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Let’s take another look at Blake Griffin’s monster dunk from Monday night. The question many have began asking is whether it was an actual dunk. Yes! Hands down, without a doubt, absolutely, positively, it was a dunk. A big ol’ filthy, nasty, embarrassing, I can’t-believe-he-just-did that dunk. Some... Read More

Clippers 112, Thunder 100 January 31, 2012 Some observations from the Thunder’s 112-100 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night at Staples Center: First thing’s first. Here it is.There’s really not much I can add, except that it was the most vicious dunk I’ve ever seen in person, and I’ve been there to witness some pretty wicked... Read More

Power Lunch Chat with Darnell Mayberry January 30, 2012 Power Lunch Chat with OKC Thunder writer Darnell Mayberry 1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Patrick on Jan 30, 2012 @ 5:29 pm Read More

Thunder 120, Warriors 109 January 28, 2012 Observations from the Thunder’s 120-109 victory over Golden State at Oracle Arena on Friday night: Thunder All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are starting to have fun with their allegedly poor working relationship. As media waited inside the locker room after Friday’s game, a row of smiling OKC... Read More

Thunder Receives Disabled Player Exception January 28, 2012 The Oklahoma City Thunder has been granted a disabled player exception by the NBA, allowing the team to acquire a replacement player for injured guard Eric Maynor, The Oklahoman has learned. Maynor was lost for the season after tearing his ACL on Jan. 7. The Thunder can now use the exception, which is half of... Read More

Now Kevin Durant is asking the questions January 27, 2012 Prior to Friday night’s game against Golden State, Thunder All-Star Kevin Durant approached television commentator Matt Steinmetz of CSNBAYAREA.COM and asked some questions about the alleged controversy between Durant and teammate Russell Westbrook. Here is what transpired, according to Steinmetz. Read More

Thunder 101, Hornets 91 January 26, 2012 Nuggets from my notebook from Wednesday’s win over New Orleans. Monty Williams was my pick to win Coach of the Year. Can I get a mulligan? Please!!!You knew this one would be somewhat competitive. If nothing else, Williams will get his team to play hard, which is why I thought the Hornets would be this year’s... Read More

Nick Collison goes all GQ

January 24, 2012 Thunder reserve forward Nick Collison will be writing blogs for GQ.com throughout the 2011-12 season. He has posted two entries so far. The second appeared four days ago. Much like on the basketball court, Collison’s work for GQ has been superb. You can find Collison’s work at “Balls... Read More

By The Numbers: Thunder-Pistons January 24, 2012 Numbers to note from Monday’s 99-79 win over the Pistons. 1: Blocked shot by Detroit, tying an opponent low for the Thunder. Dallas also had one block against OKC on Dec. 29. 3: Thunder players with at least 20 points: James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. It’s the second time the Thunder has... Read More

Monday Morning Mailbag

January 23, 2012 It’s been a long time, but it’s time we bring back the old mailbag. Since our last edition, the Thunder has become the best team in the Western Conference, Russell Westbrook has signed a lengthy contract extension and, oh yeah, there was this really annoying thing called the NBA lockout. But in this... Read More

Another contract for Thunder to work out

January 23, 2012 2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Breaking Down the Early Favorites in the NBA MVP Race – a Fan’s Take – Yahoo! Sports | Sports News from Duseyworld Read More

Thunder 99, Pistons 79 January 23, 2012 Nuggets from my notebook from Monday’s win over Detroit. I don’t know about you, but I knew this game was going to be a blowout when Russell Westbrook shredded the Piston’s defense and threw down a tomahawk dunk to make it 6-2.I was convinced when Westbrook threaded the needled with an on-the-run,... Read More

Power Lunch Chat with Darnell Mayberry January 23, 2012 Power Lunch Chat with Thunder Writer Darnell Mayberry Read More

By The Numbers: Thunder-Nets January 22, 2012 Numbers to note from Saturday’s 84-74 win at New Jersey. 4: Missed free throws by Kevin Durant. He was 2-of-6 on the night. In his previous six games, Durant had made 46 of 48 from the stripe. 5: Blocked shots by Serge Ibaka, a season-high. Ibaka helped the Thunder record 10 blocked shots, the third time this... Read More

Quotes About Russell Westbrook

January 22, 2012 Thunder GM Sam Presti, coach Scott Brooks and guard Russell Westbrook held a press conference today to announce Westbrook’s contract extension. All three had some pretty good sound bites. Here’s a sampling of what they had to say. WESTBROOK From day one, this is the spot I wanted to be. The organization... Read More

Thunder 84, Nets 74 January 21, 2012 Nuggets from my notebook from Saturday’s win at New Jersey. There was a TON of Thunder fans in the building tonight. I mean a ton!! I remember coming here two years ago and being shocked at how many fans were cheering for the Thunder. You’d have to times that reception by 35 to get a feel for what took place... Read More

How Russell Westbrook Collected $80 Million

January 20, 2012 Russell Westbrook is 23 years old. He comes from a working-class family, and he was never given a thing in his life. And at some point in the past 48 hours, Westbrook sat down to sign his name to an eight-figure extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder. It will pay him in the neighborhood of $80 million... Read More

By The Numbers: Thunder-Wizards January 19, 2012 Numbers to note from Wednesday’s loss at Washington. 2: Wins for the Washington Wizards. They entered the night as the league’s worst team with their lone win coming against Toronto. 3: Wizards players with 10-plus free throw attempts. John Wall had a game-high 14, Jordan Crawford attempted 11 and Nick... Read More

Wizards 105, Thunder 102 January 19, 2012 Nuggets from my notebook from Wednesday’s loss at Washington. Calm down. It’s just one game. Forget for a second who it was against. It was only one game, and only one ‘L’ will go down in the loss column. Don’t lose sight of that.Having said that, it’s not good to get swept by the Wizards in the season... Read More

Russell Westbrook Signs Extension January 19, 2012 Russell Westbrook has been locked up. The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed its All-Star point guard to a multi-year contract extension, the team announced Thursday. Details of the deal were not released, per team policy. But according to Yahoo! Sports, which first reported the deal, Westbrook will earn more... 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.