Kanter on Thunder Facing Turkish Team: It Will Be Strange

Seven years later, (Enes) Kanter is on the Thunder, and Fenerbahce is in Oklahoma City. The teams are set for a friendly Friday night exhibition, the back end of a preseason home-and-home that tipped off in Istanbul back in 2013. On the surface, this coincidental collision between Kanter and his former team would seem a […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Kevin Durant Returns to Action 8 Months After Last Game

It’s been eight long months since Kevin Durant has been able to put those otherworldly skills on display in an NBA game. In his first game back from the fractured right foot that derailed the Oklahoma City Thunder’s season last year, it seemed almost as if Durant had never left. He scored 15 points on […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA PM: Enes Kanter, Billy Donovan and Questions of Fit

Is there any way Enes Kanter will fit with head coach Billy Donovan and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s squad?

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: The Nature of Predictive Reporting

Kevin Durant didn’t like the reporting regarding his pending free agency, but predictive reporting is almost required… Not easy to set contract values in a ballooning NBA economy.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Summer 2015 Rookie-Scale Options, Extensions

Teams must make a decision on rookie-scale options and extensions for these players.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Durant Denies Report of Free Agency Destination

Thunder star Kevin Durant said Friday that a comment from ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith indicating the star forward would consider Los Angeles his “primary objective” if he didn’t re-sign in Oklahoma City next summer isn’t true. “I don’t talk to Stephen A. Smith at all,” Durant told reporters. “Nobody in my family, my friends — […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Durant: It Will Take Time to Get Comfortable on Court

“I feel great, actually,” (Kevin) Durant said. “It’s really different being out there in a practice setting. I haven’t been there in a while. It’s definitely going to take me some time to really get comfortable out there again. “I’ve been injured, but I’m healed now. So I try not to think about it. If […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Donovan Not Interested in Changing Durant, Westbrook

New Thunder head coach Billy Donovan stressed that he’ll let Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook be who they are.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
50 NBA Predictions for 2015-16 (Part 1)

Joel Brigham kicks off Part 1 of his annual 50 predictions article for the 2015-16 NBA season.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021