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 [...]
October 2, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
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 [...]
August 20, 2014
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Pau Gasol is drawing interest from plenty of NBA teams, chief among them apparently being the Oklahoma City Thunder. True story. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne, the Thunder have unexpectedly emerged as a leading candidate for the big man’s services: The Oklahoma City Thunder, meanwhile, have unexpectedly emerged as a leading contender [...]
On the heels of another delusional tirade by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Clippers lost 104-98 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. How? How does the team with the best floor leader (Chris Paul), the best coach (Doc Rivers), and best frontcourt (Griffin/Jordan) lose a playoff series? In the critical game 5, the Clippers blew [...]
May 17, 2014
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R.S. De France
Russell Westbrook is on record for record three triple-doubles in the last five NBA Playoff games for the Thunder. Even if last night’s triple-double wasn’t authentic Westbrook’s Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XX9 months before the shoe’s release in any color is definitely real. Seen in last night’s Thunder win over the Los [...]
May 8, 2014
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Kicks, PE Corner
I usually read too deep into everything, but it would be fair to take from the Jordan ‘Tailored For Flight’ campaign that Russell Westbrook will be debuting a new Air Jordan sneaker. Seen here in this new commercial is Russell Westbrook walking down a city street into “Jeffrey & Sons” store (EST. 1985) which is [...]
April 14, 2014
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Stop. Please stop. I’m begging you. Derrick Rose isn’t going to play again this season. We know this. Yet people still feel the need to ask because, well, he’s Derrick Rose. And when the Chicago Bulls took on the Indiana Pacers Monday night, someone asked, per The Associated Press (via ESPN): Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau [...]
March 25, 2014
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A nationally-televised game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers had all the makings of a blowout win for OKC but instead became one of the more notable Ws for this revamped Los Angeles team. Despite losing, the feet of Russell Westbrook was a winner on Sunday thanks to the Player Exclusive pair [...]
March 11, 2014
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Kicks, PE Corner
The Heat/Thunder game on February 20th was a significant one for multiple reasons. Not only did it mark the return of Russell Westbrook to the active list for Oklahoma City, it was also the his mom’s birthday. In honor of the occasion, Westbrook wore a Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XX8 SE celebrating [...]
February 24, 2014
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