Oklahoma City Thunder

You guys. It wasn’t a dream. The NBA is still back. Shhh. Stop fist-pumping and -bumping and -twerking so loudly. You might scare the regular season away. There. That’s better. The first week of the 2014-15 season was crazy. There were plenty of exciting games, and even more devastating injuries.  There were surprise wins, and [...]

Kevin Durant wants y’all to know he left Team USA this past summer for the reason y’all already think he left Team USA this past summer. Paul George’s injury spooked him. During an hour-long HBO Sports documentary entitled “The Offseason: Kevin Durant,” the now-injured Oklahoma City Thunder superstar basically admits that he left Team USA’s [...]

There is no denying it, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in deep trouble. With the injury to Westbrook Thursday night against the Clippers, the Thunder will now be without their top two superstars for the next 20 games more than likely. Immediate Impact: Losing your top two players is extremely difficult for any franchise to [...]

With Kevin Durant already sidelined around six to eight weeks, more bad news fell on the Oklahoma City Thunder as their other superstar Russell Westbrook may possibly be missing significant time after injuring his right hand in Thursday night’s game versus the Clippers. It was midway through the second quarter when Westbrook accidentally banged his [...]

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. The NBA is back. Like, really back. Not summer-league back. Not FIBA World Cup back. Not training camp back. Not preseason back. Regular-season back. The Hoop Doctors’ totally awesome, not-at-all restrained power rankings back. That’s right. After a months-long hiatus—during which time yours [...]

Reigning MVP Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been diagnosed with a Jones fracture in his right foot, according to league sources. This injury will require surgery and will take about 6-8 weeks of recovery time. Thunder GM Sam Presti released the following statement regarding Durant’s injury: “After practice yesterday, Kevin made us [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has been having a great run in the city, having been able to appear in the conference finals three times in four seasons. These achievements would not have been possible without his best players—and one of them is named Russell Westbrook. During the team’s media day, Brooks made [...]

Kevin Durant cannot kick the free-agency bug. The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar is fiercely loyal and, even now, incredibly happy where he is. But 2016 free agency looms large for him, and he has given it some thought. Even though he tries not to think about the future. During a wide-ranging interview with USA Today‘s [...]

Stop what you’re doing. Stop whatever you’re doing. Doesn’t matter if you’re cooking, rocking your baby to sleep or rescuing gaggles of talking seagulls from a burning building. Stop it. Stop all of it. You’ll want to take this in. Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant apparently worked out together. Gasp. Eric Pincus of BasketballInsiders.com was [...]

Greg Monroe has apparently been doing anything and everything he can to escape the Detroit Pistons. Accepting Detroit’s qualifying offer—like he’s supposed to do—reeks of doubt and distrust and potential disgust. Rather than secure his financial future, he’ll likely play through next season at a ridiculous discount so he can explore unrestricted free agency in [...]