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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder second-year guard Ajay Mitchell credited three of his teammates for the advice and guidance that led to his breakout start to the regular season. Lu Dort’s four threes helped the Thunder win. However, Dort has also helped Mitchell find his way off the bench in a prominent role for […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For Lu Dort, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s unwavering confidence can be contagious from the inside a team’s locker room. After Dort shot his way out of a slump in Monday’s win against the New Orleans Pelicans, he helped the Thunder secure its 15th victory in 16 outings as the defending champion extended […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For the second consecutive game, head coach Mark Daigneault watched Lu Dort connect on four threes to help the Oklahoma City Thunder seal a victory. Dort broke out of a shooting slump in Monday’s 126-109 blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans before making three of his four triples in the fourth […]

In response to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s historic 49-point first quarter in Monday’s 126-109 blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans, head coach Mark Daigneault highlighted veteran Lu Dort’s elite shooting. Dort connected on four threes in the opening frame and finished with 17 points as the Thunder’s best regular-season start continues. Oklahoma City’s 49 points are […]

After missing six consecutive games due to a back injury, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort’s status has been upgraded for Saturday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. The Thunder improved to 12-1 after two impressive wins against the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Paycom Center. Oklahoma City’s matchup against the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 8-0 record is its best start in team history, following a 126-107 win against the Los Angeles Clippers, but will finish a back-to-back without Chet Holmgren and Lu Dort against the Portland Trail Blazers. If the Thunder want to extend its historic regular-season start to 9-0, it’ll have to do it […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cason Wallace’s five steals in Sunday’s 137-106 win against the New Orleans Pelicans evoked a question coach Mark Daigneault couldn’t answer before citing Lu Dort and Alex Caruso. For a third-year guard who averaged 1.8 steals per game last season, it’s elite company to be around amid the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder lead ClutchPoints’ NBA Top 100 Rankings as the team with the most players ranked in this year’s list. Six Thunder players are included in the list of the NBA’s best 100 players, including Mark Daigneault’s entire starting lineup led by reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and All-Star Jalen Williams. While Gilgeous-Alexander unsurprisingly […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder is heavily favored to win the 2026 NBA Finals in the association’s annual GM survey of all 30 teams. While analysts make bold predictions about the 2025-26 Thunder, including a 70-win regular season, Oklahoma City is picked to become the first repeat champions since 2017 ahead of the Golden State Warriors’ […]

Despite being on opposing teams, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Lu Dort and Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin have maintained their close friendship, which was forged in their home city of Montreal, Canada. Last season, Dort and Mathurin saw their childhood dreams come true as the Thunder and Pacers battled in the NBA Finals. It was […]

Before the champion Oklahoma City Thunder’s NBA Finals rematch against the Indiana Pacers, Thunder’s Lu Dort and Pacers’ Andrew Nembhard and Ben Mathurin met face-to-face at this year’s Globl Jam in Toronto, Canada. The three guards who faced off in the 2025 NBA Finals took the opporunity to address the fans at the annual Under-23 […]

While NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is considering expansion, Oklahoma City Thunder veteran Lu Dort is advocating for the association to consider Montreal, Canada, as a potential expansion destination. Coming off a 2025 NBA Finals victory against the Indiana Pacers, the Thunder’s league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, and Canadian players made history in the NBA Finals. […]

Traditionally, undrafted NBA players don’t have a high ceiling in the league. However, as of late, the reputation of undrafted prospects is starting to take a shift. In fact, more and more undrafted players are proving that even if they don’t get their name called on the annual NBA Draft, they can still find a […]

A lot of basketball fans will agree that undrafted NBA players don’t have a high ceiling. More often than not, undrafted prospects usually stay in the NBA for a short time, mostly as a journeyman or reserve, before taking their talents elsewhere. However, there have been a select few who defied the odds and found […]

Oklahoma City Thunder veteran Lu Dort felt the difference when his team’s back was against the ropes in their seven-game series against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals. The Thunder faced many hurdles en route to their second championship in franchise history, first since they moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City, as Dort […]

The first round of the NHL Entry Draft is rolling along in Los Angeles. Despite coming into the day with two picks, the Montreal Canadiens did not make a pick in the first round of the NHL Draft. They traded both the 16th and 17th overall picks to the New York Islanders for defenseman Noah […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort has come a long way from an undrafted prospect to an NBA champion. Like his coach, Mark Daigneault, and some of his teammates, Dort’s journey began in the G League with the Oklahoma City Blue. Similar to Isaiah Hartenstein’s path through the G League, Lu made […]

As an undrafted rookie working with first-year assistant coach David Akinyooye, Oklahoma City Thunder veteran guard Lu Dort says it was a pairing that led to Dort becoming an All-Defensive First Team guard in the NBA. Some believe that Dort was snubbed for Defensive Player of the Year and that earning All-Defensive First Team was […]

Throughout his coaching career, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle’s teams rarely turn the ball over. Tyrese Haliburton has run one of the NBA’s most efficient offenses since the beginning of the calendar year. Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault praised Indiana’s efficiency before Game 1 of the NBA Finals. However, Luguentz Dort and […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have earned a second chance to win their first title since relocating in 2008; 13 years later, they are back in the NBA Finals, and this time, they are as well-positioned as it gets to finally break through. However, their opponent, the Indiana Pacers, is no pushover. In fact, the Pacers […]

