Oklahoma City Thunder Rumors & News

The Oklahoman "Unable to play basketball this offseason, Russell Westbrook has taken up Vine as a mini-hobby. Last week, he made some six-second clips on the social media video service, covering a pair of Taylor Swift songs. And now, via Vine, he has announced a fairly large stepping stone in his rehab..." June 18

The Oklahoman "Unable to play basketball this offseason, Russell Westbrook has taken up Vine as a mini-hobby. Last week, he made some six-second clips on the social media video service, covering a pair of Taylor Swift songs. And now, via Vine, he has announced a fairly large stepping stone in his rehab process..." June 18

The Oklahoman "Much of the rave about Michael Carter-Williams is his size. But at 6-foot-6, surely he's at least four inches shorter than any player the Thunder might want. But what if he's not? What if the Thunder takes a pass on a big man in the upcoming NBA Draft? If that's the route Oklahoma City..." June 16

USA Today "Gearing up for the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, USA Basketball selected a wide-ranging mix of experience, youth, size, speed and shooters for its 27-man roster that will train in July 22-25 in Las Vegas. The past two NBA rookies of the year — guards Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and..." June 12

ESPN.com "The NBA will allow advertising on the court for the first time next season. The league sent a memo to its teams saying they will be permitted to sell space on what is referred to as the apron. The space covers the out-of-bounds area on the sideline between the baselines and the coaches' box..." June 11

The Oklahoman "He's 7-feet tall … and he can score. We know what you're thinking. Say no more. Sign him up. These days, it doesn't seem to matter who it is. Those two attributes — size and scoring — have become so desperately desired by Thunder fans that most will give almost anything to see them come..." June 10

NBA.com "He has mostly spent the offseason as a tourist, spending the majority of the last three weeks in Europe while trying to forget whatever that was that passed for the Thunder in the second round of the playoffs. Serge Ibaka has traveled a lot of roads, just not yet the road back. Escaping..." June 09

SI.com "Thunder forward Kevin Durant will leave agent Rob Pelinka and Landmark Sports to sign with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports, according to multiple reports. The Sports Business Journal and ESPN.com reported that Durant will leave Landmark Sports after little over a year. “We are honored and blessed..." June 08

The Oklahoman "Ronnie Brewer was asked if he is open to returning to the Thunder. His answer spoke volumes. “I'm open to play basketball,” he said. “If it's here or somewhere else that's what I want to do. That's what I love to do and that's what I enjoy doing so I'm going to try to continue to do..." June 07

The Oklahoman "Jeremy Lamb will be in somewhat of a peculiar position this summer. The teammate he's known the longest and the one with whom he transitioned from Houston to Oklahoma City, guard Kevin Martin, will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1. If Martin gets away, Lamb would lose a friend and..." June 05

The Oklahoman "The Thunder was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, and losing point guard Russell Westbrook to season-ending knee surgery didn't make the outcome any easier to accept for veteran power forward Nick Collison. “Not really. It is what it is. We lost, so it's no good,” Collison said..." June 02

The Oklahoman "Don't dare refer to Derek Fisher as “coach.” Not now, perhaps not ever. Despite presumptions to the contrary, Fisher is not inching closer to a career in coaching. “I don't envy NBA coaches, I really don't,” the 38-year-old Fisher said during his exit interview with media two weeks ago. “I..." June 01

The Oklahoman "Thunder center Daniel Orton is back home, but his NBA residence remains uncertain. “I still feel like I'm on an NBA journey,” the former Bishop McGuinness High School standout admitted. “It feels like home in the aspect of my friends and family are here, but that's pretty much it.” The..." May 31

The Oklahoman "Reggie Jackson is rapidly rounding out his game. But there's one thing still missing. A reliable 3-point shot. As the Thunder point guard prepares for his third NBA season, strengthening that skill will be one of Jackson's main goals this summer. It certainly will be the most important..." May 30

The Oklahoman "Kevin Martin played so well so early after he joined the Thunder, perhaps there was nowhere to go but down. When James Harden turned down the Thunder's extension offer, reportedly worth $53 million for four years, he summarily was sent to the Houston Rockets in a nine-player trade just five..." May 29

