Imrem: What if Jordan had left Bulls like Durant left Thunder?

Imagine back to 1990, when Michael Jordan was entering his prime and the Bulls looked like they were on the verge of finally breaking through to win an NBA title.

Now imagine how you would have felt if right then His Royal Airness defected as a free agent to a conference rival like the Pistons.

That's essentially what Kevin Durant just did by forsaking the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors.

I hope Bulls fans would have booed Jordan every time he touched the ball when he came back to play in Chicago Stadium and the United Center.

Then if Jordan wanted to return to the Bulls a few years later, like LeBron James did to the Cavaliers after four years, the response would be simple.

"No, M.J., if we weren't good enough for you then, you're not good enough for us now."

Durant's move, which can be finalized Thursday, is great for everybody: For him, for Golden State, for the NBA and for basketball fans who like super teams.

Great for everybody but Oklahoma City and the Thunder.

While Durant did the right thing for himself - and what many of us would have done - no law says that OKC fans can't be angry about it.

Personally, I'm a vindictive person with a rejection complex and a sensitive psyche.

To me, Durant's departure from the Thunder was too amicable among the principles, though perhaps not around dinner tables or on bar stools in Oklahoma City.

Unlike when James left Cleveland six years ago, there was no "The Decision" announcing the move, embarrassing the scorned on national TV, and no nasty responses.

Instead, on The Players Tribune, Durant thanked the Thunder for helping him grow as a player and person. Thunder chairman Clay Bennett and general manager Sam Presti thanked him for his contributions to the franchise and community.

Too civilized, don't you think?

How different it was from when Cavs ownership and fans blasted James after he left in 2010.

You could say that welcoming James back in 2014 worked out just fine for Cleveland when James and the Cavs won this year's NBA title.

It worked out just fine if a city and team don't mind gagging on their pride just to win a championship.

If that were me, I would have locked the doors and never let James back into town.

Cleveland was jilted by James when he left to fool around with another city, not for a drunken weekend but for four inebriating years.

Then James said, "OK, I'm ready to grace you with my presence again, so let's remarry and live happily ever after, or until the next time I feel frisky for someone else."

Cleveland and the Cavs sold their souls to accept James back and win the title the city waited so long for.

The James-Cavs breakup was worse than the Durant-Thunder breakup because James is a son of Akron, just down the road from Cleveland.

Durant is from Washington, D.C. He attended the University of Texas. He's just passing through wherever he is. He might even want to reverse course back to Oklahoma after a year or two in California.

Sorry, sir, OKC should tell him, but spurning us once was one time too many.

Then Thunder fans should boo him just as I hope Bulls fans would have booed Michael Jordan at every twist and turn upon his imaginary return to the Bulls.