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The rise and fall of Oklahoma City, the NBA's small-market miracle


It's Russell Westbrook Day. It's Russell Westbrook Day every day in Oklahoma City, by a mayoral decree signed in 2017 by then-Mayor Mick Cornett after Westbrook re-upped with a five-year, $205 million extension. It was Russell Westbrook Day on July 6, when the Oklahoma City Thunder shockingly traded Paul George to the LA Clippers. (ESPN.com)

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