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The bad news keeps rolling in for the Thunder. Guard Kyle Weaver will miss at least four months after undergoing surgery today to repair damage sustained by a dislocated shoulder, the team has announced. Weaver becomes the second Thunder player who will miss a significant chunk of the season, dealing yet... Read More

Ollie To Miss Up To Four Weeks November 30, 2009 Kevin Ollie has undergone successful surgery on his right knee, but the backup point guard could miss up to four weeks while recovering from the procedure. Ollie, according to a release by the team, had a minor procedure to relieve pain in his patellar tendon. If he is out all four weeks, Ollie will miss all 15... Read More

Halftime talk sparks defense November 28, 2009 Milwaukee was hanging with the Thunder in an ESPN nationally televised game Friday night in the Ford Center, a matchup of two young teams off to better starts than most projected. The primary reason the Bucks trailed only 51-50 at halftime was they were 6-of-13 on 3-pointers. At halftime, Oklahoma City coach... Read More

Report: Thunder To Sign Mike Wilks November 26, 2009 According to the Web site InsideHoops.com, the Thunder will sign free agent point guard Mike Wilks. The site is reporting that Wilks agent, Bill Neff, has confirmed that Oklahoma City will add the 30-year-old Wilks to provide backcourt relief behind starting point guard Russell Westbrook. Both of the... Read More

Chat with Mike Baldwin at 11 a.m. November 25, 2009 Chat with NBA beat writer Mike Baldwin Read More

Thunder Waives Ryan Bowen, What Now? November 25, 2009 The Thunder has waived forward Ryan Bowen, the team announced today. Bowen made the roster as the team’s 15th man after beating out Mike Harris, Michael Ruffin and Tre Kelley in training camp for the final spot. It was clear since October that Bowen could be waived at some point if a better option came along or... Read More

Thunder 104, Jazz 94 November 25, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY –When is it time to pull the vets and play the pups? That’s the question I asked Scott Brooks following Tuesday’s 104-94 win over Utah at Energy Solutions Arena. It’s a subject that is gaining more and more steam as this season snakes along. The latest and arguably most surprising case for... Read More

The Scene At Shootaround November 24, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY — About 30 minutes before the curtain was pulled back and media was allowed into the Energy Solutions Arena for the Thunder’s shootaround, I had planned on asking Thunder coach Scott Brooks how he would handle his point guard rotation tonight. It was a pressing problem for the coach because he... Read More

Thunder vs. Jazz Live Chat November 24, 2009 Thunder vs. Read More

Lakers 101, Thunder 85 November 23, 2009 LOS ANGELES — That was a thoroughly entertaining affair. If you’re not a Thunder fan. Notice the use of the word affair, not game or contest, which the Thunder’s 101-85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers never was on Sunday night. A clinic, maybe, but far from a contest. But that’s the beauty of a Lakers... Read More

Thunder 127, Wizards 108 November 21, 2009 Give the people what they want, Scott Brooks…And the players for that matter. Up and down. Fast-paced. High octane. It’s what we saw in Friday night’s 127-108 win over the Washington Wizards, arguably the most entertaining game the Ford Center has seen this season, with the three-point overtime loss to... Read More

Thunder vs. Wizards Chat November 20, 2009 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Read More

The Scene At Shootaround November 20, 2009 I asked Kevin Durant what advice he had for Russell Westbrook hours before the second-year point guard faced Gilbert Arenas for the first time Friday night. Durant’s response caught me off guard. “I haven’t played against him yet either,” Durant said. “The first two years I was in the league he was... Read More

Defense has been very good November 18, 2009 Remember when there was concern the Thunder’s new “shell” defense might have problems defending 3-pointers after the Rockets and Spurs lit Oklahoma City up for a combined 25 3-pointers in back-to-back preseason games? Three weeks into the season, the Thunder leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage... Read More

Thunder vs. Magic Live Chat November 18, 2009 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Read More

Chat with Thunder beat writer Darnell Mayberry November 17, 2009 Chat with OKC Thunder beat writer Darnell Mayberry 2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Thomas on Nov 17, 2009 @ 11:57 pm Read More

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat Live Chat November 17, 2009 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Read More

Thunder 100, Heat 87 November 17, 2009 The date was Feb. 28, 2009. That’s when the Thunder recorded its fourth road win last season, a full four months into the season. Shocking isn’t it? But in what’s become the latest bit of evidence of how much Oklahoma City has improved, the Thunder secured its fourth road win Tuesday night at Miami,... Read More

Thunder plays big in crunch time to post big win November 15, 2009 A young Thunder squad found ways to lose a ton of close games last season. While it’s only 18 days into the season, you can see a new level of maturity this season, the primary reason Oklahoma City is 5-4. A 101-98 win over the veteran San Antonio Spurs Saturday night was more than just your normal win. A young... Read More

Full strength Spurs will be a tough challenge November 14, 2009 The Thunder has caught a lot of breaks this season with key players on opposing teams missing games because of injuries. That scenario flip-flops tonight in San Antonio. Coach Gregg Popovich said during pre-game that Tim Duncan and Tony Parker will both play after missing the previous two games with ankle injuries.... Read More

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Darnell Mayberry

OKC Thunder Senior Reporter

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

Sports Senior Reporter

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.

Anthony Slater

Reporter

Anthony Slater has been NewsOK.com's lead sports blogger since the summer of 2012, covering Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before that, he covered OSU athletics for The Daily O'Collegian, working as the sports editor and beat writer for football and men's basketball. Originally from Northern California, he has lived in Oklahoma the past three years.