Thunder Rumblings

Not many people know much about the Sonics’ 24th overall selection, 6-foot-10 power forward Serge Ibaka from Congo. But his highlights, which you can see here and here give you a glimpse into what kind of player he is. The things I’ve noticed is he’s long, athletic, has...

More than three hours remaining before the start of the NBA Draft and the Seattle SuperSonics have reportedly agreed to a trade that will see them swap draft picks with the Los Angeles Clippers, ESPN’s Ric Bucher is reporting. Under the reported trade, the Sonics will send the No. 4 overall...

UCLA guard Russell Westbrook answered media questions soon after the Seattle Sonics selected him fourth overall. Here is a transcript of the teleconference. RW: I’m very excited to be a Sonic and I’m looking forward to next season. I’ve been working so hard to put myself in the best...

By Darnell Mayberry The Oklahoman      The Seattle SuperSonics selected UCLA guard Russell Westbrook with the No. 4 overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft.      Westbrook will join Kevin Durant and Jeff Green as the foundation of a rebuilding...

ON HOW HE LIKES TO BUILD, THROUGH THE DRAFT OR FREE AGENCY? SP: I think you’ve got to have a balance with how you build. It’s like anything else, you want to be able to pull from different talent pools. We’re no different. But you also have to make sure in this day in age you don’t put...

* I’ll remember this NBA season as the one in which Oklahoma City turned its attention from the New Orleans Hornets to the Seattle SuperSonics. * I’ll remember it as the season that Oklahoma City’s first and favorite NBA son, Chris Paul, established himself as the game’s best...

New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul took media questions at his annual basketball camp today, the second of the three-day camp. Paul, who finished runner-up for MVP this year, was excited to be back in OKC, where he played his first two seasons. He talked about wanting to keep the camp going...

It’s not over. Forget history and its gloom-and-doom statistic that cautions the Los Angeles Lakers that no team in NBA history has ever come back to win the Finals when trailing 3-1. The Lakers aren’t finished. Down, sure, but not out. Trailing 0-2, the...

The Ford Center will host its annual open house on July 12 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., allowing visitors to get a sneak peak of renovations and renderings of the improvements planned in the $100 million remodel that OKC voters approved on March 4. There will also be free food samples from the...

What do I know? Based on everything I’ve said in this space and on NewsOK.com podcasts and videos not much when it comes to the NBA Finals. Almost every single prediction/bit of analysis I’ve made (tried to make) has been wrong in these first three games between the Celtics and...

The NBA announced today it has made changes in the affiliation system for the 2008-09 NBA D-League season to accommodate the league’s expansion. Under the new affiliation, the Tulsa 66ers are now the minor-league affiliate for the Sonics. The Idaho Stampede in Boise, Idaho had...

If you didn’t know Leon Powe before Sunday night, I’m pretty sure you know him now. Boston’s second-year forward from Cal destroyed the Lakers in last night’s 108-102 Celtics’ Game 2 win. Powe scored 21 points on 6-for-7 shooting in just 15 minutes. At one point the guy...

A cousin text messaged me at the end of the third quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals and said it was the best game he’s ever seen. A stretch, no doubt, but still a very entertaining first game, especially when compared to the four stinkers the NBA offered up in last year’s championship...