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The Kevin Durant sweepstakes are heating up big time. The most likely outcome is that KD stays in Oklahoma City and all of these other rumors are exactly that; just rumors. Still, a number of incredibly stacked teams are reportedly interested in adding the Thunder sharp shooter to their arsenal, and they’re going to make […]

Height is a pretty big deal in the NBA. Considering that the game of basketball centers around a hoop that is 10 feet high, it only makes sense that being taller tends to be an advantage.  However, some players lie about their listed heights—to appear shorter. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is the […]

On Tuesday, the talk of Monday night’s bizarre ending to the Spurs –Thunder game was still a buzzing topic across the league because of a blown call that happened within a hand’s distance of a referee, who was watching the play. After some private time reviewing it away from the crowd and media, The National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) […]

You’ve heard all about the final sequence of the Thunder and Spurs‘ Game 2 playoff game by now. From Dion Waiters elbowing Manu Ginobili, coaches Gregg Popovich and Billy Donovan commenting in the press conference, OKC center Steven Adams getting grabbed by a fan while the game was still going, Waiters’ savage one-liner after the […]

The story dominating the NBA’s collective attention currently is the wild finish to Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. There were probably four different fouls or violations that could’ve been called in the last 14 seconds as total madness unfolded on the court. Even if you saw it last […]

A lot has been made of the final few seconds of Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was indeed a crazy, crazy finish. Dion Waiters appeared to throw an elbow at Manu Ginobili while attempting to inbound the ball in a one-point game with under 14 seconds to […]

We’ve already heard Dion Waiters’ opinion on the wild finish between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Now, it’s time to hear from the other man involved in the controversial inbounds pass. With under 14 seconds to play, Waiters threw an elbow at Manu Ginobili while throwing the ball […]

Dion Waiters called it immediately. While most of the basketball world raised their fists to the sky with outrage after an offensive foul wasn’t called on Waiters for throwing an elbow at Manu Ginobili while inbounding the ball in the final moments of Game 2, a few others took a closer look at the action. […]

The final sequence of Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder was nothing short of madness. After staging a furious comeback, the Spurs trailed by a single point with under 14 seconds remaining. They managed to force a turnover on the inbounds pass, but Patty Mills was unable to bury […]

Chris Webber is a former NBA All-Star and one of the best players to ever put on a Sacramento Kings uniform. He has now evolved into a TV analyst and was covering Game 2 of the Thunder–Spurs Western Conference Semifinals. During the crucial last play of Game 2 when Dion Waiters pushed Manu Ginobili to […]

Numerous controversial plays happened in the final seconds of Game 2 of the Thunder–Spurs series. The most controversial call was the missed out-of-bounds push on Manu Ginobili by Dion Waiters. However there were numerous other incidents such as Kawhi Leonard pulling Russell Westbrook‘s jersey and many others incidents that led to the Game 2 upset. […]

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are two players who are willing to do whatever it takes to win and in Game 2 of the Thunder–Spurs series, emotions were running high. While the Thunder ended up winning the game in a very close final minutes of play, Durant and Westbrook got into it on the bench […]

Head coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs has been widely regarded as one of the NBA’s greatest coaches of all time. Despite his loss in Game 1, star small forward Kevin Durant  only had words of approval for the long-tenured coaching prodigy. RELATED: Coach Gregg Popovich has surprising reaction to LaMarcus Aldridge’s 38-point Game 1 vs. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder got absolutely blown out by the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night after suffering a humiliating 124-92 loss. After defeating the Mavs 4-1 in the first round series, the Thunder clearly did not show up to the second round. After the devastating loss, a reporter asked Kevin Durant how he felt […]

After finishing with the best regular season record in NBA history, the Golden State Warriors’ journey back to the Finals hit a bump in the road when guard Stephen Curry sprained his right MCL in Game 4 of his team’s first-round series against the Houston Rockets. With the Warriors beginning the Western Conference semifinals Sunday […]

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is known to give short to the point or sarcastic funny answers to reporters who ask questions. Tonight the Spurs routed the Thunder, in which Lamarcus Aldridge scored 38 points in a game where it seemed he just couldn’t miss. RELATED: Pau Gasol says Spurs Interesting Option When reporters […]

For as good as the Boston Celtics were in 2015-16, they lacked one key ingredient to a championship—a superstar. According to Chris Mannix of The Vertical, the Celtics plan on making a run at the biggest superstar in the free agent pool this offseason, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant. Manic reports: “The Celtics believe Durant will […]

Deron Williams may not be with the Dallas Mavericks next season. According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Williams will be opting out of the second year of his deal with the Mavs. Deron Williams intends to opt out of the second season of his contract with the Mavericks, sources told… https://t.co/Rmx8GXMJhp — Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) […]

There’s still plenty of time for Stephen Curry to return to action this postseason, but a number of his counterparts across the league aren’t so lucky. The Los Angeles Clippers lost their best two players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, to injuries that will keep them out for the rest of the playoffs. It’s part […]

Despite only playing for a total of 19 minutes in a series that lasted five games before the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Dallas Mavericks, Charlie Villanueva still made quite a bit of noise while trying to get into the heads of superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Right at the start of the series, Villanueva […]

