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The Thunder have been among the busier teams at the hectic start of the 2018 postseason. It kicked off for them early with an expected and financially sound decision by Carmelo Anthony, who picked up his $27.9 million player option, putting a huge dent on any financial flexibility the Thunder might have hoped for this […]

The offseason is shaping up better than the Oklahoma City Thunder expected. Well, sort of. After more than a year of speculation that All-Star forward Paul George is bolting for his hometown team in the Los Angeles Lakers the moment the clock starts midnight in free agency (which precipitated the preemptive trade to OKC by […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder made the first bang of the free agency period, not only guaranteeing the return of Paul George, but getting him to commit long-term, rewarding him with a four-year, $137 million max deal and a welcome party to boot. The franchise quickly followed with Jerami Grant, agreeing to a beefy three-year, $27 […]

Carmelo Anthony has exercised the player option in his contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Upon release of the news, Melo sent out a message to his critics. Via his own Instagram account, Anthony posted a photo, together with a caption probably addressed to his critics: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkYrvKJBGwF/?taken-by=carmeloanthony Anthony will be staying with the Thunder next […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony decided to opt into his player option for next season with OKC worth $27.9 million. It was a pretty easy decision for Anthony who isn’t finding that kind of money had he decided to hit free agency. It puts the Thunder in a tougher spot, although not unexpected, in […]

The Oklahoma With Thunder have been courting free agent guard/forward Paul George since the end of their season, and they’ll officially have a chance to retain him starting July 1. However, they will also have to deal with and see if they can move Carmelo Anthony’s significant contract after the forward opted into the $27.9 […]

The Oklahoma With Thunder have a big summer ahead of them, staring with free agent guard/forward Paul George. However, they’ve also got to deal Carmelo Anthony’s decision on his player option and work around that. According to Marc Stein of The New York Times, the Thunder have their answer, and it’s really not all that […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have kickstarted talks with forward Carmelo Anthony’s representatives, giving him a rundown of his potential options with an early termination, according to Brett Dawson of The Oklahoman. OKC general manager Sam Presti noted during exit interviews that the team would talk to Anthony about his role over the course of the […]

Despite struggling for most of the year and seeing a first-round exit, Carmelo Anthony of the Oklahoma City Thunder is out having a good time this offseason. Basketball may not be running on his mind right now, but the haters sure might be. Anthony posted a photo on Twitter, together with a message that’s probably […]

Carmelo Anthony’s first season with the Oklahoma City Thunder did not go exactly the way he thought it would be. Even his offseason is not going well, particularly in the world of social media, where he continues to get disparaged by frustrated Thunder fans and bitter New York Knicks supporters. Anthony even appeared to have […]

By the looks of it, hard-hitting big man Steven Adams won’t be joining the Carmelo Anthony fan club any time soon, as the Oklahoma City Thunder center was seen “liking” a comment from a Twitter user who dismissed Anthony as an important piece to the puzzle. A Bleacher Report post asked who of the four […]

The Phoenix Suns were the big winners of last week’s 2018 NBA Draft Lottery when they were announced to have won the right to select the first overall pick. There’s no question that the Suns are the envy of just about every NBA team these days, as they have the luxury of picking the best […]

A meme has been making rounds on social media, stating that Kyle Korver of the Cleveland Cavaliers is better than Carmelo Anthony of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The meme reached Anthony and he wasn’t too happy about it. As posted by Hoops Central, below is a screen cap of Anthony, explicitly disagreeing with the meme: […]

Reddit user LefwanArhaz pointed out a very interesting statistical comparison between 15-year veteran Carmelo Anthony and sophomore Jaylen Brown. His post compares the playoff success rates of these two players and not surprisingly, it is the younger Brown that has more playoff series wins than Anthony. Brown outshines Melo in this particular area with four […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder had quite a bitter way to end their season during Game 6 of their first-round series against the Utah Jazz a couple weeks ago. According to Charlotte Hornets star center Dwight Howard during an interview on ESPN’s “Get Up!” on Tuesday morning, Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook was seemingly trying […]

Time is of the essence for Victor Oladipo. After the Indiana Pacers were knocked out by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs that went the distance, one of the first things Oladipo did was text his trainer and ask if they could start hitting the gym – ASAP. Oladipo knows hard […]

Carmelo Anthony didn’t have the year that anyone was hoping for with the Oklahoma City Thunder and there are a lot of questions about what will happen to him next. During the exit interviews, Anthony made one thing clear, though — he won’t be coming off the bench. “I’m not sacrificing no bench role. That’s […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are likely to walk back one of their key moves during this past offseason, reportedly looking to part ways with perennial All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony. According to Sean Deveney of The Sporting News, the team will try to convince Paul George to remain part of the organization, and to do so, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook and his new teammates, star forwards Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, did not last very long in the 2017-18 NBA Playoffs and were eliminated following a loss in Game 6 to the Utah Jazz. However, when he addressed the media this weekend during his exit interview with members […]

