The more I read about this bar brawl between ‘Dray’ and this Michigan State football player the more I just smile. Oh, Kevin. This is for you and Dray, buddy. Maybe–Charlie Bell as well. Sell those Nikes. Every village has its idiot…right?

From what I’m seeing in and around Oklahoma City people have pretty much resolved this. Life is moving again in the streets. People realize there are other things to contemplate regarding life and so on. I love this song. Should be a fine addition to the KDCS.

 

 

Maybe I shouldn’t do this, but you know what, when you have a small rogue blog this is one of the perks. You can actually be honest here and there. It is what it is. Maybe an Oxygen Channel movie on Kevin and Draymond will be in the works after their first championship together.

 

 

Amid the basketball world being riveted with the new super team in Oakland, Tim Duncan quietly retired yesterday. To my knowledge, no big press conference, no open letter on the Players’ Tribune, no farewell tour like we  witnessed with Kobe Bryant, no estrangement with his only pro team like we just observed with Dwayne Wade. From what I understand he just quietly called Pop and said it was time.

How beautiful and fitting for Tim Duncan to end his illustrious NBA career in this manner.

Most regard Duncan as the greatest power forward to ever play the game. He stayed in the non glamour city of San Antonio and won five championships along side Greg Popovich. He seldom drew attention to himself like we see so often in today’s world of sport. Just did his job and carried his team like the genuine superstar he truly was.

As a player he did everything well. Good shooter, good rebounder, excellent passer, and a good defender. There wasn’t a glamour factor to Tim Duncan, but he did everything well and morphed his game with his teammates.

I have Tim Duncan as my seventh or eighth greatest player of all time on my top ten list. His career ended in the Spurs’ Game 6 loss in Oklahoma City this spring. He had a tough series, but in Game 6 he had 19 points and his best game of the series.

Unlike so many stars in pro sports he didn’t hang around too long. He didn’t extort his franchise to the point of making them non-competitive. He was the quintessential professional in an age of sports which makes you want to cry at times.

If you’re crying for Tim Duncan today, it’s a good cry. One with a mixture of joy, gratitude, and thanks.

Okay, that’s enough closure music. He’s gone away with his inner growth spiritual guru. F–k the both of them. BTW, one week into the Durant Era in Golden State and his spiritual mentor Draymond Green is involved in a bar altercation where police were called…sigh.

As you might decipher closure has taken hold with me.

Let’s pivot and move on.  I love watching Rachel Nichols talk—so really I’m playing this more for that than the Durant discussion. But I thought to be fair there should be a rebuttal of Barkley on here of some fashion. I love the way she talks. Clearly, my favorite ESPN chick.

 

This one is for me.  It would have been one thing if he’d left to go with Pop or with Brad Stevens and that young core at Boston, but what Kevin just told us is he values Draymond Green more than he valued the time he spent in Oklahoma or more importantly– his teammates. Which is fine…I guess.

I was born in San Diego. I’m Cali born. I consider myself a Del Mar Okie. This culture isn’t foreign to me. I kind of laugh in a sad way thinking of all this.

Call it what you want, I’m calling it whoredom. So sad. I wonder if Kevin with all his talk of style and things being organic has even realized his soulmate just caused his team an NBA championship when he got suspended for his bullshit stunt in Game 4 of the Finals against LeBron.

Klay Thompson kind of surprised me in all this. I think he’s a helluva player (maybe their best) and a no nonsense guy. I’m a little surprised he was on board with all of this.

Anyway. We all work on closure as it relates to our own personality and character.

I’m not writing anymore about this for a few days. Maybe some Kevin Durant closure music, but not much else. You get to a point there’s not much more you can say. Hope you enjoy the music. Get ready to drive the bus Steven and Victor. You’re still young and innocent. Drive the bus, boys. Drive the bus.

This one is for Tramel. He seems almost as heartbroken as Traber.

 

From what I’ve observed this week in Oklahoma City it’s going to take some more closure music for the masses…especially Jim Traber. He may never recover from this. This is for Traber. Dude….he chose Draymond Green over us. That either says some really bad things about Kevin or about us. I’m know my act is together—so I’m assuming it’s Kevin with the problem. Let it go.  Russ is the new bus driver. If he doesn’t want to drive the buss then it’s Steven and Victor as our new bus drivers. He didn’t want to be here. That’s why it’s called free agency.