ʻO ka 2012 NBA finals e hōʻike ana ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū o ʻelua ʻōpio, hoʻohauʻoli, hui pāʻani. Hōʻike lākou i kahi hōʻike litmus rooting. I hoʻokahi kihi, loaʻa iā mākou ka Miami Heat, he hui i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia no ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana a puni he pūʻulu ʻāwīwī o ka ʻelele manuahi All-Stars Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, a me LeBron James. ʻAʻohe mea pāʻani ma ka mōʻaukala NBA nānā ʻia, ʻokiʻoki ʻia, a hoʻowahāwahā ʻia e like me James. ʻO ka ʻO ka hewa kalaima ʻekolu manawa a MVP, ʻelua makahiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ia he a felony a me ka hewa a i ʻole ka manaʻo ʻino. ʻO kāna mea ʻino Ua haʻalele ʻo Cleveland Cavaliers a "lawe i [kona] kālena i South Beach. Loaʻa iā ia nā pua o ka huhū no kāna mea i ʻōlelo ʻia hiki ʻole ke piʻi i luna i kāna pāʻani ke kau ka pāʻani ma ka laina. In Eia kekahi, ʻo kāna hui patchwork Miami i nā maka o nā mea he nui e like me ka plastic, papau, a nele e like me ke kulanakauhale a lakou i kapa ai he home.
Ma kekahi kihi, loaʻa iā mākou ka Oklahoma City Thunder, kahi mākeke liʻiliʻi franchise i aloha ʻia e nā pāʻani haʻuki a me nā mea pā no ka "hana pololei ala." Ua hoʻolālā maikaʻi lākou a ua hoʻomohala ma ke ʻano nui. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei lākou e Kevin Durant ka mea aloha loa o ka NBA hoku hōkū. ʻO ka "Durantula" he 23 wale nō akā he ʻekolu mau helu nā poʻo inoa a makemake nui ʻo ia i ka manawa nui. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole like ʻO LeBron, ua kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike lōʻihi e noho ma kahi mākeke liʻiliʻi no ka mea makemake ʻo ia e lawe i ka hui nāna i hoʻolālā iā ia i kahi poʻo inoa.
Me nā hui like ʻole a me nā hōkū, aia ka media ke kākau ʻana i ka ʻatikala hope loa o ka makahiki 2012 o "maikaʻi vs. ʻino." He mea maʻalahi, na ka moʻolelo helu. ʻO ia hoʻi ka pōʻino honua. Hoʻokahi kēia ʻO ka hihia inā he hewa ka maikaʻi a ʻo ka hewa i nīnau ʻia ma ka malu kahi e koho ai nā mea pā e nānā ʻole
E hoʻopaʻapaʻa wau ʻo ke ʻano o kā mākou koho ʻana e ʻike i ka Heat a me ka Hekili a hoao litmus. He ho'āʻo litmus e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka lekiō haʻuki ʻO ka manaʻo nui me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i nā mea pāʻani 21st century e makapō iā mākou i ka ka nui o na kanaka ino e noho ana i ka pahu o ka mea nona ka hale. A i loko ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oklahoma, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano o nā mea pāʻani nona ka hewa poina ole.
Wehe i ka pāʻani a me ka Heat ua kapa ʻia ʻo "ʻino" no ka mea ko lākou hōkū ua hoʻohana nā mea pāʻani i ke kuleana kūʻokoʻa a - ʻae a ʻae ʻole paha me kā lākou hoʻoholo - lawe i ka mana o kā lākou ʻoihana ponoʻī. Haleluia ka Hekili no ka hana ʻana i ke "ala pololei" akā ʻaʻohe franchise i ʻoi aku ka caked hewa kumu ma mua o ka hui mai Oklahoma City. ʻO kā lākou mau mea nona, ʻo Clay ʻO Bennett lāua ʻo Aubrey McClendon, me ke kōkua mai ke Komisina NBA Ua ʻaihue ʻo David Stern i kā lākou hui me ka wiwo ʻole o Frank a me ʻO Jesse James mai ka poʻe o Seattle.
No nā poʻe ʻaʻole ʻo NBA, ʻoiai ʻo 2008 ka OKC Thunder ʻo Seattle ʻO Supersonics, he hui kuʻuna nui, flare, a me ke kākoʻo pā. ʻO lākou ʻO ke poʻo o Slick Watts, ka perm a Jack Sikma, a me Gary Payton ʻāhuehue. He kime i aloha nui ʻia lākou ma ke kaona pōpōpō. A laila ka poʻe o Seattle i hana hewa ʻole i ka maka o David Stern. Ua aloha lākou i kā lākou hui akā hōʻole lākou e uku no kahi mea ʻauhau hou kālā kālā 300 miliona kālā arena. Ua koho ka makaainana o Seattle nā referendum, hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hālāwai, a mālama i nā hui me ka pahuhopu o ka mālama ʻana i ka hui ma kahi hale maikaʻi loa i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Arena kī. ʻOiai ka puahiohio o ka hoʻoweliweli, ka poʻe o Seattle ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻoluliluli no laila ua hana ʻo Stern i kumu hoʻohālike no lākou. Me ka mea nona ka hui Supersonics a me ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Starbucks ʻo Howard Schultz - ʻo wai Ua hiki ke uku no kāna pānaʻi hou me ka loaʻa kālā latte wale nō - Ua kiʻi ʻo Stern i ʻelua mau piliona piliona ma Oklahoma City, ʻo Clay Bennett a me ʻO Aubrey McClendon, e kūʻai i ka hui a hoʻopunipuni i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ka lawe ʻana mai Seattle a i OKC.
