OKC Thunder Sunday Social Swag and Shade – Zaza This

Zaza Takes a shot at Westbrook:

At the time of the incident, most of the Thunder players’ backs were turned away. That said, I’m of the opinion one of his teammates should have stepped up and taken a technical foul, just to let the Warriors know this action was unacceptable to the team.

Even the reaction of the fake tough Warriors is unacceptable. Steph Curry is seen laughing when the referee explains the flagrant to Steve Kerr. You can see Draymond Green clapping in the background following the incident.

You can bet Zaza would have thought twice about it if Steven Adams was in the game or on the court. Moving forward, Westbrook made it known post-game, he won’t forget the incident. Clearly, February 11th at the Peake just got a heck of a lot more interesting.

The post-game commentary was rife with sarcasm and shade to which Zaza just couldn’t resist adding even more salt to the wound….

As per Tim Bontemps’ article when Zaza was asked if he was looking forward to the February 11th meeting in OKC:

“You know, what? Honestly, I don’t care about next month’s OKC game,” Pachulia said. “All I care about is the next game. It was our 42nd game, we have 40 more to go. So we can’t be waiting for next month’s game.

“Every game is so important because we have a bigger goal than OKC does: to win the championship. They’re just trying to make the playoffs. Nothing wrong [with that] … I’ve been on that side, too. Nothing wrong with it. But there is amazing talent in this locker room, and as a part of this team. I’m going to worry about this team.”

More from Bontemps (on Zaza’s response to Westbrook saying he would be looking for payback):

Kevin Garnett had a previous altercation versus Zaza himself. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds like he calls out Pachulia for being a guy who does it for the accolades on the court, but walks past you with his head down on the way to the bus.

Stephen A.’s Durant Shade:

Stephen A.  Smith has often found himself on my own personal shade list. The irony is half the time he says something I agree with and the other half he says such outrageous things I want to bang my head against a wall.

Notably in the above video Stephen A. tells viewers that Durant did, in fact, say he left OKC because he didn’t believe he could win with Westbrook.

Moreover, the point is made, the manner in which  Durant left (read: cowardly) without giving Westbrook a heads up left Russ as the one having to answer why KD left.  Suffice to say, February 11th, can’t come soon enough for Thunder fans!