Thunder GM Sam Presti launches lengthy defense of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 'He’s playing against 6 people. He’s got 5 defenders, and the 6th defender is social media'
NBAPresti did not hold back in his end-of-season press conference on Monday.
NBAPresti did not hold back in his end-of-season press conference on Monday.
NBAThe market for Antetokounmpo remains tepid overall, if he doesn't like Miami where does he go?
NBAThe 2017-18 Golden State Warriors will remain the last NBA team to repeat as champion for another year after the Oklahoma City Thunder's playoff exit.
NBAThe New York Knicks entered Game 1 of this year’s NBA finals on one of the hottest streaks in playoff history: 11 games won in a row with opponents humiliated, humbled and crushed along the way. On Wednesday night in San Antonio many believed that streak would end as they faced the Spurs, who had knocked out the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the previous round, and are led by the most exciting player in the world, Victor Wembanyama. The Knicks won anyway, keeping Wembanyama quie...
NBAA comprehensive conversation about the Spurs vs. Thunder Conference Finals and the moments that made it special.
NBADuke fans knew, but for the rest of the basketball world, Jared McCain was a revelation this spring.
NBAWith extensions kicking in and a tax bill set to soar, major financial decisions loom for Oklahoma City's budding dynasty.
NBAThe young Spurs were not afraid of the moment and showed their killer instinct in their series win over the Thunder.
NBAWhen the buzzer sounded on the Spurs’ 111-103 Western Conference finals Game 7 victory over the Thunder, a new king of the conference was crowned. And the series, which was...
NBABarely back from OKC and already preparing for NYC
NBA"I failed at my goal," two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said in reflecting on the Thunder's seven-game playoff loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
NBAShould the All-NBA center be part of Oklahoma City's future?
NBAShai Gilgeous-Alexander plans to let Sam Presti cook this summer.
NBAThe ahead-of-schedule Spurs have advanced to the NBA Finals.
NBAChet Holmgren attempted two shots in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. If the ballyhooed matchup in the West finals was Holmgren vs. San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama, then it was a one-sided one. Wembanyama had the superior numbers in the series and the Spurs wound up prevailing, while Holmgren was barely a factor offensively with the Thunder season on the line Saturday night.
NBASan Antonio snatching the West from OKC should put the entire conference on notice.
NBAYears of Spurs frustration met a Thunder team that felt even tougher to watch.
NBAWhen the New York Knicks declined to hang a banner after beating the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Cup, they did so because they were waiting to celebrate something bigger. Nearly a week after clinching their first NBA Finals berth since 1999, the Knicks were at last able to practice Sunday while knowing who they were practicing for, after Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs knocked off Oklahoma City on Saturday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. “I mean, they’re a special team,...
NBAThat said, the Thunder have some hard decisions to make, but a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade? Don't bet on it.
NBAThere is a particular kind of silence that settles in when the thing you thought was yours just walks out the door. Oklahoma City Thunder fans heard it Saturday night at the Paycom Center. The Spurs celebrated in their building, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had to stand at a podium and explain to the world why […]