By now, I'm sure you've heard about the big Thunder trade.
Last night, Sam Presti and the Oklahoma City Thunder traded Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic for Victor Oladipo, Arvydas Sabonis's son and something called an Ersan Ilyasova. Although I like the trade from a basketball perspective, the news is kind of bittersweet here at the home office. Serge was always one of my favorite players, and although he once modeled for So6ix, we truly appreciate all the contributions he's made to the Thunder, the Oklahoma City community, and TLO web traffic over the years.
You see, back in 2013 we were the first website to let everyone know that Serge Ibaka is quality, high-character, selfless guy who will happily take a pic with you whenever he stops by the local Kia dealership for an oil change.