Thunder storming on Luke’s broken heart
Jun 7, 2012, 9:48 AM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:31 pm
Oklahoma City Thunder |
The steady downpour outside the 97.3 KIRO studios is
almost matched by a torrent of tears inside, where
lifelong Seattle Supersonics lover Luke Burbank is
drowning in the sorrow of seeing his former team heading
to the NBA finals as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
“It’s like seeing someone that you used to date who’s
gotten really fit and gotten their hair done and they look
super hot but they’re dating someone else,” Luke laments.
“But wouldn’t you wish the best for them?” counters co-
host Dave Ross.
That’s asking a bit much for a guy who grew up watching or
listening to every Sonics game since he was a kid,
suffering through years of mediocrity punctuated by magic
moments like the 1979 NBA championship and a return trip
to the finals in the glory years of Sean Kemp, Gary Payton
and Detlef Schrempf in 1996.
And much like a jilted lover, Luke can’t let it go.
“It’s like you go into a really nice fancy restaurant and
you look across and you see that girl that you used to be
with. And now she’s lost the weight, she looks amazing,
she’s tan, she looks amazing. She’s on a date though
with a hot guy and midway through the meal he gets down on
one knee and proposes. And she says yes and she’s crying
and they hug. They’re having a great moment, and you’re
waiting for a refill on your breadsticks feeling
completely bereft. That is the feeling I have this
morning,” Luke says.
As for Dave, the solution is simple.
“You have forgotten that there are lots of good fish in
the sea. There’s some other girl who lost the weight
without having to try so hard, who’s just waiting for
you,” says Dave in a half-hearted effort to console his
forlorn co-host.
Suffice it to say it’s not much comfort.
“If and when we do finally get a team we’re going to get
a reclamation project. We are going to get whatever the
worst team in the NBA is because that’s why whatever city
is giving them up is giving them up,” Luke complains.
But he admits there is some solace knowing whether the new
team stinks or not, at least he’ll have a new love. Maybe
they can double date with that old flame who moved to
Oklahoma?
-Josh Kerns/My Northwest.com
