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There’s plenty of reason to be excited in Oklahoma City right now. The Thunder have been perfect in their first three games of the post-Kevin Durant era while Russell Westbrook has been on the kind of tear the league has never seen before. And on Halloween, the deadline to sign players in the final year […]

Russell Westbrook is back with a vengeance. If you had any doubt that this would be the year the lion would be fully unleashed, then here it is; all the proof you need. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard has played at a demon-like pace thus far, becoming the first player to post 100 points, […]

Steven Adams just got a whole lot richer. Adams and the Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a four-year, $100 million maximum extension today, the deadline to do so. Oklahoma City and center Steven Adams are finalizing a four-year, $100M extension, league sources tell @TheVertical. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 31, 2016 There has been some […]

Victor Oladipo dreamed about being on the Thunder a year before it ever happened. Now he can know he’ll be in Oklahoma City for years to come. Oladipo and the Thunder agreed to a four-year, $84 million extension on Monday, the deadline to extend players still on rookie deals. Oklahoma City guard Victor Oladipo has […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and center Steven Adams are making significant progress toward a possible four-year, $100 million extension, according to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. The Thunder had also been in talks of a possible four-year, $80 million deal with shooting guard Victor Oladipo, as Wojnarowski reported Sunday — though there’s […]

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 […]

One last chance to tie the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime, the Phoenix Suns quickly inbounded the ball to Tyson Chandler, who dished it to Devin Booker. Booker, being the team’s best offensive player, naturally tried scoring once more to send the game into double overtime. However, OKC’s defense rotated well enough to […]

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 […]

Russell Westbrook had a mind-blowing triple-double last night, totaling 51 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists, playing a whopping 45 minutes as the Oklahoma City Thunder edged the Phoenix Suns 113-110 in overtime. The media caught up with the All-Star point guard and asked him if his workload was exhausting after putting up 44 shots […]

If you had any doubt of whose team this was, you shouldn’t any longer. Russell Westbrook singlehandedly put the Oklahoma City Thunder on his back on Friday night — notching a a 51-point triple-double effort to top the Phoenix Suns in overtime 113-110. Westbrook was in full attack mode, racking up an eye-popping 44 field […]

Russell Westbrook has developed into a remarkable player. Not only is he an olympian, and an All-Star, but the is the face of the Oklahoma City Thunder after this summer’s departure of co-star Kevin Durant. During the ups and downs of leading the team, Westbrook took most of the blame for the team’s failures. His […]

The Philadelphia 76ers fan that gave Russell Westbrook two middle fingers last night during the Oklahoma City Thunder season-opener has finally spoken out on his behavior. Originally, no one thought this guy could have had a valid reason for that kind of action, but Richard Harkaway is now claiming Westbrook provoked him. Via Complex: According […]

Jordan Brand made the most out of Russell Westbrook‘s charisma by featuring some of his dance moves in the latest spot to promote the new Jordan Westbrook 0.2. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard was seen dancing to “Now I do what I want” by Lil Uzi Vert — along with people of different ages dancing to […]

When Philadelphia 76ers rookie Joel Embiid made his long-awaited debut in front of his home fans on Wednesday, he impressed not only the eager fans that packed a sold out Wells Fargo Center, but the opposing coach Billy Donovan as well. The Oklahoma City Thunder coach had high praise for the big man after his […]

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. […]

A Philadelphia 76ers fan had a little too many years worth of frustration and flipped Russell Westbrook the double bird after he finished an acrobatic scoop layup between three defenders in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Westbrook drove hard with the defense draped around him, taking off from the […]

With less than five minutes to go in the first quarter of his team’s season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook drove hard to the basket and made a difficult layup accompanied by a foul for a three-point play opportunity. Since they were the visiting team, not a lot of spectators in […]

It took just a little over seven minutes of game time to see something crazy in the first game of the season for both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers. After Thunder guard Russell Westbrook drove to the basket on a fast break, drew a foul, and scored the basket, he shouted towards […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook paid no mind to the Golden State Warriors‘ season-opening loss to the San Antonio Spurs. When asked by reporters prior to morning practice if he had watched the game the night before, Westbrook nonchalantly said “nah,” implying he had better things to do. Take a look. Russell Westbrook describes […]

