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.
Thunder Rumblings Blog Posts
May 13, 2013
The Thunder is in peril as Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals arrive Monday night. But is the Thunder in any worse shape than against Memphis in the 2011 West semis?
The Thunder is down two games to one and struggling to find offense. There’s not much optimism outside the Thunder circle that OKC can... Read More
May 12, 2013
Nuggets from my notebook from Saturday’s Game 3 loss at Memphis.
This space came close to being filled with details on how the Thunder weathered three storms in Memphis on Saturday night and got out of Game 3 with a mandatory road win. Instead, a second straight game of sloppy late-game execution stole the... Read More
May 12, 2013
My first post-game email after the Thunder’s 87-81 loss to the Grizzlies concerned someone bashing Kendrick Perkins. So might as well get right to it. Seems like it’s all anyone cares about.
So, OK. Perk played 16:51, after playing 34:16 and 24:13 the first two games of this series.
With Perkins, the... Read More
May 11, 2013
Turning point
In the closing moments, with the game still up in the air, Reggie Jackson made a pair of overaggressive and costly fouls. First, with the game tied at 81 and less than two minutes left, Jackson barreled down the lane and into Mike Conley, who drew a charge. Moments later, after Marc Gasol cashed in... Read More
May 11, 2013
Friday night’s NBA playoff results were a friendly reminder of who’s in charge until someone proves otherwise.
Chicago and Golden State were riding high, playing their first home games after gaining a split on the road in their conference semifinals series. Both had chances to take 2-1 leads. Instead, both... Read More
May 10, 2013
Four questions for five writers, previewing the remainder of the Thunder-Grizzlies Western Conference semifinals:
1. Fact or fiction: For the Thunder to win, KD must score 30+ points.
Darnell Mayberry (beat writer) - Fact. Without the scoring abilities of Russell Westbrook, the offense is all on... Read More
May 08, 2013
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Like many of us, Kendrick Perkins was watching TNT on Monday night, enjoying two of the better games these NBA Playoffs have offered up.
Chicago shocked Miami and the Warriors collapsed in San Antonio, with the Inside the NBA crew there to talk... Read More
May 07, 2013
Five-foot-seven Nate Robinson, the new star of the 2013 NBA playoffs, arrived in Oklahoma City as part of the Kendrick Perkins trade on Feb. 24, 2011.
Robinson played only four games and 30 minutes for the Thunder. In the playoffs, Robinson played three games and 12 minutes. His only meaningful playing time came... Read More
May 07, 2013
Nate Robinson went off on the defending champs last night, torching the Heat for 27 clutch points in Chicago’s surprising Game 1 win.
And Berry Tramel wrote about his brief and forgettable Thunder career earlier today, examining the sparkplug’s stunted three-month journey in OKC.
That got me... Read More
May 07, 2013
I watched the Golden State meltdown Monday night — the Warriors blew a 104-88 lead over San Antonio with 4:31 and lost in double overtime — and immediately thought of the Thunder’s meltdown against Dallas in Game 4 of the 2011 Western Conference semifinals.
In 2011, the Mavericks trailed 99-84 with five... Read More
May 07, 2013
Turning point
Reggie Jackson sagged off Mike Conley a bit, overhelping on a Marc Gasol dribble-drive. Gasol kicked it and Conley drilled it, putting in a huge three with 1:58 left to give the Grizzlies a 92-90 lead. It was all Memphis from there, finishing the game on a 10-3 run.
It was over when…
…OKC... Read More
May 06, 2013
Kendrick Perkins might be the most unappreciated player on the Thunder, maybe even the most unappreciated player in the league at his position.
His numbers don’t jump out at you on the stat sheet. His strengths aren’t sexy. His contract, to some, is a sore subject.
The most ardent Perkins critics think the... Read More
May 06, 2013
Kevin Durant’s go-ahead jumper with 11.1 seconds left was not the Thunder’s most impressive play in a 93-91 victory over Memphis in Game 1 Sunday.
This was. You know those offensive possessions, where four or five players touch the ball and pass it around for an eventual easy shot? The Thunder had a defensive... Read More
May 05, 2013
Oklahoma City won Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Sunday, beating Memphis 93-91 behind a huge day from Kevin Durant. Here’s some rapid reaction:
Turning point
Trailing by one with less than 20 seconds left, Grizzlies guard Mike Conley Jr. drove the lane and lost the ball, thanks to timely a... 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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