“We think, obviously, the use of that term was offensive and inappropriate, and I expressed that to Brian last night,” Dan Mahoney, the team’s vice president of broadcasting, told The Norman Transcript on Thursday. “Brian assures me that it was not meant in any derogatory way, and he apologizes. But again, we feel strongly that it’s inappropriate and offensive.”
And now he’s been suspended for Game 1.
Neil Paine (FiveThirtyEight) on playoff odds and the best playoff matchups: “CARM-Elo says the closest matchup of the first round is the aforementioned clash between the Thunder and Jazz.