THUNDER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Kevin Durant: This season was not wasted

Once again Kevin Durant is being compared to another NBA living legend. After his Oklahoma City Thunder were booted out of the NBA playoffs by the Memphis Grizzlies, Durant spoke with ESPN and rebutted a certain suggestion that was once made by Kobe Bryant. Bryant at age 32 stated that any year that did not culminate in a NBA championship ‘ was a wasted year of my life.’ Durant...
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Russell Westbrook, James Harden haunt OKC

Despite fighting to the end in a series of narrow losses to Memphis, the Oklahoma City Thunder's decision to trade James Harden finally came back to haunt them.Last spring, Kevin Durant spent his time leading the Thunder to the NBA Finals with the help of two co-stars. This season, he was left trying to survive the Memphis Grinders with the help of no co-stars. After claiming...
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No Waste for the Wise: Durant reflects on season

via Daily Thunder After a bitter defeat, a person’s character comes into focus. The Oklahoma City Thunder have tasted defeat, but this year’s exit leaves a much more bitter taste. They were expected to make it all the way, at least to the Finals, but they were knocked out in the second round. Russell Westbrook’s costly and untimely injury is an undeniable factor, but Kevin...
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GETTING LITIGIOUS

Ex-NBA union head sues Derek Fisher

Former NBA players association executive director Billy Hunter accuses current NBAPA president Derek Fisher of having a secret deal with owners during the last lockout.

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Thunder season fades fast after Westbrook injury

A season filled with championship hopes came to a quicker-than-expected conclusion for the Oklahoma City Thunder. A chance collision with Houston's Patrick Beverley knocked All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook out for the rest of the postseason, and the Thunder never recovered. Kevin Durant tried filling the void almost single-handedly, but even the three-time scoring champion...
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Billy Hunter files suit vs. Derek Fisher

Ousted NBA players' association executive director Billy Hunter alleges in a lawsuit that president Derek Fisher had a secret deal with owners during the 2011 lockout that benefited himself, his publicist and certain players. Hunter contends that Fisher undermined Hunter's efforts to make an agreement and interfered with his position by secretly negotiating with select owners...
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Former NBA union head files suit against Fisher

The former head of the NBA players' association has filed a lawsuit alleging president Derek Fisher had a secret deal with owners during the 2011 lockout that benefited himself, his publicist and certain players. Billy Hunter contends that Fisher undermined Hunter's efforts to make an agreement and interfered with his job as executive director. Filed Thursday in California...
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OKC fans show appreciation for Thunder after elimination (Video)

Oklahoma City fans at the Chesapeake Energy Center showed tons of class Wednesday night after the Thunder were eliminated from the NBA playoffs with an 88-84 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 5. The fans chanted "O-K-C" to show their appreciation for the effort that the Thunder displayed despite losing the series 4-1. Obviously the Russell Westbrook injury was...
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Video: Tayshaun Prince with the throwdown over the Oklahoma City Thunder

It was not supposed to go down this way. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat were supposed to do battle in the vein of the epic sequels that made Ali vs. Frazier so mighty. How does the saying go? That is why they play the game. Please click here to read/watch this story. The post Video: Tayshaun Prince with the throwdown over the Oklahoma City Thunder appeared first on Players View.
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CLASSY CREW

Thunder fans chant 'O-K-C!' after elimination

The Memphis Grizzlies eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games on Wednesday night, but it was the OKC fans that really won. Check out the amazing show of support from the Thunder faithful who stuck around to still chant and cheer on their team well after the final buzzer sounded. They probably also realize that they will have two very motivated 25 year-olds next year...
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DID I DO THAT?

Tony Allen gets technical for tossing shirt

During the third quarter of tonight's game 5 match-up between the Grizzlies and the Thunder, former Celtic Tony Allen accidentally flung a blue warm-up jersey from the sidelines while OKC's Derek Fisher launched a corner shot. The basket didn't go in, but the officials counted it and penalized Allen with a technical foul. The chain of events was part of a 15-4 Thunder...
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Thunder left wondering 'What if?' this season

Every game has been close. Every game has been decided in the last five minutes. By all accounts, the Thunder and the Grizzlies are comparable and evenly matched. It's a 3-1 Memphis and it could be the other way around. Which is fitting, because for the Thunder, it's a "What-If" kind of finish to a season that fairly recently didn't require a question at all...
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3 days ago  |  Discuss

Kevin Durant Wears Seattle Supersonics Hat During Oklahoma City Thunder Practice (Photo)

Seattle fans were pretty bummed out when the Supersonics left in 2008, and they are in a bad mood again now that a bid to move the Sacramento Kings up north has run into roadblocks with the NBA. They may not ever get over the sting of seeing Kevin Durant play in Oklahoma City, where he has blossomed into one of the league’s brightest stars for the Thunder, but at least Durant remembers...
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4 days ago  |  Discuss
SONIC YOUTH

Rapper: OKC can't use my music

Seattle-based rapper Macklemore has an issue with the Oklahoma City Thunder using one of his hits to pump up their crowd. He even retweeted support from a Seattle sports great to back him up.

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SHE'S A SIZE 4

Cheerleader called 'chunky' defends herself

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8 days ago  |  Discuss
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