Thunder Perspective, the day after…….

My Oklahoma City Thunder won the World’s Championship last night on the home court on Reno Street.  At the end of the game and during the following presentation of the Larry O’Brian, yes, I shed tears.  It has been a wonderful 17 years of following Big Blue, from the KD and Russell Westbrook seasons, through the rebuild, and now to the major hardware year.  I cannot fathom what is next, with a team that is going to only get better, and the future championships that I think will follow.  I will not take anything for granted, and if this is it, and the Thunder fail to win another Larry, I am going to be good with that, as I understand the big picture.  Nothing in sports is for sure.  Hell, nothing in life is for sure, except for God’s love for each and every one of us.  Losing a son less than two years ago, who would have turned forty just two days before the great win last night, puts things in perspective.  Sports, as important as it has been in my life, cannot touch family, and no, sport is now, for me, not life and death. But it is still very important, and that will never change.  Chad, I know, if you were here, you would have been happy for the title, but I know for sure, you, my son,  would have been more happy for me and not actually the Thunder.  He was always that as a human being, caring about people over anything else.  As I progress to my future meeting (with God’s help) with him, I take sport as a diversion more than anything else, and that is just keen with me.  Today, with the Thunder, my city, my state, my family, and God, I am in a very good place.  Thunder Up.

Photo credit:  Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) shoots against Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) during the first half of Game 7 of the NBA Finals basketball series Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)