Tonight is the night for University of Texas fans to swarm the gym where the Thunder play. This is the night you wear burnt orange and wear your Bevo T-SHIRT. Tonight is the night your cap with a picture of Mack Brown will only be removed for the Anthem, not because some guy from OU OR OSU tells you he'll knock it off. You see on this night TEXAS is OK.
The reason? Draymond Green will play for the Warriors. They hate him now. You Thunder fans are glad he wasn't suspended. Own up to it. You can't wait to BOO THE LID OFF THE GYM.
Intros will be the highlight. Steven Adams, the groin sore center, will get the biggest cheer. Draymond will be tormented each and every time he touches the ball. In fact, his drop kick to the privates may have done more to spur (excuse the pun) the Thunder than any speech Billy Donovan could ever dream up. I, FOR ONE, was surprised Green wasn't suspended, but he wasn't. He said the ref who made the call, SCOTT FOSTER, told him he figured it wasn't intentional. I have never understood THE NBA REFS, so I can't take that bit of business seriously.
Here's my solution. Make Green give his $25k fine to Adams. He must hand him the cash right before the opening tip. Green makes $14.2 million and a fine of $25,000 is beer money. Adams is struggling with his $2.2 million dollar deal. Plus he might be slowed just a bit. I know I would be.