The Oklahoman "Kendrick Perkins does things that don't show up in the box score. How many times have we heard that? It's long been the Thunder's counter argument in defense of its starting center's subpar statistics. But that logic is running out of rope after three straight seasons of plummeting..." May 28

The Oklahoman "Serge Ibaka was asked about his contract extension kicking in next season and almost immediately unleashed an uncontrollable smile. He darn near broke into song. “Oh, money, money, money,” the Thunder forward said, coming close to reciting the catch phrase from The O'Jays hit song. Ibaka,..." May 26

The Oklahoman "For three straight seasons, Western Conference coaches have chosen Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook as an All-Star reserve. Also for three straight seasons, NBA media have voted Westbrook to the All-NBA second team. This season, Westbrook became one of only six players since 1992 to average..." May 25

The Oklahoman "A muddied American flag rested atop the metal pole that stood defiantly at the corner. Its peaceful position contradicted perfectly the catastrophic winds that only two days earlier had ripped through town, leaving this block utterly unidentifiable, one of many that have been reduced to..." May 23

SI.com "Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be returning as the head coach of USA Basketball for the 2016 Olympics, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. A formal announcement is expected in the next 48 hours. Krzyzewski led Team USA to gold medals in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics..." May 23

The Oklahoman "The Thunder got stuck with the No. 12 pick in the draft. There was every reason to believe this would be a much-higher pick, especially when Toronto got off to such a terrible start. But in the name of silver linings, here are a few things to digest: * At least this will help save the Thunder..." May 22

SportingNews.com "Kevin Durant's "business tattoos" are spreading—and fast. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward, who has tattoos covering his midsection, recently added a large piece on his back, so that his skin is barely visible at this point. Nothing wrong with that, of course. The central issue with Durant..." May 22

CBSSports.com "In a big time of need, Kevin Durant is once again coming through in the clutch for Oklahoma City. Per the Red Cross, Durant has given a $1 million donation to the Oklahoma tornado disaster relief fund. Death numbers aren't certain but currently 24 people, including many children, lost their..." May 21

ESPN.com "The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area. Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City..." May 21

The Oklahoman "It's one of the NBA's greatest highlights that still draws “oohs” and “aahs” every time it's shown, particularly during a Houston Rockets tribute before home games at the Toyota Center. In the 1995 Western Conference Finals, Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon gets the ball in the left corner while..." May 20

The Oklahoman "Meet the new sixth man of Thunderland. Fellow by the name of Jackson. Reggie Jackson. Meet your new sharpshooter off the bench, Boomtown. Lamb. Jeremy Lamb. Remember when Sam Presti made all those deals, some in Seattle, some in OKC, to clear galaxies of payroll space for some future day when..." May 19

The Oklahoman "Kendrick Perkins sat down for his season-ending interview with reporters Thursday and was told, to his surprise, that he was sweating. “Well I just left out of Sam's office so I might be sweating,” Perkins said of his exit interview with Thunder general manager Sam Presti. “That was a joke,”..." May 19

The Oklahoman "All the Thunder wanted to do was extend the series. Take it back to Memphis and see what happens. “It's not hoping for a miracle to win one game at home,” coach Scott Brooks said at his team's morning shootaround. In the end, it wasn't meant to be. A season that started off so..." May 16

Fox Sports Tennessee "Memphis players follow the lead of coach Lionel Hollins and like to say they have accomplished nothing yet. That may be true of the long run, but after surviving a furious rally at Oklahoma City on Wednesday night for an 88-84 victory, the Grizzlies are headed to the Western Conference finals for..." May 16

The Oklahoman "Suddenly, the Thunder has a new issue. And, no, this latest problem is not a natural sign of the team's progress. It's more like Oklahoma City's leading cause for concern. Already saddled by fundamental flaws such as turnovers, rebounding and an inability to knock down open shots, the..." May 15

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder found out just why the Grizzlies have three NBA All-Defensive players and a stinginess that earns them the right to be called the most oppressive team in the league. It was a reminder Monday night that couldn’t have come at a worse time for the..." May 14

