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Jason Terry went on Sirius XM NBA Radio yesterday to discuss certain NBA topics including who he believed is the best current point guard in the league. Most fans and analysts have ranked Steph Curry as the best point guard in the NBA, but Jason Terry has a different opinion. https://soundcloud.com/siriusxmnba/jason-terry-says-why-he-think-russell-westbrook-is-the-best-point-guard-in-the-nba Yes, Russell Westbrook is […]

It looks as if a tweet by well-respected TNT reporter David Aldridge stating that there was “no chance” Russell Westbrook would renegotiate or extend his contract that was due to expire at the end of the upcoming season was wholly unsubstantiated. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, Westbrook has agreed in principle to a three-year, $85.7 million extension to remain with […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had a decent showing in this year’s free agency, acquiring Timofey Mozgov and Luol Deng to accompany the likes of Brandon Ingram. What is so special about this year is the amount of cap space they have saved for next years free agency,  which is loaded with talent. With the ability to free up […]

Snapchat filters are made for Russell Westbrook. Especially when they involve glasses. Westbrook took advantage of the Harry Potter Snapchat filter yesterday, which was created in celebration of the fictional book and movie character’s July 31 birthday. Russ doesn’t look thrilled to be using the filter, be we know that deep down he definitely is. […]

Earlier this week, a report came out stating that Kevin Durant had told Russell Westbrook that he was staying with the Oklahoma City Thunder before ultimately choosing to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Here’s the quote from ESPN’s Royce Young on the TrueHoop Podcast: Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant’s sitting there at dinner, telling […]

Kevin Durant was made out to be a liar yesterday. Or so we thought. Royce Young, who covers the Thunder for ESPN, appeared on the ESPN TrueHoop podcast and relayed what was misconstrued as a true story about Durant telling Russell Westbrook and the Thunder that he would be returning next season. That is not […]

Maybe this truly explains why Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook’s relationship will never be the same. The details continue to leak out in the days and weeks following Durant’s decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors. A common thread is Westbrook’s anger at the decision. This may explain why […]

It’s been 22 days now since Kevin Durant had made his decision. While it’s been quite a while, many of us have still not been able to fully grasp the reality of him leaving the Thunder to join the Warriors. One player who has still not gotten over Durant leaving is Russell Westbrook. It’s understandable that […]

Most of the time, numbers help put things in perspective. However, you probably don’t need their help to realize that Russell Westbrook is really good at basketball and the Philadelphia 76ers have been really bad as a team. But here’s one stat that may blow your mind when comparing the two, courtesy of Redditor callipygian_idealist. Over the […]

The “Banned” Air Jordan 1s have started trending again with the shoe’s return scheduled to hit stores early September. Many NBA fans are familiar with the story surrounding the shoe when it first came out. The league wasn’t going to allow Michael Jordan to wear them because the shoes weren’t “uniform” enough. Then Jordan was going […]

The Boston Celtics have appeared desperate to land a big name free agent ever since the NBA Draft. They shopped the third overall pick all over the league and came up empty before having to settle on drafting Jaylen Brown. They made a pretty strong run at Kevin Durant, appearing like real contenders after signing […]

One of the main reasons why the Oklahoma City Thunder withdrew their qualifying offer for Dion Waiters was to free up more cap room that will help in renegotiating a contract extension with Russell Westbrook. With Kevin Durant gone, Westbrook has become the top priority in OKC. Providing Westbrook with a talented roster will go […]

Russell Westbrook still has yet to publicly comment over Kevin Durant‘s departure. Sources close to him may be giving us somewhat of an idea of how he’s feeling. In typical Russell Westbrook fashion, it looks like rage is what’s fueling him now. Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman examined the Westbrook situation for the Thunder in a […]

Jim Buss, owner and head of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t begin with the best of fortunes as he and his sister Jeanie Buss took over the team after his father, the legendary Jerry Buss, passed away years ago. A few of their moves backfired, like acquiring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash […]

On the court, LeBron James is seen as one of the most selfless players in the NBA and at times to a fault. In contrast, Russell Westbrook has been called selfish or a ball hog, holding back Kevin Durant and the Thunder from winning at times. But when you compare their regular season numbers it […]

ESPN analyst Jalen Rose agrees with many NBA general managers that the Oklahoma City Thunder should trade Russell Westbrook. The point guard might leave the team in free agency if he does not agree to a contract extension with OKC. As he said on ESPN’s First Take, Rose believes Westbrook should go to San Antonio. […]

It has been a little more than a week since Kevin Durant announced he was going to the Golden State Warriors. Of course, the internet was quick to react with memes, disappointed fans, and videos of burning jerseys. However, though many NBA players reacted to the news, there was one specific reaction that was noticeably […]

It is not often in professional sports that you see a team with two of the top five players in the league, then lose them both in a matter of months. The Oklahoma City Thunder could be headed in that direction. Kevin Durant left OKC to join a super-team with the Golden State Warriors and […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have had an incredible draft history, drafting quality players such as Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Reggie Jackson, Eric Bledsoe, and Steven Adams. Although most of those players have moved to greener pastures, the core of that team was always Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Durant Durant has now left […]

