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The Los Angeles Rams have had quite an eventful week. While the team sits at 4-5 on the season (still technically in the playoff race), this week has been full of change. On Monday, the Rams named number one overall pick Jared Goff the starting quarterback for their game against the Dolphins. Head coach Jeff […]

Coming into the night, Oklahoma City was on a four game losing streak. After starting 6-1, the Thunder found themselves sitting at 6-5 and not feeling that great. All of that changed tonight as they beat the Houston Rockets, 105-103. It was not the prettiest offensive finish for Oklahoma City, but it got the job done. The Thunder […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in for an interesting year. This season the Thunder are without two of the three players that many believed were the building blocks of their future. Those players are, of course, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka. Durant being gone because of his decision to play with the Golden State Warriors. […]

Serge Ibaka returned to the team that drafted him with a splash. In the Magic‘s game against the Thunder, there were not too hard of feelings involved. Ibaka was playing against Oklahoma City for the first time since being traded and the fans welcomed him with open arms. Naturally, he received great applause before the game and […]

Jerami Grant has been with the Thunder for a only a short time, but it looks like he fits in perfectly. Grant has played three games for Oklahoma City so far and in those contests, he is averaging 21 minutes a game. The athletic forward has not had too big of an effect so far, only averaging […]

Jerami Grant has been with the Thunder for only a short time, but he is already making a big difference. Grant was able to get a big slam against former OKC small forward, Kevin Durant, on Thursday. Now, Grant is posterizing the Timberwolves. Welcome to #LoudCity Jerami Grant!💪 #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/gz9xHqumA0 — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) November […]

Russell Westbrook and the Thunder won another one on Sunday. This team is somehow quietly sitting at 3-0 with one of the best players in the league. Many will say that the Thunder do not deserve much credit because of who they have played so far. OKC has faced the 76ers, Suns, and Lakers – […]

With a 4-0 start, the Oklahoma City Thunder are now looking to sweep their California road trip. The team just went through the L.A. Clippers on Wednesday night, and the Golden State Warriors are now next in line. The game tonight has been very hyped as OKC will be facing off against their old teammate and leader, Kevin Durant. There have […]

The Wall Street Journal recently released their “Scary Sports Costumes” for the 2016 Halloween and they took some shots at current NBA players. It appears that WSJ is full of Thunder fans – or at least know what non-Warriors NBA fans will think to be funny – with what they said about two of the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder only have a day or so left to lock up some of the key pieces of their franchise. The deadline to extend Victor Oladipo and Steven Adams‘ contract is October 31st. If they are able to do so, it will keep them from going into restrictive free agency. The Thunder do […]

Victor Oladipo has been Russell Westbrook‘s teammate for only two games but in those two games he has seen greatness. Westbrook, with the help of Oladipo, has helped the Thunder to a 2-0 start. It hasn’t been pretty for OKC, but wins are wins. In those two victories for the Oklahoma City Thunder over the […]

It did not take long for a fan to show his displeasure for Russell Westbrook this season after Westbrook was flipped off by a courtside fan of the 76ers in their opening game of the season in Philadelphia. No doubt that the fan decided to flip off Westbrook because he was lighting up the 76ers. […]

The NBA is quickly changing in today’s world. The league is moving towards an approach that is more like how the Golden State Warriors play. It’s hard to blame anyone that wants to play like the Warriors – the team has set the record for wins in a season and has gone to the NBA […]

The Los Angeles Rams are surprisingly sitting on top of the NFC West right now with a 3-1 record. That being said, the team still has not looked good. They look like the same old Rams that cannot get it done on offense and use their defense to sneak by. The reason why they have […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have finished their games overseas and are now headed back to the United States. The travel back will be the real start to the Thunder’s preseason and it will be an important preseason for the new-look squad. The Thunder are still trying to get all the pieces on their team clicking. […]

This season the Oklahoma City Thunder will go through a major change, all because of the loss of Kevin Durant. Durant decided to move on from the team and go to Golden State, because of it everything has changed. This preseason the team will be searching for a new small forward and it will be […]

This offseason, the Oklahoma City Thunder were able to acquire Domantas Sabonis from the Orlando Magic. Sabonis came over to the Thunder in a deal that was not even focused around him. The trade was all about Victor Oladipo, but Sabonis might be the biggest steal. The Lithuanian big was the 11th overall pick this year out of […]

After signing a contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook continues to express his love for the city. The extension that Westbrook signed gave him big bucks and made him look like the hero the city needs. Many believed that Westbrook would flee OKC now that Kevin Durant is gone; he is out there proving […]

After struggling in their first game of the season, the Los Angeles Rams look to be back on track. The team now has back-to-back wins and is 2-1 for the first time since Jeff Fisher took over. The most impressive part of back-to-back wins is the variety in them. Their first win came in a […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers currently sit at 2-1, good for second place in the AFC North. The team struggled in Week 3 and never found the end zone against the Eagles. They will head back home in Week 4 to take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The scary part about that prime time game for the […]

