Throughout pop culture history, so many things just don’t quite live up to the hype.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
The Game of Thrones finale.
Ryan Leaf.
New Coke.
But every once in a while, there’s an exception to the rule.
Enter Chet Holmgren vs. Victor Wembanyama.
An early October preseason game in Oklahoma City was so hyped that Brian Windhorst flew down from ESPN headquarters to eat barbecue chicken and jalapeno cheddar cornbread in the Thunder media dining room with me and the rest of the OKC blog boys.