Victor Oladipo is the center of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s retooling efforts, the main piece sent over in exchange for Serge Ibaka. Along with Steven Adams, Dipo will be considered Russell Westbrook’s main sidekick in the latter’s vengeful quest to singlehandedly lay waste to the NBA to prove who really drove the Thunder. It’ll be glorious, especially if the two blessed-with-bounce guards can find chemistry on the court. To that end, it seems like they’re already bonding.
Here’s that quote where Oladipo jokes about Westbrook sometimes singing him to sleep. pic.twitter.com/a3kgl6dDnu
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) September 24, 2016
Hey, whatever works, right? Sleep is important, and if Oladipo is soothed by Russ’s questionable singing voice, then we’re happy they’ve found each other. At the very least, the similarly-tuneful Vic could make some great Snapchat stories out of this. The quote was from Saturday at Thunder camp, and with the benefit of a few days’ thought, we’ve got a few ideas on what kind of lullabies Russ would sing to his new teammate.
(NOTE: Any interpretations or second meanings given to these picks are your doing. We just like thinking of sweet, gentle songs.)
Frank Ocean, “Thinkin Bout You”
Spandau Ballet, “True”
Tobias Jesso, Jr., “Can’t Stop Thinking About You”
D’Angelo and the Vanguard, “Really Love”
Deerhunter, “Helicopter”
The Temptations, “My Girl”
Knowing Russ, it’s almost certainly the Taylor Swift song first.
