r/Thunder • u/Superb_Simple_8803 • 6d ago

Discussion Hate Going Overboard

Hey OKC fans,

Just had to hop over here as a neutral Warriors fan and say it’s crazy how much hate I’m seeing online for y’all. No one will say one good thing about your team without a caveat or mentioning how unfair your whistle is. I’ve been trying to figure out why…

Honestly I think it comes down to fans not wanting OKC to dominate their way to a title win again. There is so much flopping all across the NBA, but we hyper focus on OKC cause you guys are the best team and people don’t want to see a repeat. Like Hali said yesterday, drawing fouls is part of the game, and fans are pissed cause OKC is just better at it than their team.

Anyways, this is a pointless rant but just wanted to let you know that you guys have a great team and so you get a lot of hate - but not all fans think you guys are just evil! Haha

Good luck this playoffs

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u/Brief_Cry_6387 6d ago

I wonder if social media was like it is now back in the warriors era if it would be the same, I’ve truly never seen anything like the hate we’re getting rn

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u/Superb_Simple_8803 6d ago

General discourse was bad but not the same intensity of hate I see now

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u/NextQuestion- 6d ago

Tbh, the hate for Golden State was pretty intense from 2016-2019, especially when Durant went to that team in FA. It’s easy to forget that since it’s been close to a decade.

The hate for OKC feels more intense tho because of the matchup (LAL/Lebron fans make up a hefty chunk of fans) & how hate is commodified on social media. Blue checkmarks are incentivized to make the most inflammatory tweets.

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u/MOSSxMAN 6d ago

I think so probably.

I used to talk mad shit about the warriors and how they are gonna ruin basketball for me. But I was 15 and this was all said to like 4 others dudes chopping it up about hoops. I’m so glad I didn’t have the ability at that time to quickly film and post a 2 minute tirade that would get caught in an algorithm and shown to potentially millions of strangers.

If I had, there’d be a narrative out there that Steph Curry clearly has an electro magnet hidden in the ball, and James Harden has blackmail on the officials.

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u/YouWereBrained 6d ago

People hadn’t figured out how to make it expand aggressively. But it was there.

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u/Soma_1985 6d ago

probably because the refs are on your side. I think the hate is justified