With the Oklahoma City Thunder, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets headed to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup semifinals and finals, there’s talk about NBA small market teams – particularly no New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Los […]
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The 5 best upcoming scoring guards in the NBA (age 23 and under)
The shooting guard position has never been more dangerous. The ability to shoot the three from way past the three point line, create space, and convert at the basket has made shooting guards the most-lethal position in the game. You […]
Printable Oklahoma City Thunder schedule (and TV schedule) for 2020-21 season
Last season, Chris Paul was leading a young OKC team that had proven its worth with the game at its tightest all throughout the regular season. Anyhow, they failed to beat a talented Houston Rockets team in a seven games thriller […]
The NBA on ABC: This is ABC’s national TV schedule for the 2018-19 NBA Season
Christmas Day means a lot of different things when it comes to the NBA. Much like NFL games on the television on Thanksgiving, the NBA is part of the holiday tradition. Watching the slate of scheduled games on December 25th […]
This season’s NBA Christmas Jerseys were “Earned” by last season’s playoff teams
The NBA and Nike are re-defining the Christmas day jerseys by awarding the special holiday alternate uniforms to teams that made the NBA playoffs from last season. This is Nike’s first collection of Christmas jerseys after not unveiling any new uniforms […]
Russell Westbrook pushes unruly Denver Nuggets fan after loss
With 1.4 seconds left on the clock and the Nuggets inbounding the ball, Russell Westbrook lost Gary Harris on the final inbounds play. That one second allowed the Michigan State guard to get wide open across the court. When Westbrook […]
Here’s that video of Joel Embiid dunking on Russell Westbrook you’re searching for
Usually the tables are turned; Russell Westbrook is normally the one hate-dunking all over on someone, but last night in a matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid hammered a dunk over the defending league MVP. […]
Carmelo Anthony scores 25,000th point, joins 20 other NBA legends to do so
Just a few days after fellow 2003-draftee LeBron scored his 30,000th point and four years after he hit the 20,000 point barrier, Carmelo Anthony scored his 25,000th point tonight. For his 25,000th point, Carmelo hit the first of two free throws […]
Kevin Durant scores 20,000 points, joins 43 other players in 20K club
Man that was fast. Well, relatively fast. Tonight, Kevin Durant became just the 44th player in NBA history to join 20,000 point club. If it seems like a lot of players have hit this milestone recently, you’re right. Along with […]
Kristaps Porzingis shoots career high 25 FGAs in first game without Carmelo
It’s a new era in New York, For the first time in seven years, the Knicks didn’t have Carmelo Anthony on their roster. After several tumultuous seasons and a especially-weird 2017 where Phil Jackson took it upon himself to go […]
Russell Westbrook’s NBA career highs in points, triple doubles, assists and more
It may seem like it was a decade ago now, but it was just 2015-16 when Oklahoma City had both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. . The dynamic duo led the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012 and the Western […]
Does Andre Roberson’s deficiencies and bad FT shooting outweigh his defense?
I have a lot of respect for NBA players that grind and “energy” their way into an NBA team’s rotation. I have a great appreciation because these players were the one of, if not, THE best players at every level […]
Best Triple Doubles: The 20 triple doubles with most points in NBA history
Russell Westbrook and James Harden are the leading candidates for the 2016-17 NBA MVP and it’s in no small part to the critical role they play for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. It helps that the two are […]
Fittingly, Westbrook scores 100th triple double of the season (and sinks Mavs)
Against the Dallas Mavericks last night, Russell Westbrook not only notched another triple-double but also hit the game-winning shot completing a 14-0 Thunder run to end the game and cementing Westbrook’s name as the leader for the NBA’s regular season […]
Dion Waiters is finally “The Man” …and not just in his own mind
Dion Waiters isn’t a player that easily melds into a system. The guy needs… craves the ball and he’s in the league because of what he can do when he gets it. Waiters is very much like what Manu Ginobili […]
Russell Westbrook has been unstoppable. The Thunder? Not so much.
In the last two games, Russell Westbrook has scored over 40 points in consecutive games but the problem is that both games ended in a loss for Oklahoma City.
What did Andre Roberson and Kevin Durant say to each other?
There was the expected drama from last night’s Oklahoma City Thunder – Golden State Warriors circus, but there was nothing more surprising than Kevin Durant and Andre Roberson going face to face after a hard foul.
The history behind each NBA mascot and NBA team name
How did NBA teams come up with their names? The Los Angeles Clippers? The Lakers? What?! And how did those NBA franchises decide on the mascots that they did? As you correctly assume, most teams get their names from the city’s […]
Russell Westbrook is first player to average triple-double since Oscar Robertson
It’s barely a quarter into the season and Russell Westbrook has quickly become talk of the 2016-17 so far. It’s for the same reason he was one of the biggest topics of discussions last season — he’s accumulating triple-doubles at […]
How Russell Westbrook legacy will benefit from Kevin Durant’s departure
“Russell Westbrook” (CC BY 2.0) by EDrost88 The world stopped on July 4th 2016 but it wasn’t for Independence Day. It was for Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 27-year-old made the shock announcement that, after nine years with the Seattle […]
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