Ron Dejais, Superfan

Only four teams remain in the NBA playoffs, and, alas, Ron Dejais' SuperSonics are not one of them. Battling valiantly through injuries and perhaps some poor officiating, the Sonics nevertheless succumbed to the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs in the series' sixth game last Thursday. Don't blame Ron, though. As you will see in the following photo essay, he would stop at nothing--not even destroying his own couch with a meat cleaver and a hammer--to will his team to victory.


Manu is to Ron as Hannibal is to Miggs



Game 3: Doubting his "Ronics"? So early in the series? No, just an ice cream headache.



Ron declares his fidelity: "I am handcuffed by my love for the Sonics." He admits to sleeping in his "vintage" Horace Grant jersey...and nothing else. "It feels so smooth against my skin."



"@#^& you, Joey Crawford!" Ron lets a referee, and the couch, know how he feels about a call.



Game 6: "If I'm going down, I'm taking the couch with me..."



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In his post-postseason despair, a besotted Navy Bean eulogized the fallen:

Navy Bean

REFLECTIONS ON A SEASON LOST

The hatchet glinted as I approached
Ron's and White's red door.

Tonight the couch
would meet its match
stick struck
meat cleaver cleft
hammer claw clobbered
gasoline doused.

At least we would have this to show
For a Sonics season ended
too soon.