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The NBA 2K19 player ratings are out. Some are justified while others are overrated. Is Russell Westbrook deserving of a 93? Westbrook is a former MVP and the only player to average a triple-double in two consecutive seasons. Looks great, but that rating is a JOKE 🤐 pic.twitter.com/s89fYDEAuv — ThunderChets (@ThunderChats) August 15, 2018 For comparison, […]

A national championship with Syracuse and a three-time Olympic gold medalist, Carmelo Anthony has a storied basketball career. However, it hasn’t always been sunshine and rainbows for Hoodie Melo or Olypmic Melo or any other, but most specifically NBA Melo, version of Melo. Despite being a 10-time All-star and 6-time All-NBA selection for 15 seasons […]

Apparently, basketball analyst Bill Simmons has not yet moved on from the 2017 MVP award. As posted on his Instagram account, Simmons can be seen wearing a shirt, saying that James Harden of the Houston Rockets is the 2017 MVP and not Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmeJv9BBkBk/ To recall, Westbrook — who […]

Russell Westbrook has yet to win the ultimate goal of an NBA championship. He has come close a few times, but now there is a narrative that he’s not a winning player. Some fans and members of the media want to label him as a selfish player or someone who isn’t capable of winning. Corey […]

Paul George’s potential departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder left fans and teammates wondering the state of the franchise if he was to pull off the move this offseason. Yet veteran Corey Brewer was rather confident he would see his teammate from last season return to play alongside Russell Westbrook, even after falling well short […]

Really good basketball organizations do not magically appear in the NBA. They are a result of hard work, foresight, good decision making, and sometimes a little bit of gambling. Some reap the rewards while others the disaster. There is no exemption to this rule. Even some of the best and most successful organizations had a […]

With a chapter of NBA basketball now over, teams look forward to a fresh slate this season. New and old faces with their respective teams are going to be out there carving out a legacy to be remembered. With the wild free agency nearly over, we already have a picture of what to expect this […]

Only a day after officially signing with his team of choice, the Houston Rockets, forward Carmelo Anthony wrote a letter, thanking Oklahoma City Thunder fans for their support throughout a single season. “Throughout the entire season, game after game, you cheered me on and rooted for us as a team,” Anthony wrote, according to Erik […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is not getting any younger so he could be a bit forgiven for being mawkish lately. The four-time MVP went on a nostalgic ride once again recently when he popped a video of Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder […]

Paul George surprised everybody this summer when the five-time All-Star chose to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Los Angeles Lakers were the favorites to land him, but it was his on and off the court chemistry with teammate Russell Westbrook that really helped convince him to stay. Now that George is in it […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have decided to sign undrafted Texas A&M center Tyler Davis to a two-way NBA contract, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. Davis, now 21 years of age, spent three seasons with the Texas A&M Aggies, where he led the team in scoring as a junior with 14.9 points per game. […]

Carmelo Anthony has proven elite in two categories — getting every cent of his guaranteed money and never coming off the bench. According to Reddit user sop1232, Melo is a whopping 1054-for-1054 in start-to-appearance ratio since entering the league in 2003 as the third overall pick. His draftmate LeBron James, also a perennial starter in […]

New York Knicks rookie Kevin Knox turned 19 on Saturday before heading to the NBA Rookie Photo Shoot on Sunday. Knox’s former Kentucky teammates, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Hamidou Diallo, surprised the Knicks youngster with a birthday cake at the event. College teammates @hamidoudiallo & @shaiglalex bring out the 🎂 to celebrate @KevKnox’s 19th Birthday! #NBARooks […]

Carmelo Anthony wasn’t in Oklahoma City long, but nonetheless, his return to play the Thunder will be memorable. On Nov. 8, Melo and the Houston Rockets will head to Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder. It’s likely that Melo will get a mixed reaction from the Oklahoma City crowd. He was only with the […]

NBA games on the ABC’s primetime schedule are always a treat to the fans, as each game features rivalry duels and predicted top teams from each conference. This upcoming season, the NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC games will start on Jan. 19 with the Philadelphia 76ers squaring off against the Oklahoma City Thunder, an exciting game […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have retooled its roster after finally parting ways with Carmelo Anthony after a one-year gamble cam back empty-handed — making the most of his departure by adding a talented bench cog in Dennis Schroder and adding a big man with intangibles in Nerlens Noel. According to TNT analyst Charles Barkley, the […]

The NBA’s Christmas Day schedule is always a delicate balancing act, and this year’s slate is no different. On one hand, Christmas Day is one of the few days where you can binge 10-plus hours of live NBA action. However, family obligations often prevent even the most hardcore basketball diehards from doing so. If you […]

