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Thunder-Spurs: Comparing how the two teams were built Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 With the two teams about to meet in the Western Conference Finals, John Rohde breaks down how the OKC Thunder and San Antonio Spurs were built. Read More
OKC Thunder Bandwagon: Sights and sounds from Game 2 Published: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 Another playoff game, another great atmosphere at The Peake. Here are some sights and sounds that made it great. Read More
Thunder selects Boston College guard Reggie Jackson with No. 24 pick Updated: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 The Thunder selected Boston College guard Reggie Jackson with the 24th overall pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday. Read More
Winners and losers in NBA trades Updated: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 Thunder beat writer John Rohde looks at NBA trades this season and declares winners and losers. Read More
Carmelo Anthony, Shelden Williams traded to New York Knicks Updated: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 The Carmelo Anthony saga is over, as the embattled All-Star forward was traded Monday night to the New York Knicks, the Denver Post reported. The Denver Nuggets traded Anthony, point guard Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman and former Midwest City standout Shelden Williams to New York. In... Read More
Oklahoma men show signs of hope in loss to Baylor Updated: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 WACO, Texas — Perry Jones III scored a career-high 25 points and LaceDarius Dunn added 16 as Baylor beat Oklahoma 74-61 Tuesday night for its record 15th straight home victory. Dunn became only the second Baylor player to surpass 2,000 points for a career, while Quincy Acy added 15 points and a game-high... Read More
Oklahoma basketball falls to No. 8 Kentucky Updated: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 LAHAINA, Hawaii — Freshman Terrence Jones dominated inside on his way to 29 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 8 Kentucky held off scrappy Oklahoma 76-64 in the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday. The 1993 Maui champions, Kentucky (3-0) and its fabulous freshman looked dominant at times, racing... Read More
Thunder Insider: Sam Presti has turned spare parts into the league's best young team Updated: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 Whenever this Oklahoma City Thunder roster blossoms into one of championship caliber, it's likely we'll look back in disbelief on how it was built. It's possible that we've already reached that point in time. Last week's NBA Draft presented yet another opening for Thunder general manager Sam Presti to... Read More
Thunder wheels and deals on draft night, lands Kansas' Cole Aldrich Updated: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 The Oklahoma City Thunder went into Thursday night's NBA Draft armed with three first-round picks and plenty of scenarios strong enough to steal the show. But two trades and tons of confusion later, and the Thunder came away with just one player in the first round, perhaps the least sexy selection possible, yet... Read More
Wizards take John Wall with first pick in NBA Draft Updated: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 NEW YORK — The Washington Wizards selected John Wall with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday as they quickly began rebuilding their backcourt. The SEC player of the year is the first Kentucky player ever chosen first overall. He goes to a Washington team hoping to quickly bounce back after a disastrous... Read More
Washington Wizards earn first pick in 2010 NBA Draft Published: Tue, May 18, 2010 The Washington Wizards won the 2010 NBA Draft lottery and will have the first pick in next month's draft. The pick is expected to be Kentucky's John Wall. Read More
Ex-Hornet Kirk Snyder sentenced to three years in prison Updated: Wed, May 5, 2010 LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has sentenced a former NBA player to three years in prison for breaking into his neighbors' home and attacking them. Warren County Judge Neal Bronson sentenced 26-year-old Kirk Snyder on Wednesday and ordered him to pay $5,550 in restitution. Snyder made no comment. His... Read More
OU's Willie Warren to undergo season-ending surgery Wednesday Updated: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 NORMAN — Oklahoma guard Willie Warren, who has missed the last four games with a sprained ankle, will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his ankle Wednesday. The surgery will close out a disappointing sophomore season for Warren, who averaged 16.3 points and 4.1 assists per game, but saw his... Read More
Phoenix Suns send Taylor Griffin to NBA Development League Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2009 PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have sent rookie forward Taylor Griffin to the Iowa Energy of the NBA development league. The 6-foot-7 forward was the Suns' second-round pick — 48th overall — out of Oklahoma. Griffin had appeared in two games for Phoenix. He is the brother of the draft's No. 1 overall pick,... Read More
Tisdale Tunes Former OU Basketball Star Focuses on Career as Jazz Musician Updated: Fri, May 15, 2009 Wayman Tisdale was once a basketball player. Three times an All-American at Oklahoma, a first-round selection in the NBA draft, a U.S. Olympic athlete. He left OU as the school's all-time leading scorer and returned to have his jersey retired. Alvan Adams may have put Oklahoma basketball on the map, but Tisdale... Read More
Griffin’s legacy: Blake elevated OU’s brand Updated: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 Blake Griffin’s place among Oklahoma basketball greats stands cemented, with the only argument whether he’s No. 1, 2 or 3 when stacked with Wayman Tisdale and Alvan Adams. Gauging Griffin’s ultimate legacy, however, must wait. Sooners coach Jeff Capel has long held that he envisioned the program... Read More
Jeff Capel saw in Blake Griffin an NBA star in the making Updated: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 NORMAN — Jeff Capel knew it the first time he saw Blake Griffin play. An AAU tournament in Houston, the Kingwood Classic. Capel was two weeks into his job as the OU basketball coach, two harrowing weeks in which Kelvin Sampson’s recruits were starting to bolt and Capel’s immediate prospects were... Read More
Wayman Tisdale’s on hand as Griffin, the Sooners hang on for a win Updated: Fri, Dec 5, 2008 NORMAN — Blake Griffin won’t stick around long enough to be proclaimed the greatest basketball player in Oklahoma history. On Thursday night at the Lloyd Noble Center, Griffin wasn’t even the best OU player in the building. Wayman Tisdale (1982-85) arrived at halftime, and the appreciative crowd of... Read More
Tisdale paved the way Updated: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 Blake Griffin is not the first OU basketball star to forsake the NBA for an extra year as a Sooner. Wayman Tisdale did the same thing. Tisdale left OU in 1985 with a season of eligibility remaining, but in May 1984, Tisdale announced at a Lloyd Noble Center press conference that he was returning for his junior... Read More
Staying about long-term goal
Griffin wants to be NBA starter Updated: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 NORMAN — Blake Griffin called his mother first with the big news. Before delivering it, he checked one thing. "I made sure she wasn't driving or anything,” he said. The Oklahoma big man didn't want her to veer off the road when he told her that he was returning for his sophomore season instead of declaring... Read More
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