Oklahoma City Thunder

Next summer, if and when Kevin Durant re-signs with the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency, it won’t necessarily be because they give him the best chance to win. Instead, it might be out of fear for what Russell Westbrook will do—or, rather, say—if he were to leave. Durant is chilling with Team USA at [...]

Still months away from next season and the Kevin Durant saga is already making its entrance. It’s going to be a crazy summer in 2016, especially, when free agency hits. Many teams will surely be placing their offers in attempts to land the most versatile and potent scorer the league has seen in many years. [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder won’t be having problems filling in their center position. Having been initially offered a $70 million offer sheet from the Portland Trailblazers last Thursday, Kanter immediately signed it which forced the Thunder into a serious predicament. Without a doubt, the amount of money offered is not justifiable to this point for [...]

Apparently the Portland Trail Blazers, much like the Philadelphia 76ers, want all the big men. With LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews officially headed elsewhere, the Blazers have a boat load of cap space and no star to spend it on. So, naturally, they did the only thing left to do: offer restricted free agent Enes [...]

Kevin Durant free-agency rumors are beginning to percolate. Which means it officially must be summer. Much ado has already been made over his impending foray onto the open market. This speculation is nothing new. But there’s something about his free agency being less than one year away that’s fueling the conjecture fire. Maybe it’s because [...]

After losing DeAndre Jordan to the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers are scrambling to ensure they still field a Western Conference juggernaut for the 2015-16 campaign. Next summer, apparently, they’ll be scrambling to sign free-agent-to-be Kevin Durant. They and 29 other NBA teams, that is. Unlike most of those 29 other teams, though, the [...]

Sometimes the NBA is quiet ahead of its yearly draft. This is not one of those times. The Charlotte Hornets are making moves. Yes, plural. First, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported that the Hornets acquired Nicolas Batum from the Portland Trail Blazers. Here are the details on that one: Portland is finalizing a trade [...]

Pat yourself on the back. Do the self-five. Pound your chest. Hell, play some pocket billiards if you’re into that sort of thing. You deserve it. Because the 2014-15 NBA regular season is over. And you made it. Now it’s off to the playoffs, which begin Saturday. And thank heavens for the brief respite in [...]

Welp, here we are, at the end of another NBA regular season, preparing for a postseason gauntlet that, for the first time in five years, won’t include the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder did their part on Wednesday night, slaughtering the tanking Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Russell Westbrook did Russell Westbrook things, exploding for 37 points, [...]

Russell Westbrook giveth, and he taketh away. In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 116-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, he tooketh away. He didn’t cost the Thunder a victory per se. He tallied a career-high 54 points to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists—another superhuman stat line for a desperately energetic player [...]