Keep it classy, people. Yes, Kevin Durant exiting OKC is a tough blow for even the most pedestrian Thunder fan, but getting catty only does three things:

Destroys a pretty important friendship,
Shows that they had the leverage in the relationship all along,
Makes future prospects a little wary of tying themselves down with us because we came off a little unstable in the breakup.

It’s okay to bitch to your friends and have them reassure us that we can do better. It’s okay to fall for the first sharp shooting small forward that crosses our path, just as long as we are honest with that person about how we aren’t emotionally ready for a seven-year, $100 million dollar commitment. They’ll understand. They may be disappointed, but they’ll appreciate our candor.

Remember what Lebron James did to Cleveland when he took his talents to South Beach? Durant could have done that to us. Instead, he kept his flirtations with other teams quick and whirlwind, then penned an emotional goodbye to our fair city:

I’m from Washington, D.C. originally, but Oklahoma City truly raised me. It taught me so much about family as well as what it means to be a man.

So, let him go seek his happiness and we’ll spend a little time day-drinking and swiping through the NBA front office version of Tinder. Some slashing, lengthy, offensive juggernaut will come along one day and help Russell Westbrook claim the throne as the undisputed alpha of the Thunder and one of the top players in the league.

Then Russell may leave and that’ll be okay too. They’ve done a lot for our city, both with charity and building our ego. We should want good things for them and one day we will earnestly believe that. Until then, smile, say “it was great but our clock just ran out. I hope he is happy. I still see him around and it’s cool.”

Yes, we want revenge. We want to rant and rail, we want to punish him for making us hurt. Fortunately, this is sports and we can do just that by sweeping the Warriors in the 2017 Western Conference Finals.