Top dog or ball hog? StatMuse, a startup out of San Francisco that currently lets you search for basketball facts and statistics through ordinary “natural” language request, posted this tweet suggesting that Russell Westbrook is going to have a “monster season” as the sole focus of theOklahoma City Thunder‘s offensive attack. Russell Westbrook is going solo. Expect huge […]

It seems Russell Westbrook’s luck has just about ran out going into this summer. After suffering a painful loss to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals to losing long time teammate Kevin Durant in free agency, the lone OKC superstar has a lot to reflect on going into next season. To add […]

This year’s free agency may be drying up now, but from what we’ve seen the past couple of days, anything and everything can happen. This is the reason why it has also dominated social media these days. However, there is already some anticipation for next year’s sweepstakes as some of the biggest names in the […]

Just because he is now retired, it does not mean that Steve Nash is done assisting.  Sure, Klay Thompson texted Durant and Curry may have told him that it is irrelevant which one of them MVP so long as they get the ring, but it was Nash who gave the assist that scored. According to […]

Former teammates, and great friends, will now be playing against each other in the upcoming 2016-17 season. Kevin Durant has joined the Golden State Warriors and Russell Westbrook is still a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, as of now. Their days together were unbelieveable, including a 2012 NBA Finals run as well many deep […]

In the wake of ex-Thunder superstar forward Kevin Durant‘s departure to the rival Western Conference finalistsm the Golden State Warriors, young guard Victor Oladipo can only move on and prepare for a bigger role, and consequently more pressure, in his new Oklahoma home during this offseason. Yet, under the presumed leadership of athletic point guard Russell […]

With July 7th’s moratorium-ending deadline coming and passing, free agency seems to be ceasing to an end, and general managers around the league now turn to the 2017 class of superstars unsigned to their incumbent franchises. Thunder‘s Westbrook has already started making rumors, with the point guard reportedly refusing to sign an extension and risking a blockbuster […]

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant‘s time in Oklahoma City together might have not always been what it seemed. According to a recent podcast from ESPN’s Royce Young, that relationship was very strained even just five years ago: “After the 2011 season, Durant wanted to sit down with Sam Presti, and wanted a meeting with him […]

Today the Detroit Pistons signed restricted free agent center Boban Marjanovic. Marjanovic is the 7’3″ Serbian center, drafted by the San Antonio Spurs last summer, that became a fan favorite, but had a short contract term. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, Marjanovic signed an offer sheet with the Pistons for three years at $21 million dollars. Detroit is […]

The Thunder have been rumored to be shopping Russell Westbrook. He is in the final remaining year of his contract, and after losing Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors, the Oklahoma City Thunder might not want to risk losing their two best players in two consecutive years without getting anything in return. Exit Oklahoma […]

According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, point guard Russell Westbrook may have had issue with Kevin Durant‘s relationship with Draymond Green. Wojnarowski discussed the issue on The Vertical’s podcast Wednesday with ESPN commentator Jeff Van Gundy about how Westbrook was miffed at Durant not viewing the Warriors forward as an enemy while competing against them in […]

Oklahoma City must be truly gasping in horror at the state of their franchise in the past 24 hours. The first star in this newly born NBA town, 2013-14 MVP Kevin Durant, only just deserted his old team for Steve Kerr and Jerry West’s Golden State Warriors. Now, several rumors report that the Thunder front office might […]

Golden State‘s new forward, Kevin Durant, has always preached the importance of his teammates. Even his decision to leave Oklahoma City was a “basketball decision.” For almost a decade, Durant battled on the court alongside Russell Westbrook. The enigmatic point guard is a force of nature with a lack of compassion for the rim; he’s […]

There was no shortage of fireworks in the NBA world during this year’s 4th of July celebrations. The Oklahoma City Thunder lost their best franchise player when Kevin Durant decided to join the Golden State Warriors, who just so happened to eliminate OKC from the Western Conference Finals this year. This move has left Russell […]

OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti addressed the media tonight, hours after finding out that he had lost Kevin Durant to free agency. He is very much aware of what’s on hand and quickly turned his attention to the other star he still has under contract, Russell Westbrook. There’s already been a lot of chatter about the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder had pinned a lot of hope onto Kevin Durant staying for an extra year, as many expected to be the likely scenario. The most rewarding choice for Durant financially would have been to stay with the Thunder for one more year and enter free agency alongside Russell Westbrook in the summer of […]

It is no secret that Kevin Durant’s free agency decision is the single most important move of this NBA off-season. Where Durant decides to set up shop has a huge influence on the direction many teams around the league go in and the types of contracts that other free agents are awarded. For these reasons, […]

With Serge Ibaka‘s move to the Orlando Magic, he will probably be expected to take on a much more prominent role. Ibaka seems up for the challenge, because he has expressed concern of having his #4 position being reduced on the Oklahoma City Thunder team. Most notably, Ibaka has seen a lot less action in […]

One of the few but surprising trades that happened this week was when the Thunder sent Serge Ibaka in a swap for three Orlando Magic players Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova, and rookie Domantas Sabonis, on Thursday. The Thunder had just come off of a long run in the playoffs, and almost eliminating the Warriors, but blew […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers still have life, extending their series against the Golden State Warriors with an exhilarating 112-97 victory at Oracle Arena on Monday night. Together, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving combined for 82 points, scoring 41 apiece. They were a two-man wrecking crew that the Dubs simply didn’t have an answer for, especially once […]