Jonathon Clinesmith is a Thunder fan who doesn’t get to watch his team much. Clinesmith, who lives in southwest Oklahoma City, doesn’t have cable, and Sinclair Media, which owns the Thunder’s television rights, has been in a staredown with streaming services.
With the Thunder rebuild, the national networks want no part of the franchise that once was a television darling.
“Life is kind of tough for us Thunderheads,” Clinesmith wrote me. “In the back of my mind, I at least HOPED that, on some level, I might get to catch them live at least once this season.