It’s the best time to be a Golden State Warriors fan from the Bay. The growing dynasty keeps adding championships, parade routes, and future Hall-of-Famers every summer. Yet, the Warriors’ neighbors, the Oakland Raiders, can’t quite catch the same buzz. In fact, the Raiders fan base was rocked by the trade of budding superstar and former Defensive Player of The Year, Khalil Mack.
Of course, last Sunday in his first game as a newly minted Chicago Bear, he went absolutely berzerk, dominating in freakish fashion.
As a long-suffering fan of Oakland teams, I felt an all too familiar sickening pang in my belly that can only come from watching a star player/fan-favorite being unappreciated/undervalued and shipped out.