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Thursday, Jan 28
Monday, Dec 7
Jeff Green notches double-double, Oklahoma City Thunder beats Golden State Warriors
Jeff Green scored 21 points, and James Harden had a career-high 26 points to lead the Thunder to a 104-88 win over Golden State on Monday night at the Ford Center.Green added 13 rebounds and notched his fourth double-double by halftime to help the Thunder bounce back from Friday's 18-point...
Sunday, Nov 1
Brandon Roy has 16 points to push Portland to 83-74 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder
Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 83-74 on Sunday night to split a two-game road trip.One night after scoring 42 points in a loss at Houston, Roy struggled to get anything going on offe...
Friday, Oct 30
Kevin Durant stars as Oklahoma City Thunder win at Detroit, 91-83
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.The franchise is 2-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season when it was in Seattle. The Thunder began 1-16 last se...
Thursday, Oct 22
Oklahoma City Thunder ripped again
Once is a mistake. Twice is a habit. Three times? Well, that’s a lifestyle.In its 104-89 loss to Sacramento in Thursday night’s preseason finale, the Thunder provided one final bit of confirmation that its way of life is currently one defined by deficient defense and disappointing effort.T...
Sacramento Kings down Oklahoma City Thunder 104-89
Andres Nocioni scored 19 points and rookie Omri Casspi added 16 as the Sacramento Kings beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-89 in a preseason game Thursday night despite playing without leading scorer Kevin Martin.After taking advantage of Oklahoma City's suspect 3-point defense to bu...
Saturday, Oct 17
The Oklahoma City Thunder is all a Twitter
With just 67 characters, Jeff Green connected with his fans like never before on Sept. 25."tryna figure this twitter stuff out...can someone pleeaase help me?” Green wrote on that Friday at 3:53 p.m.Within seconds, the star forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder discovered his fans were more th...
Thursday, Oct 8
OKC Thunder names sideline reporters
Veteran NBA announcer Tom Werme and former University of Oklahoma basketball player Elissa Walker Campbell will serve as sideline reporters on the Oklahoma City Thunder game telecasts this season, the Thunder announced today.Werme will serve as host and sideline reporter for all Wed...
Tuesday, Sep 29
Oklahoma City Thunder Notebook: James Harden suffers minor setback
Harden suffers minor setback James Harden had a rude welcome to the NBA on the opening day of his first training camp Tuesday. The No. 3 overall pick was accidentally poked in the eye by a teammate and had to leave practice near the conclusion of the session to get it treated as a precaution.The i...
Wednesday, Sep 2
Got a question for Scott Brooks?
Just weeks before NBA training camps open, here is your chance to ask Scott Brooks about the Oklahoma City Thunder. If you have a question for the coach, we’ll ask him and publish some of his answers in the Sept. 9 version of "Can we talk?" E-mail your questions to sportsdesk@oklahoman.com.
Thursday, Aug 27
Oklahoma City Thunder breaks ground at practice site
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder has broken ground at the site of their planned $10 million practice facility.Thunder chairman Clay Bennett joined general manager Sam Presti, coach Scott Brooks, Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett and other city officials Thursday morning in de...
Friday, Aug 14
Oklahoma City Thunder hire Maurice Cheeks as assistant coach
If indeed a village is what it takes to raise a child, the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday continued fortifying its community surrounding Russell Westbrook.The Thunder completed its assistant coaching staff by hiring former Portland and Philadelphia head coach Maurice Cheeks, a 15-y...
Tuesday, Aug 4
Oklahoma City Thunder to open season at home against Sacramento
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Monday, Jul 6
Russell Westbrook is right on target in summer league
MAITLAND, Fla. — For the second straight season, the Oklahoma City Thunder has the best player at the Orlando Pro Summer League pulling the strings for them. In July 2008, reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant had his Nikes delivered in time to suit up for a single game, scoring 22 point...
Oklahoma City Thunder opens summer league play with a win over Orlando
MAITLAND, Fla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder not only had a name, but also considerably more game in its 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League debut. At this time last year, the newly relocated NBA franchise competed with "Oklahoma City" spread out across its chest, unaware of its nickname, team col...
Tuesday, Jun 30
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant is still a kid at heart
By Mike BaldwinTo young kids, looking up to Kevin Durant goes beyond the obvious height difference. Durant plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year.What they probably don't realize is Durant, still a kid at heart, is having as much fun as the 350 boys and girls...
Saturday, May 16
Oklahoma City Thunder: Sam Presti will watch the ping-pong balls fly
Thunder general manager Sam Presti will know whether Oklahoma City lands the No. 1 pick to select Blake Griffin before anyone else. He just won’t be able to tell anyone.Presti and one representative from the other 13 lottery teams will watch the ping-pong ball process Tuesday night in Secau...
