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Heads Up | Oklahoma City Thunder
Heads Up By Nick Gallo | Broadcast Reporter & Digital Editor | mailbag@okcthunder.com → Read More
Dreaming of the Stars at Pleasant Hill Elementary
Oftentimes during Black History Month, the focus becomes limited to a few central figures to the American Civil Rights Movement, and for good reason. While their importance to history can never be over-stated, the Thunder on Tuesday took the opportunity to highlight African-American women who have charted their own special paths in America. → Read More
CP3 Shines as New Game Format Electrifies Chicago at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game
Always thinking the game, always manipulating the floor, Thunder point guard Chris Paul is constantly surveying ways to gain an advantage on the floor. In a fiery, hotly-contested fourth quarter of the NBA’s 2020 All-Star Game, Paul noticed a way to generate a bucket for his team. → Read More
CP3 Extends Thunder Tradition at All-Star Weekend
During his three-year hiatus from All-Star Weekend, Chris Paul had some time to think about the NBA’s mid-season showcase. It should be no surprise that the NBA Players’ Association president had something in mind to bring to the table when he was once again selected for the All-Star Game this year. → Read More
Chris Paul Named All-Star for 10th Time
Since his third season in the NBA through the 2015-16 campaign, point guard Chris Paul was named an All-Star for nine consecutive seasons. After a pair of trades and a three-year hiatus, the Thunder leader learned Thursday night that league coaches had voted him in as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team. This marks is the 10th career selection for the man who → Read More
The Lob | Oklahoma City Thunder
After the poke-away, Schröder snapped up the ball but immediately had to spin to avoid Blazers forward Jaylen Hoard. Two more dribbles later in the open floor, Schröder scooped an underhanded pass to Chris Paul, who was streaking up the left sideline. Paul received the rock, put his head down with one hard dribble towards the rim, then skipped up into the air, tossing the ball up as high as the… → Read More
Donovan's December: Thunder Head Coach Named Western Conference Coach of the Month
On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced that Thunder Head Coach Billy Donovan was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for December 2019. During the month, the Thunder held the best record in the Western Conference at 11-4, defeating the Utah Jazz, LA Clippers, Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks, all of whom are currently in the sixth seed or higher in the playoff → Read More
Muscala Surprises Families in Moore
On Thursday evening, soon-to-be grandmother Sheree Wilhite received a phone call. Mysteriously, she was told to arrive at Burlington Coat Factory in Moore on Saturday afternoon. She had some items on layaway at the store but didn’t know exactly what was awaiting her. When she arrived on Saturday, 6-foot-10 Thunder forward Mike Muscala was standing at the entrance of the store, → Read More
2019 Summer Feature Series: Hamidou Diallo
“Jellying” works best out in the open floor on a fast break. Hamidou Diallo is used to being there. When he doesn’t rise up for a thunderous two-handed, over-the-head slam dunk, Diallo puts a little “jelly” on a finger roll layup.Leaping off one foot, legs split out like Jordan in the dunk contest, then curling the ball with one hand and flicking the wrist to knock it in off → Read More
Energy, Intrigue within the Thunder as Training Camp Approaches
There’s a mystery in Oklahoma City this season. No gameplans, player combinations or strategies have been taken off the table thus far, and fans and Thunder staffers alike are awaiting as evidence comes in game by game to see what the 2019-20 squad has to offer. As Thunder General Manager and Executive Vice President Sam Presti surveys the team and organization heading into → Read More
Getting to Know
To look at the roster and see the date of birth requires a split second of hesitation. Wait, really? That young?! For the first time in Thunder history this season, there will be a player on the roster born in the 2000’s.Rookie Darius Bazley is just 19 years old, born on June 12, 2000. He’ll be the youngest player on the Thunder roster by a couple of years, and after foregoing → Read More
OKC, Meet SGA | Oklahoma City Thunder
Lineage and history matter but embarking from a solid foundation and leaning on core fundamentals are the more crucial elements to long-term, sustained success. → Read More
Presti: Offseason Moves Reposition and Replenish Thunder Franchise
All the hours of preparation, the meetings and the phone calls ensure that a surprise circumstance is an opportunity, not a devastating obstacle. → Read More
Westbrook’s Legacy Will Live On in OKC
For decades, Oklahomans made one of three decisions to watch NBA basketball: drive to Dallas, jump on flights to distant states or tune in from their couch. Many, however, didn’t have much of an interest in the league that didn’t have a regional connection. → Read More
Thunder On-Court Success During the Westbrook Era
The buzzer-beating shots, the daring drives to the rim and the relentless ferocity that Russell Westbrook provided will never be forgotten in Oklahoma City, nor will the success the Thunder had as a team over the last 11 seasons that the point guard stood at the helm. Westbrook stewarded over one of the most successful extended stretches an NBA franchise has had in recent → Read More
Summer League Thunder Squad Wraps up Preliminary Round
On Thursday evening, the Thunder’s Summer League squad took on the Portland Trail Blazers in its final game of the preliminary round, winning by a score of 92-87 and finishing with a 3-1 record over the first four games. Summer League News & Notes: → Read More
Deonte Burton Playing Within Himself, Preparing for 2019-20
LAS VEGAS -- An open-mouthed smile revealed a toothy grin as the words, “I see you, I see you!” burst forth from Thunder forward Deonte Burton. On the floor at Summer League, there’s a little bit less noise and fanfare, little in-game music and limited production. → Read More
Hervey Developing Into All-Around Player
LAS VEGAS -- At Summer League, skills are put to the test. Shooting, passing, dribbling, rebounding and one-on-one defending are always being watched, but on Tuesday the Thunder’s squad had to level up as a group. → Read More
Thunder Gets a Unique, Dynamic Rookie in Darius Bazley
NBA-ready has many meanings. Both in physical maturity and on the court, Darius Bazley might have a bit more training to do than some 19-year-old rookies, but off the court, he’ll be much more prepared for basketball as both a business and a job than most. → Read More
Determined Diallo Aiming Sky High
LAS VEGAS -- It’s not just the way that he answers questions to media, approaches his teammates on the floor, hounds an opposing dribbler or confidently glides to the rim. There’s something in the air with Hamidou Diallo - a swagger but not cockiness, an expectation of expanded growth and responsibility but not entitlement. → Read More