Russell Westbrook

No one saw it coming. Not the Oklahoma City Thunder, not the Houston Rockets, not David Stern himself. And yet, here we are. As Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports first reported, the Rockets and Thunder came to terms on a blockbuster deal that landed All-Star guard James Harden in Houston and volume scoring guard Kevin [...]

According to Yahoo! Sports, The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Sixth Man of the Year James Harden to the Houston Rockets after not being able to agree to a contract extension with the guard. Rockets will send SG Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and future draft considerations to the Thunder for Harden, sources told Y! Sports. [...]

Russell Westbrook certainly has a unique spin on the whole hipster/nerd chic fashion style. For years he has been wearing the Urkel-esque glasses that recently during the NBA Finals got all sorts of media attention. It seemed to be mainly the media who was trying to manufacture a feud between Durant/Westbrook and the Heat’s Wade/James [...]

NBA sneaker endorsements have become a bigger topic of conversation than normal lately.  After Jordan Brand lost one of their marquee players, no time was wasted in filling the position by calling up Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder, who’s deal with Nike expired this year, to the Michael Jordan brand. Jordan Brand head [...]

August 20, 2012 – Dan Favale Serge Ibaka’s extension paves the way for James Harden to both leave and stay, depending on who you talk to, yet either way the Oklahoma City Thunder made the right decision. By signing Ibaka to a four year extensionthe Thunder ensure they have three out of their core four [...]

August 20, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim This weekend, OKC’s Serge Ibaka was signed to an extension worth $48 million. The Thunder solidified their young core by making sure the talented Congolese/ Spanish forward/ center stays around for at least the foreseeable future. They’ve also effectively turned the focus-that of both team management and the media- onto James Harden. Ibaka’s [...]

August 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors OKC Thunder teammates Russell Westbrook and James Harden have obvious chemistry on the hardwood, but now it seems we may need to give them credit for chemistry behind the camera in the latest comedic Foot Locker commercial for tearaways… [...]

August 16, 2012 – Allen Moll Even though it was an all too close 7 point victory over Spain in the Gold Medal Game of the Olympics, the second closest margin of victory ever in a Final, something can be said for Team USA’s all too impressive ride to make it there. Whether it was [...]

July 24, 2012 – Dan Favale The Oklahoma City Thunder are approaching a crossroads, or rather, are they on the cusp of taking advantage of a golden opportunity? [...]

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 [...]