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ENCORE! Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks – playoffs schedule

The first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs are set and The Oklahoman is calling for an ENCORE of epic proportions, beginning Saturday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Round 1 … Continue reading

April 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

By the numbers: 2012 NBA All-Star point guards

2012 NBA All-Star point guards

I cannot deny that I fully support the point guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder – and always have. I do, however, know some folks that do not. And some don’t even think he has any business playing in tonight’s All-Star Game. Most frequently, Russell Wesbrook’s less-than-good numbers when it comes to assist-to-turnover ratio are used to prove his unworthiness. But. There are more numbers than one. And if you compare Westbrook to tonight’s other All-Stars, I see a pretty dang good (and well-deserving) player, if I say so myself.

Oh. And the first half stats for Mr. Westbrook? 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and four rebounds in 12 minutes. Just saying.

February 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By the numbers: defending Russell Westbrook

I’ve never felt a need to stick up for Russell Westbrook. And after an 0-for-13 shooting game is obviously an inopportune time to start doing it now, but here were … Continue reading

December 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

Golden State Warriors open practice report. KD’s backpack is better than yours.

Last night, I took my first trip to Oracle Arena for the Golden State Warriors open practice. Ummm…it was a practice, so I don’t have a whole lot of useful … Continue reading

December 13, 2011 · 1 Comment

Twitterview with Nick Collison

So basketball is (tentatively) back. I’m still not sure what I think about the actual ‘back to the NBA’ quite yet – I think I’m still waiting for the papers … Continue reading

November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Kevin Durant on the lockout – “I’m 50/50 on what I’m what I’m going to do”

Thursday night, Kevin Durant was in Oklahoma to take in some basketball. While the NBA lockout is – of course – everpresent, the lockout basketball he partook in was up … Continue reading

July 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

Tweeting away – you asked, Eric Maynor answered!

Along with the fact that I like when the Thunder boys give impromptu Twitterviews, I’m trying out a new fandangled feature of my site that allows tweets to be embedded … Continue reading

April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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