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For reasons that I cannot really understand, there have been people saying that Oklahoma City Thunder fans aren’t going to boo Kevin Durant when he makes his first appearance at Chesapeake Energy Arena as a Golden State Warriors player tonight.
And then you see sentiments like this coming from actual OKC fans.
I was just perusing the #ThunderUp hashtag and found this, don't know the author. Whoooooo boy pic.twitter.com/OITCdwfyix
— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) February 11, 2017
And then of course you have that #KowarD hashtag going around...which...well...
New money making venture: Radio Ethan consults angry fanbases on improving put downs pic.twitter.com/r2cSsMgCy3
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) February 11, 2017
I don’t think there’s much reason to spend much time wondering whether there will be boos or at least some kind of hostile reaction from OKC fans tonight and it’s probably not worth spending much more time wondering about as the game approaches. Durant and the Warriors are taking security precautions and, really, after people burned his jersey in effigy after the announcement that he was coming to the Warriors that makes a ton of sense.
Andre Iguodala at his cynical, incisive best https://t.co/DJwdRcQsCG
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) February 11, 2017
People who expect a warm KD welcome tn also gave Trump a chance thinking it can't be that* bad.
— Andy Liu (@AndyKHLiu) February 11, 2017
But here’s what I will say: I have become less and less interested in these dramas that aren’t directly related to the game that will actually be played on the court, but I can’t wait for Durant (and, let’s be honest, Draymond Green) to lap up all that salt, channel it into silencing the fans, and nonchalantly moving on to the next game.
I also anticipate getting the best of Angry Westbrook, regardless of how much he wants to downplay things.
Russell Westbrook opened up (a little bit) about Kevin Durant and tonight's game. ( : @anthonyVslater) pic.twitter.com/GbqPXSkhFH
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 11, 2017
For a regular season that might not hold a whole lot more drama for Warriors fans, this game should provide a nice little jolt of adrenaline while adding to a storyline that has been alive since July.
Chesapeake Energy Arena -- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5:30 p.m. PST
ABC | 95.7 The Game
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