NBA.com "Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen and Miami Heat forward LeBron James, winner of the 2012-13 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, headline the 2012-13 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. Allen totaled 53 points overall and James tallied 52. Each player received 25 First Team..." May 13

The Oklahoman "“Yeah,” Ibaka said. “It's normal, man. It's normal. A little bit. But that does not mean my confidence is way down because after all the shots I missed, after the (missed) dunk, I was still playing defense. I wanted to still help my teammates. I wanted to still try to be aggressive. But it's..." May 13

SportingNews.com "The image of OKC Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka missing a point-blank dunk attempt is about as jarring as the numbers attached to his first postseason series without Russell Westbrook and James Harden. In three games against the Memphis Grizzlies, Ibaka averages 9.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and..." May 12

The Oklahoman "Serge Ibaka laughed. I asked him about the two missed dunks, and he laughed. It's one thing to miss 17-footers by the riverboat load. It's quite another to miss uncontested dunks. If Ibaka can't even dunk anymore, if the loss of Russell Westbrook has robbed the Thunder even of the most simple..." May 12

The Oklahoman "Reggie Jackson called them boneheaded plays. There were two of them, in the span of 41 seconds, and if Jackson could take them back you know he would. “Do it differently,” Jackson said, “and it might be a different story, a different headline.” Perhaps. Instead, Oklahoma City fell into a 2-1..." May 12

The Oklahoman "In between watching games from a spacious suite inside Chesapeake Energy Arena and rehabbing his right knee, Russell Westbrook has spent his time watching movies and tutoring teammates. “Even though I'm out,” Westbrook said, “I still have a voice and I can help my team.” Perhaps no player has..." May 11

Memphis Commercial Appeal "The Grizzlies kept the home court advantage on Saturday that it stole from Oklahoma City, but it wasn’t easy. Memphis had to close the game with six consecutive points, all on free throws, to take an 87-81 victory in game 3 at FedExForum to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western..." May 11

The Oklahoman "No Russell Westbrook. No Derrick Rose. No Luol Deng. No Danny Granger. No Amar'e Stoudemire. No David Lee. The NBA's conference semifinals are rife with stars sidelined by injury. Only the blessed — the Heat, the Grizzlies, the Spurs — are playing with a full deck. But that doesn't mean a pass..." May 11

The Oklahoman "He looked like Russell Westbrook. He sounded like Russell Westbrook. But I'm not convinced. Too much smiling. Too much introspection. Too much charm. Westbrook sat down Thursday morning for a 17-minute interview with the Thunder press corps, his first public comments since the knee injury..." May 10

The Oklahoman "To hear Memphis coach Lionel Hollins tell it after Game 1, Tony Allen had as much hope of guarding Kevin Durant as Woody Allen. After the Grizzlies defensive whiz barely guarded the Thunder superstar on Sunday, Hollins was reminded that Allen had done a pretty decent job against Durant in the..." May 09

Fox Sports Southwest "Down two points, Kevin Durant got another good look. Kind of like he did in Game 1, but this time his 3-pointer on a designed play out of the timeout missed. Then less than a minute later and with the Thunder trailing by four, Durant tripped and fell and lost the ball. He missed another..." May 08

The Oklahoman "Mired in a near-historic mid-March shooting slump, Derek Fisher's NBA expiration date seemed about two years overdue. The Thunder's February decision to sign him produced puzzled looks. Scott Brooks' decision to keep playing him came with heavy scrutiny. But now, less than two months after..." May 05

The Oklahoman "Scott Brooks on Friday night finally did what so many have seemed to want him to do for so long. He benched Kendrick Perkins. When the decision worked, and the Thunder went on to a series-clinching win in Game 6 over the Houston Rockets, those recognizable three syllables once again..." May 05

The Oklahoman "The morning after Pau Gasol put a series-clinching tip-in straight through the Thunder's heart during the 2010 playoffs, we here at sports department headquarters ran one of our more memorable headlines. “GASOL, FOLKS”. Thing is, that wasn't Gasol, folks. Not even close. Every year that the..." May 05