The opening round NBA playoff series between the Thunder and Mavericks was feisty from the get go. Between flagrant fouls to the head, trash talk from rookies, and then outspoken Dallas owner Mark Cuban dissing Russell Westbrook, this series certainly had a rivalry feeling to it. Speaking of that Cuban burn on Westbrook, Kevin Durant […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks series has had its testy moments with both teams getting in each others faces at times. Despite the tension, Russell Westbrook has continued to perform his pregame dances and Game 5 was no different. However, this time Westbrook busted out some new moves from the iconic film Pulp […]

There has been some controversy regarding OKC Thunder‘s Kevin Durant and his recent foul trouble. In Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks, Durant received his first playoff ejection after a flagrant foul on rookie Justin Anderson. RELATED: Kevin Durant responds to flagrant foul mishap on Justin Anderson Although Durant was regretful for his recent fouls, rookie […]

The first round of the NBA playoffs are almost at an end, and they’ve been more than a little odd. From blowouts to the lack of Steph Curry, these playoffs are proving that every team has both strengths and weaknesses that make every game life-or-death. Although the Spurs and the Cavaliers are both one game […]

The Dallas Mavericks lost Game 4 in convincing fashion to the Oklahoma City Thunder and they may have also lost a key player for the rest of the season. Mavericks point guard Deron Williams exited Saturday’s loss due to re-injuring his abdomen. He did not return to the game and head coach Rick Carlisle commented […]

The Mavs and Thunder series has had its confrontational moments including when Charlie Villanueva interrupted Russell Westbrook’s pregame dance. In Game 4 on Saturday, things got even more heated between the teams when Mavs’ center Salah Mejri got into it with the Thunder bench. When Mejri tried to get the ball from the Thunder bench, […]

Kevin Durant isn’t one to drop hints. As the star Oklahoma City Thunder forward nears this summer’s free agency, he’s trying to keep from tipping anyone off to where he might want to go. However, he’s made it clear that he’s not going to one team — the Washington Wizards. It’s been rumored that he might […]

Serge Ibaka was taken by surprise in a way no one could have expected. Just after the 2012 NBA Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder power forward found out he had a daughter from an old relationship a decade ago. When Ibaka was 17 living in the Republic of Congo, his father was informed that Serge impregnated […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has announced that he will no longer discuss the controversy surrounding his pregame dancing ritual that was disrupted in Game 2. But he’s going to keep dancing. “If you guys want to talk about basketball, I’m open to that but I’m not going to keep talking about dancing,” Westbrook […]

Dallas Mavericks reserve forward Charlie Villanueva and Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook are going viral over a dance. The two had a minor shoving match before Monday’s Game 2, when Villanueva stepped in the middle of Westbrook’s pregame midcourt dance routine with rookie teammate Cameron Payne. Westbrook shoved Villanueva out of the way, […]

The NBA playoffs are well underway, and the action has been red hot so far. Tempers have flared, emotions are running high, and a few finishes have come down right to the wire. To celebrate this joyous time of year for basketball fans, an artist named Asur has made each first round matchup look like something […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a fun bunch, but there is some bad blood now that they had their pregame dance interrupted last night by a pair of Dallas Mavericks. Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne always have a cool little routine before the game, but Charlie Villanueva and Justin Anderson had other plans, literally stepping […]

Following the tragic car accident that lead to the death of his wife, Monty Williams and the Thunder organization announced that Williams would be taking the rest of the season off to take care of his five children. Now it remains unclear whether he will ever return at all. According to Anthony Slater of The […]

The Dallas Mavericks pulled of quite the narrow victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday evening, winning 85-84. The victory was mostly due to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook‘s lackluster performance, shooting 7-of-33 and 8–of22 respectively. But young talent on the Mavericks deserve some credit as well. RELATED: Steven Adams’ game-winner called off after being […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder lost Game 2 of their 7 game series at home to the Dallas Mavericks. The game was close throughout, but at the very end the Thunder lost when they couldn’t capitalize on a game winning layup. That missed layup was almost put back in by the Thunder’s Steven Adams who put […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a pretty cool pregame dance that goes down between Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne. On Monday night just before Game 2, two Dallas Mavericks players got in the way of Westbrook and Payne’s dance, and they carried on like it didn’t even happen. Pretty messed up by the players though. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks are going to have themselves a nail-biting series as Game 2 went down to the wire. With the Mavs only up by 1-point, Raymond Felton went to the line to shoot two free-throws but ended up missing both of them. With no timeouts remaining, Russell Westbrook grabbed […]

Now that the NBA season has ended and the postseason is underway with full steam, it’s time to look back at some of the best plays of the season. If you kept up with all of the action, you’ll surely recognize some of these plays. Here are the NBA’s Top 10 plays of the year. 10. […]

Considering Stephen Curry‘s ascension as arguably the best player in the NBA, it’s easy to forget that Kevin Durant is playing some of the best basketball of his career. Flash back to just two years prior and you’ll see Durant as the top player in the game, garnering MVP honors during the 2013-14 season after […]