It’s natural for the team down 2-0 in an NBA Playoffs series to be frustrated, struggling to come up with answers, but the frustration the Minnesota Timberwolves are feeling at the moment is boiling over to their play on the court. During their 118-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave Lu Dort all the credit for winning Game 5, Dort reminded everyone of how he prepared himself for a huge fourth-quarter performance. As the team’s longest-tenured player, Dort connected on a career-best 41.2% of his threes in 2024-25. However, he entered Tuesday’s matchup a […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — In a game where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder trailed the Denver Nuggets by a dozen points in the second half, Lu Dort drained nine points in a two-minute span that drastically changed his team’s fate in Game 5. Moments after a 112-105 win, Gilgeous-Alexander gushed over the Thunder’s depth, […]

The Denver Nuggets hit the road to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semis on Monday night, and they put up a good fight. The Thunder are the top seed in the Western Conference, so they are heavily favored over the Nuggets. Denver has put […]

MEMPHIS — While helping his team build a 26-point lead in the first half, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant sustained a hard foul by Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort with 3:15 left in the first half, ending Morant’s night. When Dort slipped in an attempt to strip the ball, he bridged Ja in the […]

The Montreal Canadiens hold a special place in the hearts of the city’s residents, as hockey is the only sport in town. The Canadiens were always the hottest ticket in the city, but they’ve also been the only show since the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington. It doesn’t mean Montreal only produces hockey players, as […]

After head coach Mark Daigneault commended his players for their support of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort in his DPOY snub, teammate Alex Caruso reacted to the news during team shootaround ahead of Game 2. As Oklahoma City warmed up for Tuesday’s matchup, Caruso addressed Dort’s snubbing and used Lu’s defensive stop on Memphis […]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault appreciated Isaiah Hartenstein advocating for Lu Dort, protesting that the Thunder guard wasn’t named a finalist for DPOY. Hartenstein wasn’t the only one pulling for Lu. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander endorsed Dort for DPOY, and so did his fellow All-Star teammate Jalen Williams. Daigneault addressed the support for Dort when […]

The NBA award finalists were recently announced, and the Defensive Player of the Year finalists had some people confused, more specifically, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Lu Dort has been one of the best defenders in the league all season, but he did not make the final list for the award. Isaiah Hartenstein recently spoke about […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Oklahoma City Thunder started out their 2025 NBA playoff run with a home Game 1 vs the eight seed Memphis Grizzlies. This matchup was solidified after the Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the final round of the play-in tournament on Friday. The Thunder wasted no time showcasing their elite defense […]

ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins changed his opinion on who should win this year’s DPOY award, voting for Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort over Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green, and explained why. After Perkins called the 2024-25 Thunder the best team in franchise history, he’s been watching the games closely, pinpointing the difference between […]

In an attempt to break the continuous cycle of bigs winning the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award, Thunder guard Lu Dort is out to prove that players of his stature are just as deserving. Dort is a DPOY candidate for 2024-25. In 2022, former Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart became the first guard […]

After picking the Los Angeles Lakers to emerge from the Western Conference, ESPN’s Shannon Sharpe doubled down on his take in light of the Lakers’ blowout win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sharpe also took a shot at the Thunder’s lockdown defender, Lu Dort. The Lakers defeated the Thunder 126-99 on Sunday and sent a […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso joined Chet Holmgren in endorsing Lu Dort for DPOY as the 2024-25 campaign turns for its final stretch. With only six games remaining in the regular season, Dort’s teammates have voiced their opinions on Lu’s candidacy. At the same time, he has risen to having the third-best odds of […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Detroit Pistons 119-103, Chet Holmgren explained why Lu Dort deserves recognition for this year’s Defensive Player of the Year award. In a win where Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied Michael Jordan’s record for scoring 20+ points in 69 consecutive games offensively, Holmgren highlighted what Dort […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — If there’s one thing Oklahoma City Thunder All-Stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams can agree on about the Defensive Player of the Year award, their teammate Lu Dort deserves it. After beating the Indiana Pacers 132-111, extending the Thunder’s historic regular season to an unprecedented 62 wins, the All-Star tandem shared conflicting […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave Lu Dort his flowers for his performance in Thursday’s 125-104 win against Desmond Bane and the Memphis Grizzlies and potentially winning DPOY. Then, the defensive stalwart opened up about the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Dort has the fourth-best odds of winning DPOY. […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led his team to a 125-104 win against the Memphis Grizzlies, he talked about Lu Dort. The Thunder’s lockdown defender, who held Grizzlies’ guard Desmond Bane to a measly three points on 1-for-12 shooting, is a Defensive Player of the Year candidate. Dort played a […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped the final game of their four-game homestand against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the bigger concern lies in the right foot of James Harden. The Clippers guard suffered an apparent sprained foot in the third quarter of the Clippers’ loss on Sunday night. Harden was able to finish the game, […]