To say that the Oklahoma City Thunder’s batch of exit interviews were wildly entertaining is quite the understatement. But the highlight of it all is easily forward Carmelo Anthony’s session. After responding to suggestions that he try a bench role next season with a resounding and not-so-politically correct “I’m not sacrificing” and that it is […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder saw their season come to a disappointing end with a first-round playoff exit after falling in six games to the Utah Jazz. This has immediately brought into perspective the future of the franchise with both forwards Carmelo Anthony and Paul George having the ability to hit the free-agent market this upcoming summer. A […]

The “hits” just keep on coming for the Oklahoma City Thunder and their starting forward Carmelo Anthony. Coming off a very disappointing showing during their first-round series with the Utah Jazz — highlighted by a woeful 11.8 points in 32.3 minutes on 37.5 and 21.4 percent shooting from the field and behind the arc – […]

For Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Carmelo Anthony, this past first-round series against the Utah Jazz was quite a bitter way to end his first season with OKC. That was especially true for how he played down the stretch of those six games in the fourth quarter. According to a tweet from YourSports, Anthony only […]

After 6.5 seasons with the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder to form a Big 3 with Russell Westbrook and Paul George. Unfortunately, their 2017-18 NBA season came to an end earlier than they expected after losing to the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs. While […]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan explained his reasoning for sitting Carmelo Anthony as long as he did during a Game 5 win over the Utah Jazz. While his All-Star teammates Russell Westbrook and Paul George played 44 and 45 minutes, respectively — Anthony played a mere 25, going only 2-of-6 and recording a […]

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the entertaining first-round series between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder has jotted down plenty of mental notes about the matchup: Rudy Gobert is a crippling defensive menace; Ricky Rubio is playing like he’s totally forgotten who Ricky Rubio is; Russell Westbrook is confounded by Utah’s defense; […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a loss away from a catastrophic and embarrassing first-round exit against the Utah Jazz. In case that the Thunder would strike out in the series, they will immediately have some urgent matters to deal with in the offseason, which would include Carmelo Anthony’s situation on the team. Anthony was traded […]

Carmelo Anthony of the Oklahoma City Thunder is regarded as one of the best offensive talents ever to grace the NBA. Yet this year, specifically in the playoffs, Anthony has shown no signs whatsoever of his offensive skill set. As observed by Bryan Kalbrosky of Hoops Hype, Anthony is shooting at an atrocious mark on […]

Carmelo Anthony’s stint with the Oklahoma City Thunder has been far from what the team expected after trading away Enes Kanter and Doug McDermott to the New York Knicks prior to the start of the preseason. The experiment has proved to bring underwhelming results in the postseason, as he’s shooting a miserable 37.3 percent from […]

The first time the Oklahoma City Thunder’s swingman Paul George christened himself with a nickname – punctuated by a jersey number change to No. 13 just so he could rock “PG-13” back with the Indiana Pacers – he injured himself pretty badly and was sidelined for an entire season with many questioning if he could […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder kicked off their series with a bang with a 116-108 victory over the Utah Jazz in Game 1. Unfortunately, they took a tremendous step back in Game 2 with a dreadful performance down the stretch in Game 2. Oklahoma City’s trio of superstars simply could not get anything to fall in the fourth quarter. According to Fred […]

It was raining bricks inside the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday, especially during the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the first round series between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder. During that period, the superstar triumvirate of Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony took turns in missing shots. And by missing […]

Ice Cube’s BIG3 League was a huge question mark heading into it’s first season last summer. No one knew how big three-on-three basketball would become, but the nation-wide summer tournament turned into a huge hit and fed fans’ thirst for more basketball in the NBA’s offseason. Last year, 40 players joined eight BIG3 teams, and […]

It is no secret that Oklahoma City Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook has had some pretty tense moments in the past with members of the media, whether it be someone asking him a really stupid question or the reigning MVP just not in the mood to open up to reporters. Thunder star forward Carmelo […]

We’re going to talk a little bit of golf here, but we’ll get to Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Paul George, and the Oklahoma City Thunder shortly. I promise. During the early goings of the recently concluded Masters Tournament, Tony Finau suffered a gruesome-looking ankle injury after scoring a hole-in-one. He twisted his ankle so bad that […]

Paul George’s new nickname of “Playoff P” has caught buzz after the All-Star forward followed a 40-point outing to end the regular season with 36 points in Game 1 against the Utah Jazz, propelling the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-108 win. Following the game, teammates Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony were under the impression […]

Whenever an NBA player gets baptized with a new nickname, it usually means he has made a strong impact on the game. Paul George, who’s known as PG13, recently got a new nickname: “Playoff P.” And his teammates Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook got a laugh after hearing the new name for George. As reported […]

The Rookie of the Year race between Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons and Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell is a close one, and one that bares some major similarities to the 2003-04 season. Simmons is boasting all-around great numbers that have led the Sixers to finish out the season strongly, currently riding a 15-game […]

Russell Westbrook may very well make history again. This time, he can do it much more under the radar as the reigning MVP and Oklahoma City Thunder point guard is just 16 rebounds away from averaging a triple-double for the second straight season. Most years, that would make him the obvious frontrunner for the MVP. […]