Well, duh. Kevin Durant was asked about life on the Oklahoma City Thunder without Russell Westbrook prior to the team’s Game 4 overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, and he responded by saying the only thing he really could: He missed him. Asked Kevin Durant what he’s learned about himself in the absence of Russell [...]
Feel free to panic, but Kevin Durant won’t. After the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Memphis Grizzlies at home in Game 2 of the second round of the NBA playoffs, some folks were prepared to hit the panic button. To be clear, we’re talking about the same panic button the world was ready to [...]
It’s not easy trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0, but James Harden and the Houston Rockets haven’t given up hope. Houston fell to Oklahoma City in tightly contested 105-102 battle. The Rockets were down by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter, but came storming back to take the lead. But both Kevin Durant [...]
April 25, 2013
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Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are one of the best tandems in the NBA right now, and with both of them being style aficionados, it is not surprising to Westbrook in his own personalized pair of Nike KD sneakers. On the tongue you can see the WHY NOT? logo that was used on previous Russell [...]
April 24, 2013
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Carmelo Anthony is overrated. He’s also a ball hog. Or at least, that’s the prevailing narrative coming from The Boston Globe. On Monday, more than 24 hours after the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 85-78 in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs, The Boston Globe‘s Dan Shaughnessy had a [...]
April 23, 2013
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Kevin Martin wants to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but money talks, and there may not be enough cash ‘speaking’ for him to remain next to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Per The Oklahoman‘s Darnell Mayberry, the Thunder are unlikely to retain the veteran shooting guard: I’ve always liked Lamb’s potential. But while I [...]
April 15, 2013
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Everybody loves Kevin Durant. By “everybody,” I seriously mean (almost) everybody. Prior to the Golden State Warriors’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Warriors head coach Mark Jackson essentially called Durant a role model. Coach Mark Jackson: “When I look at Kevin Durant, you look at a guy you want to point your kids to [...]
April 12, 2013
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Because of the deep Native American affiliation that the state Oklahoma has, the signature sneaker of Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder was chosen once again to take part in the Nike N7 program. The said purpose of the Nike N7 program is to bring the benefits that American sports have to the Aboriginal [...]
April 10, 2013
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Kevin Durant would like to bestow the NBA’s scoring title upon Carmelo Anthony. Okay, that’s a bit much, but he doesn’t mind if Anthony winds up winning it. Per Royce Young of dailythunder.com, Melo can have the scoring title if he wants it: KD on the scoring title race with Carmelo Anthony: “He can have [...]
April 5, 2013
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Despite the entire Nike Basketball Elite collection being official announced late in March, different colorways of these signature sneakers updated specifically for the NBA Playoffs have began to circulate around. While much hasn’t been seen of the new Nike Elite sneakers for defending NBA Champion LeBron James or elder statesman of the league Kobe Bryant, [...]
April 1, 2013
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