“When I was coaching [the Oklahoma City Thunder], we had arguably two of the top five or six players in the league at the time, so we drew crowds everywhere we went,” said Brooks, who helmed the Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook-led team for five-plus seasons. “So it was great crowds, and obviously Kevin Durant coming back home, there was a buzz there, but at the start of the season, we weren’t playing well, so I don’t think our fans really came out. But lately, now that we’ve played well at home, we’ve had some great games, and a lot of times when we didn’t play well, our crowd really picked us up and gave us an extra push to finish up the game. We’re excited about what’s happening; our fans are excited about seeing us giving everything we have and compete at both ends of the floor. That’s what fans want. They want a workmanlike mentality, and I think that’s what they’re getting now.”