Oklahoma City Thunder

Nothing out of the ordinary happened during the fan vote for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game starters. The injured Kobe Bryant won a starting slot that he won’t get to exploit, Anthony Davis was recognized for his dominance, Carmelo Anthony snuck into the starting five by reputation alone and Marcin Gortat nabbed more votes than [...]

It was a thrilling Wednesday night at the capital, as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder faced off with the Washington Wizards for an epic showdown between two of the elite teams in the league right now. All throughout the game, both teams clearly played with a purpose and losing was not an option for them. [...]

There’s something truly zany about the 2014-15 NBA season. It’s been weird. It’s still weird. It’s truly, utterly, completely, wholly, wonderfully, purely, perfectly zany. Allow me to offer up Exhibit A: These here power rankings. Collective movement is neither enormous nor insubstantial. There is virtually no change at the top. But then we get into the [...]

It was almost like a dunk competition between OKC’s dynamic duo—Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in their 94-86 victory over the Miami Heat last night. The win improved their record to 21-20, which also puts them a game over .500 for the first time this season. However, in a scary turn during the game Durant [...]

When you think of who could possibly be the most explosive and athletic point guard in the league today, the name Russell Westbrook would probably be at the top of your list after all the high-flying dunks he’s been showing us throughout his career. And on Tuesday night against the Heat, Westbrook reminded us once [...]

Well it’s official: The NBA is a forest fire of craziness. To wit: A lot has happened since we last met. Kevin Garnett decided to head-hump Dwight Howard amid the Net’s demonstrative downturn; the Pistons decided to be an actual basketball team; the Knicks and Celtics let Sam Hinkie know they’re coming for his (pingpong) balls; [...]

James Harden was superb against his former team on Thursday night as he led the Rockets to a 112-101 victory over the Thunder and finished with a game-high of 31 points on 9 of 15 shooting while nailing 6 three pointers. And during the second period of the game, Harden showed how much he really [...]

Hypothetical NBA trades that don’t come true are the worst—especially those that would have been awesome. Like this one. According to ESPN New York’s Ohm Youngmisuk, the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder talked shop on a deal involving Brook Lopez: [tweet: https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/552312545793826817] Nets Daily confirmed the rumor, which at this point, will never come [...]

Reggie Jackson is the player the Knicks almost had, even though they never really had him. Twitter was aflutter when the three-team deal between the Knicks, Cavaliers and Thunder began unfolding. Jackson was identified as the player the Knicks were taking back. But Twitter was wrong. The move was a salary dump; the Knicks gave [...]

Hello again. After a brief holiday respite, during which a crap ton of NBA-related things happened, The Hoop Doctors’ power rankings are back. We know it’s been tough, slogging through these last two weeks without the ability to incessantly check and read and cherish and tell your friends about updated power rankings. But the wait [...]