Your reigning “Best community leader” and “Best person or business to follow on social media,” Kevin Durant, is reportedly pursuing a contract with a foreign basketball club. The Durantula’s agent told ESPN.com last week that he’d met with officials from the Turkish Besiktas, which has already succeeded in signing New Jersey point guard Deron Williams. […]
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About that lockout …
“Unfortunately, due to the current labor situation, I am not able to contact the guys at this time,” Brian Facchini, the Thunder’s director of basketball communications, told Chicken-Fried News. “I would be more than happy to help once I am able.” Lockout be damned! Through the magic of the innerwebs, CFN has obtained relatively fresh […]
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Maynor was unsung hero of Westbrook controversy
Winning Game 2 of the Western Conference finals May 19 on the road should have been a feel good story for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Instead, most of the discussion afterward was focused on a single negative aspect. During the fourth quarter, in which the team expanded a onepoint advantage to a lead of as […]
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Thunder’s success ahead of schedule
I was at the game with my buddy, Andy, and as we watched what would inevitably become another Thunder loss, we fantasized about the future. We were still pretty shocked that we were even in Oklahoma City watching our very own professional basketball team, but the thought of the future was fun to talk about. […]
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That was then … this is now, Oklahoma City Thunder fans
As fans, we watched the team stay in playoff position from start to finish; we saw Kevin Durant become the youngest player to win back-to-back scoring titles; and we witnessed Russell Westbrook leap into superstardom. Looking back, it’s hard to believe this is the same franchise that limped into Oklahoma City three years ago decimated […]
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Is the ‘rip move’ a rip-off or a smart tactic?
Recently against the Warriors, Durant got two calls with it. One in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer on Dorell Wright, and then a big one in overtime on David Lee, which gave KD three shots and put OKC up one with a minute left. As you might imagine, Golden State Warrior coach Keith Smart […]
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Some midseason awards for the OKC Thunder
Some might point out that the Thunder have played 54 of their scheduled 82 regular season games, meaning that the season is far more than half over. That’s math, and as Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush taught us, math is a member of the axis of evil. As the players, coaches, league executives and those […]
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PR BS
—“Manure Accident Readiness – Prepare for the Worst” —“City trout season continues through February 28”—“Oklahoma City University Professor Selected to Edit French Philosophy Journals” —“KEVIN DURANT SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2011 FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT CONTEST” —“BLOOD FROM SLAUGHTERHOUSE RECYCLED AS ART” —“TGC Industries Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call […]