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Oklahoma City Thunder – James Harden Should Stay
Is money the most important thing? The Oklahoma City Thunder want James Harden, who they can’t afford to sign on the kind of deal he thinks he deserves, to put success and playing with friends ahead of his financial needs, and staying with the NBA finalists should be a top priority for both sides.
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NBA Season Preview: All-Northwest Division Team
Possibly the best division in the NBA without an actual wimp of a team, but obviously, having the Oklahoma City Thunder as the class act of it, featuring three Dream Team members – Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, who didn’t make our starting five.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – How Much Better Can Kevin Durant Get
The Oklahoma City Thunder were the favorites to beat the Miami Heat in the NBA finals, but failed after winning the first game. The reasons? More than one or two that can be pointed out, but one of them is Kevin Durant not taking his game to another level, like LeBron James did. If the Thunder want a title, that’s what they need from him this year.
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10 Youngest Teams in the NBA
So what’s better to have when you’re trying to win an NBA title – Youth or Experience? Probably, almost universally speaking, experience. Talent is the actual deciding factor, but teams filled with young stuff are usually in some sort of rebuild mode. The Oklahoma City Thunder, with their three stars all under 24 at the moment, are the exception, and probably a bit of a fluke in how they came together.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Changes Needed to Beat the Miami Heat
If you’d have to pick, right now, two NBA teams that are going to reach the 2013 NBA Finals, it would probably be the Oklahoma City Thunder from the West and the Miami Heat from the East. While the Thunder should run into a bit more opposition from the Lakers than they did last year but at the moment, most signs point to a repeat of the recent finals series.
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13 Most Hated NBA Players
Whether it’s by NBA fans in general or simply by other players around the league, some players are easier to hate and criticize than others, sometimes without any reason at all. Being a Lakers player makes you a prime candidate anytime – just ask Kobe Bryant, but LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Russell Westbrook get their fair share of hatred and critique around every corner.
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Lakers vs Thunder – Who are the Best in the Western Conference?
The question is pretty simple – Have the two major additions made by the Los Angeles Lakers, adding Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to the team be enough to regain dominance in the West, overtaking the young and talented Oklahoma City Thunder led by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook?
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13 NBA Point Guards Better Than Jeremy Lin
The Houston Rockets, via their poison-pill contract, have ensured that Lin will be one of the highest paid players in the NBA in 2014-2015, earning just under $15 million that season. While financially Lin’s presence will probably pay-off the contract, he’s not that good.
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London 2012 – Next USA Dream Team Ready for Olympic Games
After so many injuries to players from the 2008 Redeem team and for others projected to be among the final 12 player going to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 12-man roster of the United States men’s basketball team is ready, with five players (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony) from the gold medal winning team four years ago.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – What’s Next?
A few days to sleep on how they lost the NBA Finals, and that’s it. Summer Olympics for some, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden all in the running for a spot on the final roster. Serge Ibaka will be there too, with Spain. Afterwards, it’s time for the beginning of another chase – That NBA title that got away from them somehow.