Tuesday, May 12
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant finishes third in NBA's Most Improved Player voting
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant finished third in the voting for the NBA's Most Improved Player, an award that went to Indiana forward Danny Granger, the league announced Tuesday. Granger received 364 of a possible 605 points, including 48 first-place votes, from a panel of 1...
Friday, May 8
Oklahoma City Thunder: Bring back the old days
There is a way to guarantee the Thunder gets Blake Griffin.All the NBA has to do is turn back the clock and bring back territorial picks.From 1947-65, when teams were struggling to build a fan base, the draft included territorial picks.A team could forfeit its first-round pick and instead ta...
Thursday, Apr 30
P.J. Carlesimo has praise for Scott Brooks, Thunder staff
After being fired as Oklahoma City Thunder coach after the Thunder’s 1-12 start, P.J. Carlesimo landed some broadcasting work late in the season. He has called college basketball games for Westwood One radio — including OU in the Memphis Regional — six NBA playoff games for TNT and the Nike H...
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook named to NBA All-Rookie first team
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook was named to the NBA's All-Rookie first team, the NBA announced Thursday. Westbrook, the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, was the only Thunder player to appear in all 82 regular season games last season. The two-time Western Confere...
Friday, Apr 24
'Oklahoma Today' honors Thunder owner Clay Bennett as Oklahoman of the year
OKLAHOMA CITY — To see a room full of dignitaries gathered to honor Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett came as no surprise to Mayor Mick Cornett. But for Bennett to be sitting front and center as it all happened, now that was unusual. "There are many in this community that give much, and t...
Saturday, Apr 18
Oklahoma City Thunder has ways to go
The final numbers weren’t pretty.In its inaugural season, the Thunder’s final team statistics provide clear visual evidence of the areas in which Oklahoma City must improve upon in 2009-10.The Thunder ranked 24th (out of 30 teams) in the league in points per game (96.9), 23rd in average po...
Friday, Apr 17
Oklahoma City Thunder GM optimistic
One day after his players departed for summer vacation following a 23-win season, Thunder general manager Sam Presti knew better than to say he was happy or pleased with their inaugural season in Oklahoma City."But at the same time, we know that it’s one step in the process for us,” Presti s...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s season ticket renewals ‘very strong’
The deadline for renewing Thunder season tickets was last Friday, but the process for filling seats in the reconfigured Ford Center will continue throughout the summer.Because of "3,500 unique accounts,” the exact figure for fans who renewed season tickets won’t be released for a coup...
Oklahoma City Thunder notebook
Summer league sites selected The Thunder will participate in the Orlando Pro Summer League and the Vegas Summer League, general manager Sam Presti said Friday. The team played in only the Orlando league last year."It just gives us more opportunity, more minutes, more time on the floor for...
The Breakdown: Oklahoma City Thunder draft
All right, everyone knows if the Thunder lands the first pick in the NBA Draft, the Blake Griffin replica jerseys will be on sale the next day. But what if the pingpong balls bounce the wrong way? And, horror of horrors, what if Sam Presti and Co. don’t do a deal to snag Big Blake? Here’s a look at t...
Saturday, Apr 11
Oklahoma City Thunder runs out of juice
MILWAUKEE — Back-to-back games haven’t exactly been the recipe for success for Oklahoma City this season. Throw in the hot hand of Milwaukee’s Richard Jefferson, and the mix became a recipe for disaster on Saturday night.Jefferson scored a game-high 35 points to lead the Bucks to a 115-98...
Tuesday, Apr 7
Blake Griffin jumps to NBA, but where will he land?
NORMAN — Blake Griffin has answered the question of whether he will enter the NBA Draft. Now the question is, can the University of Oklahoma basketball star end up with his hometown Thunder?Griffin announced Tuesday he would leave OU after two seasons and make himself available for the dr...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Oklahoma City Thunder signs Shaun Livingston, recalls D.J. White
The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Tuesday that it has signed embattled point guard Shaun Livingston, the former No. 4 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, to a multiyear contract. Livingston, 23, was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers out of Peoria (Ill.) Central High after ac...
Tuesday, Mar 17
Calendar: A-list
LIL' WAYNE at the Cox Convention Center 7 p.m. March 23 Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil' Wayne brings his new rap-meets-rock act to Oklahoma City this month. T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes open the show. THUNDER VS. LAKERS at the Ford Center 7 p.m. March 24 The Oklahoma City Thunder take on one of the w...
Friday, Mar 6
Book donation can earn Oklahoma City Thunder tickets
The Junior League, Metro Oklahoma City Literacy Coalition and Oklahoma City Thunder are teaming up to promote literacy. Fans are asked to donate a new, elementary school-level book Sunday during the Thunder game against the Philadelphia 76ers. The books will help stock the Rolling Thun...
