Thunder fans got what they wanted Thursday. Which is not what they usually want.
All fans usually clamor for a deal at the NBA’s trade deadline. Standing pat generally is considered a cowardly way to conduct business. Roll the dice, say the masses. Shake up things. Hit me, even when sitting on 16.
Such is the nature of one of basketball’s holy days, when the entire league — players, coaches, executives, fans — fixates on the tweets from Woj and Shams and other strangely named reporters who provide non-stop gossip and developments on the trade market.
But this season is different.