OKC Thunder Sunday Social Swag and Shade – Zaza This
Sunday has arrived and therefore it’s time for TI’s weekly OKC Thunder column: Sunday Social Swag and Shade. Edition 3 features the best in social media for the week of January 16th through 22nd.
Every Sunday on Thunderous Intentions we dive into social media to capture the best of the week in social media. Moreover, as the title suggests ‘Swag and Shade’ selects the best in tweets, vines, snap chats, etc which tend to fall in one of the two categories.
I hope you enjoy this week’s compilation and invite viewers to submit your suggestions to Thunderous Intentions Twitter and Facebook pages. for next week and interact with us
With that, I give you the best of OKC Thunder Swag and Shade from the week of January 16th through 22nd.
Clearly this week’s column will reflect two major OKC Thunder events: the second game versus the Golden State Warriors and Russell Westbrook’s snub from the All-Star Game starting lineup. Suffice to say, as I began preparing the column I wondered if Episode 3 would be just a shade and shade column given the week that was, but mixed in with all the shade there were definitive swag moments.
Shade:
Westbrook Omission from All-Star Starting Line-up Shade:
Though Zaza Pachulia will offer plenty of fodder for this segment of today’s column, undeniably the shade of the week by far was Russell Westbrook‘s omission from the starting lineup of the All-Star Game.
*Reads*
— Thunderous Intentions (@thunderousint) January 19, 2017
"Russell Westbrook will not start the All Star Game" pic.twitter.com/vR3gcRl0bG
Reaction to the snub:
Dude averaging a triple double and not starting in the all star game is wild.
— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) January 20, 2017
Kevin Garnett on TNT just called Russell Westbrook not starting the All-Star game "the league's all-time history snub."
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) January 20, 2017
Enes Kanter on Russell Westbrook not being an All-Star starter: "Nobody – not one player – deserves (to start) more than him.”
— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) January 21, 2017
Chuck does not agree with Russell Westbrook being left out of starting lineup...
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 20, 2017
"He deserves to be starting. Plain and simple." pic.twitter.com/39YFquxhIo
How is Russell Westbrook not an all star starter!? He is playing out of his mind.
— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) January 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/MarshawnLynch24/status/822254366300270593
Kobe Bryant: NBA Fans Be Ready For 'Intense' Russell Westbrook After All-Star Starter Snub - Lakers Nation https://t.co/Tu6z5iJ96N
— Kobe Bryant News (@KobeBryantNews1) January 22, 2017
Leave it to Kanter to make the most obvious statement:
Triple-Doubles
— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) January 20, 2017
All-Star starters (COMBINED)=19
Russ=21
Nobody deserves to start in the all star game over Russ.
One evening prior to All-Star Game starter announcements, the Thunder played their second game at Oracle this season. Going in there was already plenty to focus on with no Steven Adams and the on-going Durant-Westbrook feud.
Little did we know there would be so much shade inspired pre and post-game, but it was the Zaza shot heard round the world that caused the most commotion.