Four burning questions - Was the season a failure?
Was the Thunder's season a failure? Did Serge Ibaka disappoint in the playoffs? Entering next season, will OKC still be considered the best in the West? Who can the Thunder add in free agency? Four questions for five writers, recapping the recently completed 2012-13 season and looking ahead.
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Four burning questions - Was the Thunder's season a failure?
May 18, 2013
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May 17, 2013
Comments from the TNT crew that covered Game 5 of the Thunder’s second-round playoff series against Memphis on Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena:
Mike Fratello on Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley: “He is sneaky-fast.
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May 17, 2013
Here are the winners and losers of the Thunder’s 2013 postseason run:
Winner – Russell Westbrook’s reputation
Anyone doubting Westbrook’s importance to the Thunder’s success any more?
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May 16, 2013
Well, it’s over, this Thunder season ending just like we knew it would, ever since Russell Westbrook’s injury. Somewhere short of the NBA Finals. I don’t know if looking back at a season-ending game matters, but if it does, here’s what I heard and saw from the Thunder’s 88-84 loss to Memphis:
* I’ve... Read More
May 16, 2013
It started when he was asked if this season was a wasted year of his life.
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May 16, 2013
The question of the day in Thunderville shifts to Kendrick Perkins. Will the Thunder consider cutting Perk through the amnesty clause of the new collective bargaining agreement.
Jon Hamm is a reader and an Oklahoman who is a contributor t0 Larry Coon’s website that tries to decipher the NBA’s collective... Read More
May 15, 2013
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Turning point
After an unlikely third quarter comeback, aided by a strange Tony Allen technical (examined later), the Thunder had momentum and a more than manageable two-point deficit heading to the fourth. But the wheels soon fell off, with OKC... Read More
May 14, 2013
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Turning point
Tony Allen and Zach Randolph opened overtime with a pair of buckets, Randolph’s off a loose ball scramble, to give Memphis its biggest lead of the game to that moment. Four points was the separation. And the Grizzlies would make it... Read More
May 14, 2013
The Thunder is one loss away from season’s end. Memphis beat the Thunder 103-97 in overtime Monday night to take total command of the Western Conference semifinal series. Here’s what I saw and heard:
* Memphis’ defensive plan on Kevin Durant clearly is working. It seems to come down to this.
1. Use... Read More
May 14, 2013
The Thunder had two rookies on its roster this season — Perry Jones III and Jeremy Lamb — but neither had a shot to make the recently announced NBA All-Rookie Team.
That’s because neither got off the bench, unless they were starring in the development league, with a stacked roster playing in front of them.... Read More
May 13, 2013
The Thunder-Grizzlies series is amazingly close through three games. Hard to imagine how a series could be closer. It’s not that we have dramatic finishes, necessarily, which we had in Game 1 and virtually had in Games 2 and 3. But the games are close throughout the entire 48 minutes.
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May 13, 2013
Power Lunch: Chat with Thunder writer Darnell Mayberry
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May 13, 2013
And the winner of least surprising development of the NBA playoffs goes to…Lil Wayne, for his decision to root against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
If you remember, the rapper was reportedly kicked out of Chesapeake Energy Arena during last year’s playoffs, responding with a Twitter tirade, followed by an... Read More
May 13, 2013
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Serge Ibaka’s offensive struggles may be making news in the NBA Playoffs. But his defensive dominance have made him an NBA All-Defensive first-teamer again, the league announced Monday.
Ibaka, who made first team last year, led the NBA with... Read More
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Darnell Mayberry
Darnell Mayberry grew up in Langston, Okla. and is now in his third stint in the Sooner state. After a year and a half at Bishop McGuinness High, he finished his prep years in Falls Church, Va., before graduating from Norfolk State University in 2004.
Mayberry joined The Oklahoman’s sports staff in 2005 after a year at the Akron Beacon Journal, where he covered the University of Akron men’s basketball team, high schools and recruiting. Since arriving at The Oklahoman, Mayberry has become the leading authority on the NBA as the only traveling media member and the only reporter to cover every NBA game ever played in Oklahoma City.
He served as the paper’s beat writer on the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets from 2005-07, broke the news of the Seattle SuperSonics’ settlement negotiations with the City of Seattle in the summer of 2008, a development that allowed the team to relocate to Oklahoma, and has covered the Thunder since the franchise’s inception.
Mayberry and his wife, Courtney, were married in 2010 and live in Oklahoma City.
John Rohde
John Rohde joined The Oklahoman staff in January of 1987 as a sports columnist. He has covered all college sports, plus the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans/OKC Hornets and professional golf. Rohde also has served as a beat writer for OU football and basketball and currently is covering the NBA and the OKC Thunder. Rohde is married, has a son, was raised in Boulder, Colo., and was a 1982 graduate from the University of Arizona.
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