When Kevin Durant announced his decision on the morning of July 4th, I called Marina Mangiaracina (our co-lead editor) that same afternoon and we tried to digest our emotions. I’ve done 40 episodes of the Loud Noises podcast, and that was definitely the most unprepared and shellshocked I’ve ever been. To put it politely, I’m not sure I expressed myself as well as I probably could have.
Luckily, time has passed and both Marina and I have been given more time to flesh out our feelings. That works to the listeners’ advantage because Mike Prada has been previewing every NBA team’s season the past several weeks for his own podcast, Limited Upside, and has only just now gotten to the Oklahoma City Thunder.