ʻO Stern kahi liberal politika i noho ma ka papa o ka NAACP. ʻO Bennett lāua ʻo McLendon nā kānaka kālā Repubalika nui e hoʻolimalima kālā nā referendum kūʻē i ka Gay. Ua lokahi nae keia mau kanaka ekolu i ko lakou addiction i ko kakou mau dala auhau. Ma Oklahoma City, kahi o na muliwai o Ua kali ka pono hui i kahi franchise NBA, Stern, Bennett, a me Ua loaʻa iā McClendon ko lākou Shangri-La.
Ua wahaheʻe pinepine ʻo Bennett, Stern, a me McClendon e hana lākou ʻO nā hoʻoikaika a pau e mālama i ka hui ma Seattle, hāʻawi ʻo McClendon i ka pāʻani i ka makahiki 2007, i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana iā The Oklahoma City Journal Record, "ʻAʻole mākou i kūʻai i ka hui e mālama iā ia ma Seattle, manaʻolana mākou e hele mai maanei…Ua hoʻomaka mākou e nānā a puni a i kēlā manawa e hele ana nā Sonics ma o kekahi mau pilikia kuleana ma Seattle. No laila Clay, akamai loa a me ke akamai, e hoʻokomo iā ia iho i waena o ia mau kūkākūkā a i ka pihoihoi nui a me ka pihoihoi i na mea a pau ma Seattle, kekahi mau kapa ulaula mai Oklahoma, kahi i kapa ʻia ai mākou, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia me ka hui. "
ʻOiai ʻo Bennett i ʻōlelo i nā mea kūpono a pau e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā Sonics ʻO Seattle, kahi pāʻina alakaʻi hui ma Sept 9th 2006, haʻi iā ʻoe a pau pono e ike e pili ana i ke kanaka a me kona manao. Ma ia ahiahi maikai, ua ʻO ka hoʻokele Sonics, i paʻa ʻia mai ke aupuni nona mua, ʻO ka Pākīpika Northwesters a pau, i ʻākoakoa ma Oklahoma e hālāwai me ka luna hou. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Bennett ua hoʻouna ʻia lākou i kahi hale ʻaina kiʻekiʻe, a lawe ʻia ka bila. I ka noho ʻana o nā luna nui o Seattle, ʻehā mau papa o kahi palai hohonu kau ʻia ka mea ʻai ma ka papaʻaina. Ma hope o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ko lākou waha me ka crispy goodness, nīnau kekahi i ka waitress he aha kēia kīʻaha hoihoi me a ʻono maoli nō. He keiki hipa ia. Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Bennett ʻO ko lākou pilikia a maopopo ka ʻōlelo: hiki i nā Sonics ke ʻai i kāna poepoe. [E nānā iā Sonicsgate.com no ka helu piha ʻana o kēia ʻaihue.]
Inā lanakila ka Thunder i ka inoa 2012, ʻo Clay Bennett/David Stern E hoʻopili ʻia ke ala i nā haʻuki pro. E ʻae ʻia ka ʻaihue o nā Sonics a me nā kūlanakauhale e pili ana i nā kūkākūkā kahua e hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻo ia ka "Seattle aʻe" inā ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae i ka makemake o ka haʻuki 1%. He hoʻokûkû no ka He lanakila ka hekili no ka paʻa ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale no ke kālā aupuni. ʻO ia he lanakila ia no ka haehae ʻana i nā puʻuwai o nā kūlanakauhale haʻuki kūpaʻa. He lanakila ia no ka manaʻoʻiʻo, kuʻikahi, a me ka hewa hui noho mau me ka hookolokolo ole.
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Clay Bennett lāua ʻo Aubrey McClendon i ka ʻoliʻoli o kekahi. I ʻaʻole makemake wale e lilo ka Hekili. Makemake au iā LeBron James e hana iā lākou ʻaʻole lākou i haʻalele i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Emerald. ʻO ia ke kumu no ka mea pehea ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe i ka "Dream Team" kūpono ʻole ma South Beach, a i ʻole swoon i ka ʻike ʻana iā Kevin Durant, ʻo ka mea mālama i ka pilina o nā hui i ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale a hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā haʻuki pro mea hoʻohana ʻaihue hui, pono e ʻike i ka mea e aʻa ai a ʻo wai hoʻi e aa ku e. Me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, nā mea pā NBA ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma ka inoa o Slick Watts, pono e kani ʻekolu mau huaʻōlelo i kēia kau hoʻokūkū: “E hele kāua Heat.”
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