Oklahoma City fans are so paranoid about their team. They ought to relax, since the Thunder are locked into a nice long lease. And owner Clay Bennett would never think about breaking a lease…
Okay, let’s start this over. Oklahoma City is so defensive about being considered a major league sports city (spoiler alert: it’s not), that in their big post-season wrap-up, THE OKLAHOMAN makes sure to ask each player their likes and dislikes about the city. While the pros range from “there’s no traffic” to “no one bothers me for autographs” to “there’s very little traffic,” all the players agree on what they hate about the OKC:
Hearing them tell it, Oklahoma City resembles nowhere so much as Mordor when it comes to the weather. Damien Wilkins calls the wind “nerve-wracking.” Earl Watson says “one day it can ice, the next day it can be 80.”
A full ten out of 13 players surveyed mentioned the weather. (One of the dissenters, Nenad Kristic, unfavorably compared OKC’s nightlife to that of Serbia. You remember, the one with the war.)
But holy crap, how windy is it in Oklahoma City? This was the ad on the story when I checked it:
So they have to wear scarves. I guess that’s not such a horrible thing, since I don’t see any of the players clamoring for trades to Detroit or Golden State.
And as for what they like the best about Oklahoma City?
- Wilkins: “We travel so much you really don’t notice the lack of whatever people say isn’t here.”
- Jeff Green: “I like to stay at home and relax. This was a great city to do that. That helped me a lot with my rest.”
- Thabo Sefolosha: “Everything is within walking distance downtown.”
Oklahoma City! We’re Quiet But Windy!
6:26 pm on April 20th, 2009
Oh, crap. Clay Clay is going to ask for a weather improvements too? We ARE a big league town.
10:37 pm on April 20th, 2009
Oklahoma City is the quite possibly the worst "city" in the country. From the worst roads to the fact that five minutes in it and "i'm looking for a tornado to take me anywhere."
10:38 pm on April 20th, 2009
oh, and no, it doesn't deserve a pro franchise. So they'll have to live with the thunder
11:23 pm on April 20th, 2009
Just ask those 19,000 people PER GAME who visit the Ford Center if Oklahoma City is not a "pro" city. I have news for you… It is. Take it or leave it. If you don't like the team, then don't watch it. And if you don't like the city, then don't visit. Oklahoma City doesn't need your kind.By the way. Oklahoma City has had "pro" sports for decades… All of the players on all of the teams earn money.Also. As George Carlin once said "if you don't like the weather… Move!"Oklahoma City will have the last laugh… An NBA championship in the very near future. All of you who speak ill of the Cinderella city are jealous.
12:35 am on April 21st, 2009
The Thunder, just like OKC itself, is a novelty.
12:38 am on April 21st, 2009
Oklahoma City has just as much to do as Pittsburgh, or St. Louis, or Cleveland and it’s cleaner and safer too.
2:46 am on April 21st, 2009
"Oklahoma City will have the last laugh… An NBA championship in the very near future. All of you who speak ill of the Cinderella city are jealous."
Keep dreaming.
12:22 pm on April 21st, 2009
I love the fact that Kevin Durant 'loves' OKC, but lives in DC off season. DC. Now think about that. Hey, Jeff Green too! DC, that nice, safe, cozy little town. Hmmm… none of the Plunder, it seems, is willing to live in OKC. Hmmm… perhaps George Carlin is right. As soon as the obligation is done, MOVE!
4:03 pm on April 21st, 2009
Oklahoma has great pro teams. Consider the Oklahoma Sooner football team. No salary cap!!
9:20 am on April 22nd, 2009
This post is a quick reminder of the type of country in which we live. Here is a city in the making that is simply asking for feedback, and this guy twists the words around to make OKC look "defensive". In today's America, such communication is now viewed as an inferiority complex. Which basically means you are no longer allowed to speak up for yourself or our city. You will be branded with inferiority for doing so. What a crock of shit.
1:30 pm on April 22nd, 2009
I've spoken with Kevin and Jeff. They hate OKC. As soon as their contract is up they're gone.
4:23 am on April 26th, 2009
oh really tony
did they tell you that when u asked them to anl rape you.
okc is the bomb and it has got its own charm and 4 years from now we will be holding nba championship
suck on that
2:14 am on November 16th, 2009
Oklahoma City is, per government stats, the windiest city in America. No one’s making that up.
Sincerely,
Weather Nerd
12:14 pm on November 16th, 2009
10 windiest cities according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are:
1…Blue Hill MA
2…Dodge City KS
3…Amarillo TX
4…Rochester MN
5…Cheyenne WY
6…Caspar Wy
7…Great Falls MT
8…Goodland KS
9…Boston MA
10…Lubbock TX