Sorry, OKC, But Fairy Tales Don’t Come True
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By DERON SNYDER
Oklahoma City has been quite the NBA story the past few seasons.
The Thunder play in a quaint, small market that’s absolutely crazy about the team. A frenzied college atmosphere drapes Chesapeake Energy Arena during games. The stands are packed with fans in uniform T-shirts.
It’s the type of story that, sadly, tends to be romanticized in pro sports.
They’re the feisty little guys holding their own against the big, bad Lakers and Mavericks. They’re the thousands of fans who gather outside to watch playoff games on a huge video screen attached to the arena. They’re the homegrown stars who were hand-picked and developed by the team, including three-time scoring champ Kevin Durant, who signed a five-year extension as LeBron James was taking his talents to South Beach.
Aww, isn’t this market so adorable? Isn’t this franchise so cute? Isn’t this saga so sweet?
OKC was a fairy tale to Thunder fans, especially innocent youngsters who don’t know better. Everyone else knows that fairy tales aren’t true, especially in pro sports. The Thunder proved as much Saturday night by trading James Harden to the Houston Rockets.