Monday, Mar 2
Undermanned Oklahoma City Thunder stun Mavs 96-87
Nenad Krstic scored a season-high 23 points, rookie Russell Westbrook added 17 as part of his first career triple double, and the undermanned Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 96-87 Monday night despite playing without their two leading scorers. Kevin Durant (sprained a...
Kevin Durant might not return this week for Oklahoma City Thunder
By Mike Baldwin It’s uncertain how long Kevin Durant will be sidelined with a severely sprained right ankle but he will not play tonight and is probably doubtful for all three Thunder games this week. Durant wants to return as soon as possible. Coach Scott Brooks said the team’s medical staf...
Oklahoma City Thunder to be without top two scorers tonight against Dallas
The Thunder will be facing Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks tonight without their two leading scorers. Jeff Green, hampered by a sore lower back, will not play. Kevin Durant remains sidelined with a severely sprained right ankle he suffered Friday night in a 110-108 overtime loss at...
Tuesday, Feb 17
Oklahoma City Thunder: What does a mascot mean to a team?
To avid fans, a mascot is merely an entertaining diversion during timeouts.To pro sports franchises, a mascot is a high-profile icon that’s one of the most important members of the organization.Tonight at halftime, the Thunder will unveil its mascot, a bison. When the character’s name is...
Monday, Feb 16
Oklahoma City Thunder notebook: Will Thunder make a trade?
Will Thunder make a trade? Oklahoma City continues to be active in trade discussions, according to multiple media reports. The latest rumor has the Thunder discussing a swap of Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox for New Orleans center Tyson Chandler. The Thunder has also reportedly tried to work o...
Oklahoma City Thunder future sparkles
The team of Oklahoma City’s NBA past will pay a visit to the team of Oklahoma City’s NBA present tonight.Hornets vs. Thunder."What could have been?” vs. "What will be?”As the Hornets return to our fair city to face the Thunder, it’s impossible to avoid such questions. No doubt Oklahoma City los...
Tuesday, Feb 10
Kevin Durant picked for NBA All-Star H-O-R-S-E competition
Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Kevin Durant will be among three competitors in the inaugural NBA All-Star H-O-R-S-E competition on Feb. 14 in Phoenix, TNT announced today. Durant, last season’s Rookie of the Year, will compete against NBA All-Star Joe Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks an...
Monday, Feb 9
Oklahoma City Thunder: Kyle Weaver wants to stay put
With Desmond Mason out for the season, Thunder coach Scott Brooks regards the shooting guard position as "flexible,” meaning the player manning that spot today could be on the bench tomorrow.But Kyle Weaver doesn’t want to go back to the bench, and the rookie guard is using his improbable...
Oklahoma City Thunder mascot to be a bison
The Oklahoma City Thunder mascot will be a bison and will be unveiled at the Thunder's Feb. 17 home game against the New Orleans Hornets, sources have confirmed. Stick with NewsOK.com as information becomes available.
Sunday, Feb 8
Oklahoma City Thunder: Brooks was nearly Kings coach
Scott Brooks could have been coaching against the Thunder tonight in the Ford Center.Brooks was the runner-up for the Sacramento Kings’ vacancy two years ago. It would have been the dream job for a local kid who grew up 50 miles south of Sacramento.Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof interview...
Saturday, Jan 31
Oklahoma City Thunder: February to be tough month for Thunder
The Thunder finished January 7-7.That’s a significant turnaround for a team that was 3-29 heading into New Year’s Eve.Now comes the toughest month of the season.Of the dozen games in February, eight are against the Lakers (twice), Trailblazers (twice), Hornets, Nuggets, Suns and Maveri...
Oklahoma City Thunder notebook
Ibaka update ESPN’s Chris Sheridan wrote this week that Thunder general manager Sam Presti is constantly being asked if he’s open to trading the rights to Serge Ibaka, an athletic 6-foot-10 forward from Congo, playing for Ricoh Manresa in the Spanish League. Presti drafted Ibaka in the f...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s last 50 games are key
Media and fans love round numbers.That’s why 50 is a number that will best define the Thunder’s inaugural season in Oklahoma City.How did the Thunder fare its last 50 games?In upcoming years, when fans hope to be more concerned about playoff seedings than the number of ping pong balls in the...
Friday, Jan 30
Oklahoma City Thunder's Desmond Mason has successful surgery
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Desmond Mason had successful knee surgery Friday. Mason suffered a season-ending injury during the third quarter of Wednesday's victory over Memphis at the Ford Center. The former Oklahoma State standout hyper-extended the right knee, but he needed surger...
Thursday, Jan 29
Oklahoma City Thunder's Desmond Mason to miss rest of season
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Desmond Mason will miss the remainder of the season after hyper-extending his right knee Wednesday night against Memphis. “We are disappointed to lose Desmond for the remainder of the season,” said Thunder general manager Sam Presti. “He is a valuable part...
