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OKC Thunder Sunday Social Swag and Shade – Zaza This

By Tamberlyn Richardson

January 18, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia (27) fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) receiving a flagrant foul during the second quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
January 18, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia (27) fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) receiving a flagrant foul during the second quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 11, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) reacts after a play when he was hit in the mouth against the Memphis Grizzlies during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 11, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) reacts after a play when he was hit in the mouth against the Memphis Grizzlies. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

Outside of these two big incidents, there was other shade tossed around this week.

Kanter Shade at Trump:

Man, Enes Kanter is starting to become a player I’m equally intrigued by on or off the court.

https://twitter.com/Enes_Kanter/status/822542867604324353

Kanter had a difficult time hiding his horror over the airball free throw tossed up by DeAndre Jordan.

https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/821222592514244608

Although it didn’t fall under the two main categories of shade this week, I have to admit it made me laugh out loud!

Warrior fan’s signs shade:

The following tweet by Shea Serrano offers the perfect example of an understatement. After all, these fans are in and around Silicon Valley, right?

ESPN Stat:

Not sure if this truly falls into the shade category,  but it does deserve mention given it punctuates just how difficult it is for Westbrook to get assists.

I’ve been debating this with a couple of the BBoyz (and Harden fans) for months. Simply put, exchange Westbrook to Houston and Harden to OKC and what would their assist totals be?

I’d wager money Russ would be on pace to set a historic seasonal assist average while Harden might still be doing well, but likely not near his same average.

With this much shade, and difficult as it is to believe there was plenty of swag this week as well.

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