Prior to the 129-100 dismantling of the Golden State Warriors on opening night, Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs was asked his thoughts of the move of Kevin Durant from Oklahoma City — and he was as blunt as his usual self. The Argentinian international said he was “a little surprised” by Durant’s move to […]

Just like what other teams did the last few days before the start of the regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder also finalized their lineup and named the 15 players who they gave roster spots to. One of the surprising players they kept is unheralded rookie Semaj Christon, who is expected to be the team’s third-string […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have finally decided to part ways with Mitch McGary and also make a decision on their backup point guard. Monday, the Thunder waived McGary and Ronnie Price and kept Semaj Christon on the roster. Christon will be the backup point guard for Russell Westbrook until Cameron Payne returns to the lineup. […]

Halloween is just around the corner and with only a week left to the much-awaited holiday, artist David Rappoccio of UpRoxx has re-worked every NBA logo into a holiday-themed one. There’s also an extra nugget at the bottom of the list for those of you who are nostalgic fans of this league. Check them out and […]

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook can pull some of the most bizarre outfits from his closet on a whim. This year, Westbrook is starting early on his Halloween celebration, and his choice of dress is Joe Dirt. Complete with the mullet, the mop, and the outfit, he hit the nail on the head as a […]

Kevin Durant will begin this season on his third team since entering the NBA. In a technical sense, he was a Seattle SuperSonics player until now, and he has never forgotten about it. Durant spoke with SI’s Chris Ballard about his connection to the Pacific Northwest. I think about it all the time. The fans, the community, the […]

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 […]

Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant shed some light on the relationship between him and Russell Westbrook and the dynamic that ultimately caused him to leave Oklahoma City for the Bay Area. In a candid interview with Rolling Stone’s Paul Solotaroff, Durant explained what attracted him to this Warriors team in the first place. “They […]

In an interview with Rolling Stone’s Paul Solotaroff, Golden State Warriors new acquisition Kevin Durant opened up about his thought process on leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder and joining a new team. Durant recalled his recent playoff moments vividly, taking himself back to Game 6, where him and Russell Westbrook uncharacteristically bricked shot after shot […]

Kevin Durant‘s decision to join the Golden State Warriors was based on a set of different factors, one of them was how the Thunder kept adding young pieces to the roster while other teams acquired veterans with championship experience. Dion Waiters, Enes Kanter and Steven Adams were some of the young bucks that got plenty of […]

We finally found out yesterday that there was indeed a secret meaning behind Russell Westbrook’s July 4 Instagram post following Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Golden State Warriors. The Thunder point guard was essentially calling KD out as soft for the move, according to reporting by Sports Illustrated’s Lee Jenkins. The cupcakes referenced something […]

The Sacramento Kings are continuously looking for a point guard they can trade for to add depth to the position. After losing Rajon Rondo to free agency this summer, it leaves them with last year’s back-up Darren Collison, and newly-signed Ty Lawson to share the minutes at the one spot. With Rudy Gay asking to be traded […]

So, that Instagram post Russell Westbrook made back on July 4 really did mean something. And of course, it was a shot at Kevin Durant. Westbrook made this simple post after Durant’s decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors back on the Fourth of July and we’ve all wondered ever […]

Longtime TNT studio analyst and color commentator Charles Barkley offered advice to new Golden State Warriors signing Kevin Durant and was quite direct about it. Barkley saying Durant shouldn't speak negatively about OKC: "He left, he's happy. Shut up." — Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) October 18, 2016 Barkley’s reaction stems from a response Durant had on Oct. 10 when […]

The annual front office survey is upon us with the start of the regular season only a week away and general managers around the league responded to 48 different questions about the best teams, players, coaches, fans, offseason moves, amongst other topics. They were not allowed to vote for their own team or personnel. Percentages are based […]

Outside of posing for pictures on the latest issue of GQ, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook also took time to answer some questions during an interview for the magazine. Although he made it clear last week that he has grown tired of giving his reaction to Kevin Durant‘s move to the Golden State […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are narrowing down their final roster choices. It was announced Monday that journeyman guard/forward Reggie Williams signed with the team. The 30-year-old last played for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League, tallying 13.6 points on 58.8 percent from the floor, with 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 16 appearances for the team. […]