Thunderous Thoughts: 3rd annual Thunder Valentine’s Poetry Slam
Welcome to Thunderous Thoughts, your weekly look at the OKC Thunder through broken glasses.
Quiet down everyone. It’s time once again for the annual OKC Thunder Valentine’s Day poetry slam. We’re a couple of days late due to scheduling issues. The coffee house was double booked on Valentine’s Day. Something about Andre Roberson Appreciation Night. Anyway, hold your snaps until the poem has finished.
Jab Step
Jab step. Jab step. Jab.
Carmelo still has the ball.
Jab step. Jab step. Jab.
A Spanish Journey
Go stand behind the line.
Wait for the ball to come to you.
I promise it will come in due time.
When you get it, you know what to do.
The ball didn’t come to you?
Were you behind the line?
Grant’s Plan
Head down into the paint
Through defenders with no restraint
Athleticism for days
Awkwardly on display
Spin, reverse, up-and-under
Meant to be? Or happy blunder?
A monster dunk is a brewing
No matter what Jerami Grant is doing
PG10 Games
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Written off after 10 games
“Oladipo is better” they all claimed
Witten off after 10 games
Allow me to explain
Shooting struggles, a new offense
Winning struggles, things got tense
“Doesn’t enhance teammates,” they said about his point guard
He brushed off the criticism, going about his business
It didn’t come overnight, but things began to change
A handful of wins, coming in ways that were strange
Semblance of a system began to form
OldTakesExposed began to swarm
Another three, another, another shot from deep
Defense on lock, hot takes not making a peep
Franchise record, NBA record, all going to plan
Los Angeles noise blocked out, except a Magic man
Now, no one has a take, they don’t say a thing
Written off after 10 games
Fire Billy?
Fire Billy?
Nah, get out of here silly
You see, Billy has been through the good and bad
He didn’t blow Game Six, it was that stray cat
Billy proved his worth trying to put the system in place
You can’t fire Billy because all that would be erased
Fire Billy?
Nah, get out of here silly
Billy brought out Olympic Melo and Rated-R PG
Ya’ll playing checkers, Billy is a calculated RPG
He let Russ do what he wants
Greatest regular season in history, let’s not front
Fire Billy?
Nah, get out of here silly.
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Missing Grind
First. Team. All. Defense.
Where he at?