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News - Oklahoma City Thunder - James

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Retirement

As of today I am stepping down as GM of the Oklahoma City Thunder. This has been a difficult decision to come to, one which I�ve given thought to over the last year or so.

This doesn�t have anything to do with the state of the team, the state of the league or any hard feelings toward a single person in the NSL. I feel like I�m leaving the team in a good place in the short term and a great place in the long term. Possibly more importantly, I feel like I�m also leaving the league in a strong place to cover my absence.

I have made a lot of friends and a lot of good memories over the time in the NSL and even more counting the NLL days. This league has been a key hobby for me over the past 20 years.

When it comes down to it - life is busy - and making hard choices about how we want to spend our hours is important. Reflecting upon the first five weeks of the season - nearly all of the time I�ve spent on anything NSL-related has been trying to help with the work aspect of the league (with me generally creating a delay in even that due to other conflicts). This was further underscored after my team�s hot start and that I wasn�t really even all that excited about that.

The time has come for me to allow someone else to give this OKC team more care than I was able to. I do love the roster I�ve built, and hope that somebody else can have them take the step from rebuilding team to contender.

It�s not impossible that I return at some point in the future - but at this juncture I have to say goodbye for now.

To further reassure any fears beyond myself/this team - I�m still around and will try to help out with any issues or questions/issues that come up. I still do hope you all love this league and continue to enjoy it for another 20 years, and I�ll do what I�m able to in order to keep this from causing any larger issues.