Life as an OKC Thunder fan has been a mixed bag of emotions over the past ten years, but something about this season feels different. It’s a sense of accomplishment one gets after struggling to beat the odds. The feeling of achievement after overcoming adversity and proving the skeptics wrong. A feeling that can sometimes be difficult to put your finger on.
Throughout the early years with the original big three, the Thunder were expected to contend for a title. And going into every season year after year with the label of contender, we lose a certain amount of joy we would have had we overcome a lot of adversity to achieve the same goal.