Comments on: Durant Profile in Sports Illustrated

By: Tonni

Tonni — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:31:58 +0000

This article is yet again proof that reporters like Chris Ballard are no longer receiving a travel budget and are phoning in their articles. This has to be the case based on the very facts of his article. Find the John Deere plant and I know we have an IHOP down town but where is Denney’s? When a person in this day and time see’s a factory or a plant in any town and it is operating and they can’t equal that to jobs, jobs which pay for tickets to sporting events the ignorance is overwelming ! Perhaps Ballard just called and asked for training tapes of Durant but I don’t believe he actually came to Oklahoma City , during the day or came thru Downtown Oklahoma City which newspapers such as the Sacromento B (see below for article info) feel we are worth writing about. In case Ballard has not noticed the United States and all of her citizes need all of the positive attention we can get. For a city that is doing a decent job of building up this man should be shut down. Tonni C /Spencer : Sacramento Bee about a “reverse Dust Bowl” of sorts:
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1944947.html

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:22:07 +0000

For some reason all the national writers feel a need to take a cheap-shot at OKC. The broadcast guys have move on. In time this too will pass.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:50:28 +0000

Great article about Durant. Not particularly flattering towards Oklahoma City. Didn’t anyone take Ballard out when he was here? Reading that article, you’d think Oklahoma City smells of dogfood, has Denny’s as its only dining option and that the “converted roller rink” is the only practice facility the team will ever know. I think he must have owed Bill Simmons a favor to come up with the lead-in he did. Or maybe he lived in Seattle in his former life.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:14:37 +0000

great article about our boy KD.. i’ll have to buy that issue.. thanks for the heads up, Darnell..