Oklahoma City Thunder

July 24, 2012 – Rob De France After moving 2-time MVP and 8-time All-Star Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns have reloaded quickly. The Suns will have their ups and downs in the regular season, but this is a team others will try to avoid come playoff time. Letting go of Nash was challenging for the [...]

July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just when it looked like the sun was setting on the fantastic careers of aging MVP’s Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, an odd twist of fate has paired them together on the Lakers in a quest for Bryant’s 6th ring and Nash’s 1st. Now that the Los Angeles [...]

June 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As if getting the consensus #1 pick in the NBA Draft, Anthony Davis, was not enough, the New Orleans Hornets scored another coup when they landed Duke’s Austin Rivers at the 10th spot. While it usually takes young core some time to develop, just look at the Oklahoma [...]

June 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Now that the Miami Heat have won the NBA Championship, 4-1, over the Oklahoma City Thunder, how does this first championship expand LeBron James’ legacy? Even without a title, James had already amassed quite an impressive resume. 3x MVP, 8x All-Star, scoring champion, and so on. Now, add [...]

June 22, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The Miami Heat used a barrage of threes, an all-encapsulating triple-double from the best player going on planet Earth right now, LeBron James, and whatever unbelievable well of shooting and pain tolerance Mike Miller tapped into to become the rightful 2012 NBA champions. [...]

June 21, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Tonight is a night in the NBA, and sports in general, that some have been waiting for with excitement, waiting for on account of inevitability, dreading, or hoping for. LeBron James’s first real shot at winning a championship does feel, because of what James has meant even before making [...]

June 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As we prepare for Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals, here are the Top 10 Individual Performances in NBA Finals’ Game 5’s over the last 20 years (1991-2011): 10. 2009 Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers) Closing out Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in [...]

June 11, 2012 – Dan Favale The NBA finals kick off Tuesday night in Oklahoma City where the Thunder have an opportunity to accomplish something special. [...]

June 11, 2012 – R.S. De France LeBron James: “That’s what we talk about. It has to be a collective group to win the championship. Everybody was in tune today,” he said during his postgame interview. I’ve tended to agree with Hall of Fame Coach Phil Jackson, that the Heat played video game ball, a [...]

June 7, 2012 – Dan Favale After a second consecutive improbably dominating regular season, the San Antonio Spurs are once again heading home without a taste of the NBA Finals. So, what now? The Spurs weren’t supposed to have the best record in the league this year. Hell, after Manu Ginobili’s injury, there were probably [...]