Tag: Oklahoma City Thunder
A look at the top five teams in the West and whether they should be active on the trade market.
Joel Brigham predicts what the East and West All-Star teams will look like based on the latest returns.
Kevin Durant started slow, then took charge in his return. Oklahoma City’s star forward had 26 points and a season-high 17 rebounds after missing the previous game with a sprained right big toe, and the Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 112-94 on Wednesday night. Source: The Associated Press
Kevin Durant missed the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 116-104 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday because of a sprained right big toe. Durant injured the toe Saturday in the second quarter against the Charlotte Hornets after stepping on an opponent’s foot. He finished the game, playing 35 minutes with 29 points and 11 rebounds in […]
Before the Thunder played the Hornets on Saturday, (Jeremy) Lamb sat down to talk with The Oklahoman: (Question:) Did you request a trade? (Lamb:) “No … just the way things played out. The way things played out it wasn’t a great situation for me there. The GMs were very encouraging of me, just saying I’m […]
Trade exceptions can be a helpful tool to make deals. Salary Cap guru Eric Pincus breaks down the current trade exceptions.
The Washington Wizards’ Marcin Gortat and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook were today named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 21 through Sunday, Dec. 27. Source: NBA.com
What Kevin Durant did to the Los Angeles Clippers was analogous to a baseball player hitting a go-ahead home run before robbing someone else of one. Durant drained a 19-foot jumper with 5.8 seconds left before blocking a potential game-winning 18-footer by Chris Paul as time expired, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Clippers […]
After the Los Angeles Lakers suffered the sixth-worst loss in team history Saturday, falling 118-78 to the Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena, coach Byron Scott said his players were “scared” and “in awe” of Oklahoma City. “Those guys looked like they were scared tonight or intimidated by[Kevin] Durant and [Russell] Westbrook,” Scott said, referencing the […]
By January 10, NBA teams will have to either commit to players on non/partially-guaranteed contracts or let them go.