There’s no better time to reconnect with former teammates and buddies than during the summer. Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison and Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook have been spending time together this offseason. Teammates during their playing days in UCLA, the former Bruins backcourt duo are playing some intense pickup games as seen […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics will tip-off the 2018-19 NBA season on Oct. 16, with the Golden State Warriors taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder to follow, according to Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports. The Sixers and Celtics are two of the teams with potential to take over the Eastern Conference crown […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and their front office are rejoicing this off season, as two-way superstar Paul George re-signed with the franchise despite being heavily linked away from Chesapeake Energy Arena as a free agent. Their plan payed off, as last summer they took a gamble on George, giving up young studs Victor Oladipo and Domantas […]

After rumors surfaced that Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George was hosting a party for the Oklahoma GOP at his house, some fans were not too happy. https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/1026924413663543296 At first, it appeared that George was helping to host the event. He was listed on the invitation and the organizers promoted the event as taking place […]

The NBA’s Christmas Day schedule has unofficially made the rounds online. First matchups announced were the New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors, and Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers. For a while, it seemed like the Oklahoma City Thunder would not occupy the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder will be battling the Carmelo Anthony and the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day. Furthermore, the team could be continuing their tradition of hosting a game on New Year’s Eve, although against an opponent that is still unknown at this point. League sources: The Thunder will visit the Rockets on Christmas. — […]

Carmelo Anthony has verbally agreed to sign with the Houston Rockets after clearing waivers last week, according to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania. The deal is expected to be the veteran’s minimum of one year, $2.4 million. This deal comes at the heels of a buyout with the Atlanta Hawks, which allowed him to retain the […]

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot is far from being a household name. A casual NBA fan might not even recognize who he is, but for the 23-year-old forward, he’s looking forward to having a bigger impact on his team when he starts a new chapter in his basketball career with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Luwawu-Cabarrot was shipped by […]

Now that the offseason is winding down and training camp approaches, we have a good idea of what rosters will look like in a few months. Turner Sports’ David Aldridge released rankings of every team based on their offseason acquisitions and departures, and he concluded that the Oklahoma City Thunder had the most productive offseason. […]

Triple-double machine and Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook is soon going to post a “double” in an entirely different area. In a recent post on Instagram by Nina Westbrook, the one-time NBA MVP’s wife, it is revealed that the couple is expecting their family to expand with a second child on the way. […]

The 2016 Western Conference Finals was the series that put Steven Adams on the map for the whole world but for all the wrong reasons. The Oklahoma City Thunder were facing off against the Golden State Warriors for a chance to reach the NBA Finals. Everyone remembers two things from that series, the Thunder blew […]

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Steven Adams has a book out right now, and based on the excerpts that have already been released, one could tell that it’s packed with tasty details and interesting info about the life Adams on and off the court. Among those passages is an interesting and hilarious story by Adams […]

The offseason if often a time for fans to overview what went right, what went wrong, and most importantly dream of what could happen the next season. For Twitter user @DonRussell_, this was a time to make a spoof of his favorite team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, using none other than the classic early 2000s […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George seems to have left the long-mocked Playoff P behind him, sporting a new look with a trimmed mustache and beard, no longer with his signature beard strap, which he’s sported the last few years. We present you Preseason P: Or should he be Olympic P? Paul George is without a beard […]

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar guard Russell Westbrook is now working on adding a 3-point shot to his repertoire. If you had to do a double take due to the endless clunkers he’s shot over his 10-year career, then that is because it’s fair — the former MVP has shot them ill-advised for the last decade […]

Some Los Angeles natives, including Russell Westbrook and Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder got a good scrimmage going at Rico Hines Run at UCLA, as both star players got their first look at the recently-acquired Dennis Schroder. Westbrook and George did not disappoint, putting on a show, but the German Blur also showed […]

Many fans and pundits have criticized the difference in Kevin Durant’s attitude since joining the Golden State Warriors, going from a rather meek, soft-talking star to one that will take on basketball hoopla over social media and address the pettiest of claims when it’s aimed at his character. Fox Sports 1 panelist Chris Broussard encapsulated […]

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams is a very talented big man when it comes to the game of basketball. He’s got a knack for collecting the ball around the rim, and crashes the offensive glass especially well. In his new book “My Life, My Fight,” however, Adams goes in on a number of topics […]

The NBA schedule has yet to be released, but we’re always hearing about potential leaks in the official schedule as the regular season nears. On Wednesday, Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe reported two highly anticipated games that could likely be scheduled on opening night. First off, Washburn reports that TNT’s double-header will be kicked […]

Despite the torturous backlash Kevin Durant faced for an entire season after leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Golden State Warriors’ two-time Finals MVP could potentially seek a LeBron James-like return as the prodigal son of OKC. Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports explained that there has indeed been a good amount of healing between Russell […]

Paul George is preparing to continue his quest with the Oklahoma City Thunder this fall. After re-signing with the team—and shocking many by spurning his hometown Lakers—the All-Star hit a minor bump in the road. George had a medical procedure done on his left knee and although he doesn’t seem overly concerned, he still feels […]

Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors has proved to be successful. Since his signing, Durant has won two championships and was named Finals MVP in both years. The initial bad blood between Durant and former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook looks to be in the past. But that didn’t stop Warriors […]