Victor Oladipo is only 24-years-old and yet he is going into his fourth year in the NBA. The now Thunder shooting guard has now become one of the best players of two different franchises in his short career. Oladipo has put up decent numbers so far with 15.9 points, 3.9 assists, and 4.8 rebounds per […]

Victor Oladipo has gone from being the best player on the Orlando Magic to a key player for a playoff team. That team is the Oklahoma City Thunder. When Oladipo first joined the team he did not think he would be the second option, but now he will be thrust into that position. The Thunder […]

Todd Gurley appears to be going through the “sophomore slump.” He has only been able to gain a total of 98 yards in two games this season, and the Rams offense looks weak. Gurley is going to be fine though; Fisher and company will find a way to get him open space. If Gurley manages […]

Ben Roethlisberger has been playing with Antonio Brown for six years now. The two have formed a relationship that has made them into one of the best QB-WR combos in the entire league. Nevertheless, there are still some games where they struggle to connect. The Steelers‘ last game against the Bengals was one of those […]

The Thunder will have their media day today and that means one thing, OKC basketball is back. There are all kinds of greats things that comes out of Thunder basketball returning but one of the best has to be Steven Adams and Enes Kanter. The two big men have formed a relationship better than any […]

Antonio Brown is arguably the best wide receiver in the NFL. After a slow first three years of his career, Brown has exploded onto the scene to become unstoppable. In his last three seasons, Brown has caught more than 100 balls for over 1,400 yards each year. It would be a surprise to see Brown […]

Russell Westbrook has not been known to speak out much in his NBA career. The NBA superstar has stayed relatively quiet with his thoughts. He is known for being a guy who avoids the media and their conflict at all costs. That idea of him ended yesterday though, when Westbrook took to social media to […]

In their return to Los Angeles, the Rams were able to come out with smiling faces. While their game was not pretty, they still got the W. They were able to beat the Seahawks in a defensive battle, 9-3. At the end of the day, this sort of score should be expected; it is Rams […]

To say that Thunder small forward Kyle Singler had a tough year last season would be an understatement. Singler was a huge weak spot for OKC and had many even calling him one of the worst players in the league. This season will be a new one for Singler, though, and he will be starting […]

The Steelers and Bengals are going to be back at each other again this Sunday. The two teams played each other three times last season (once in the playoffs), and saying there is bad blood is an understatement. The teams do not back down from taking shots at each other, on and off the field. […]

While his team struggled to do anything on offense on Monday night, number one overall pick Jared Goff stood on the sidelines. Goff did not suit up for the Rams‘ first game of the season and had a good view of how tough the NFL can be. While Goff was inactive for Week 1, head […]

Thunder second year guard Cameron Payne will play an important role for the team this coming season – but his first step is getting healthy. Payne underwent surgery to treat a Jones Fracture this summer and is now on the road to recovery. The Thunder do not have the best history with Jones Fractures: they […]

Cameron Payne was drafted with the 14th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. After averaging 20.2 points, 6.0 assists, and 1.9 steals a game at Murray State he was skilled enough to be a lottery pick. Payne was taken by the Thunder and so his NBA career started. There was one major negative for […]

This summer Russell Westbrook took an unexpected turn and surprised many around the NBA. What he did was re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before Westbrook made the move, there were all kinds of rumors about where he will play next season. Since the Thunder had lost Kevin Durant, it seemed like their chances of keeping Westbrook […]

Kevin Garnett has played in the NBA for 21 seasons, but whether he plays in his 22nd is still up in the air. Garnett is on a Timberwolves team full of youth and potential for this next season. The key is that Garnett can still be viable to Minnesota. Garnett brings a veteran presence and […]

Russell Westbrook has been getting out and about this offseason; the Thunder superstar must be proud to have his own team. On Thursday night, Westbrook made a guest appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. While there, Westbrook showed his true colors, his comedy, and his fashion. Westbrook is not one to back down […]

When Sam Presti was named the general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics in 2007, no one had any idea how Presti would change the face of the franchise forever. Presti’s NBA career took off with the San Antonio Spurs, an organization that is known for being relatively quiet with their moves. While Presti, no doubt, […]

Enes Kanter constantly shows his love for the Thunder and Oklahoma City in his tweets, but that love might be coming to an end. Kanter is now expendable for the Thunder since they acquired Joffrey Lauvergne. Along with being expendable for the team Kanter, is OKC’s best trade asset. Kanter has a talent that is […]

It is that time of the year again where we are only a few weeks away from the release of NBA 2K17. In honor of that, there have been all kinds of leaks going out about the player ratings for the game. The latest leak shows a look at the Thunder‘s top four players in […]