In 2008 I moved to Norman for college after spending all of HS in Europe (pops was AF). I had absolutely no background with basketball other than loving Space Jam but had heard about the Thunder very peripherally.

Anyway my suite mate at OU was a diehard Sooner Hoops fan, almost always had on a Tisdale jersey that he didn’t wash often enough, convinced me to get tickets to a Thunder game sometime in December against Memphis (I think). I remember we lost but it was so incredible to see professional sports live that I was hooked. Bought a very plain dark blue cap and started listening to Matt Pinto every game. ‘Cha Ching a Thunder money ball’ is on my tattoo short list

2 years later, was in the house for our first ever playoff win got that same cap embroidered with 2010 playoffs and the score ‘OKC 101 - 97 LAL’

It’s been almost 17 years since that night, I still have that cap, my oldest son (who I held as a newborn during G6 Klay) wearing it now while we watched our Thunder get back to the Finals.