Y'all were media darlings last year for a few different reasons. Rubio and Love being the obvious ones, the, albeit brief, time spent around .500 and Pekovic making some noise midseason.
and all the team got out of it was 1 national game and a "wow we look stupid making fun of Rubio." We were pretty much that team that everyone watched on League Pass yet nobody really talked about. The only ones that really talked a lot about Pek outside of local outlets were me and Wilt. Media darlings are the last thing this team is. Liking Love and Rubio does not mean they like the team. That just means they found two talented players they want playing for their squad.
As someone in this industry, not one writer wants to see the Wolves do well, because that would mean 2 things:
1. the writers that shytted on Kahn would have to do A LOT of backtracking.
2.(and this is the big one): They'd have to travel there to cover the team. Nobody wants to go to that city and cover them, not even the writers that are already there. It's by far the biggest drawback to the success OKC has had. The only one that has even come close to admitting such publicly is Barkley.
You'll see this point proven correctly when the overwhelming majority of Wolves games on National TV (if they get any at all) will be road games.
if this deal goes down there's a decent chance (30%) we miss it all together which I am fine with in the grand scheme of winning a title.
