Thunder

The Rudy Gay sweepstakes may be heating up. Speaking about the Sacramento Kings forward’s availability on a recent episode of The Vertical Podcast, Adrian Wojnarowski noted that the Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder have all shown interest in acquiring his services. Here’s the transcription via NESN.com: “There’s no question Oklahoma City. Indiana [...]

Al Horford, it seems, had a lot on his mind during his foray into 2016 free agency over the summer. The Atlanta Hawks were never really irrelevant in the race for his services, though their acquisition of Dwight Howard essentially sealed his departure, even if they were willing to deal Paul Millsap elsewhere. And it [...]

Russell Westbrook is the realest. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that he’s averaging a triple-double. You read that correctly. He is Oscar Robertson-ing the the modern-day NBA. Or maybe Westbrook’s status as the realest is due to him not giving two craps about averaging said triple-double. As he said after the [...]

When Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors, many thought it was only a matter of time before Russell Westbrook was traded. And whether or not Westbrook was traded, many also thought he would up and sign with a big-market squad in 2017. A big-market squad like the New York Knicks. This thought process, [...]

The Thunder stopped the bleeding last night and ended their four game losing streak by beating the Rockets 105-103 in Oklahoma City with what we now know as a typical super-human Russell Westbrook performance. It is clear that the Thunder are in need of a secondary scorer. Someone who can pick up some of the [...]

Independence Day 2016 will always live in infamy for the NBA and especially the Oklahoma City Thunder. That’s the day their leader, hero and face of their franchise exercised his independence as a free agent to join the rival Golden State Warriors, leaving his partner in crime Russell Westbrook and the organization he had called [...]

Blake Griffin will be a free agent this summer if he, as expected, terminates the final year of his contract. He was born in Oklahoma City. He attended the University of Oklahoma. His Los Angeles Clippers are playing the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. You know where this is going. Asked about his connection to [...]

Cameron Payne underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his foot this past July and has thus spent the first part of 2016-17 on the sidelines. As for how much longer he’ll be there, the Oklahoma City Thunder don’t seem to know. From Brett Dawson of The Oklahoman: [tweet https://twitter.com/BDawsonWrites/status/795769034113515521] Owners of the second-highest [...]

No matter what might be said, or written, or assumed, Kevin Durant has a soft spot for Russell Westbrook. The new Golden State Warriors forward sat down with the Bay Area News Group’s Anthony Slater to discuss the state of his relationship with his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate. Durant was honest, sometimes brutally so, [...]

We have our first trade of the 2016-17 NBA season. And, surprise surprise, it involves the Philadelphia 76ers. As first reported by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Philly is sending Jerami Grant to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Ersan Ilyasova and a future pick: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/793532530477690881] [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/793532897089163265] The pick in question, per ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe [...]