Shai Gilgeous Alexander
All eyes shift to Las Vegas Tuesday night as the NBA Cup Final will be the showcase event. After some enthralling quarterfinal and semifinal action, it’s the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks squaring up as the last two teams standing, just like commissioner Adam Silver drew it up. The Thunder are the rising tide […]
Plenty of basketball fans have spent the last few seasons lamenting a decline in defensive intensity. As offenses continue to soar, some will ramp up their complaints about the sanctity of basketball. I hope those people appreciate the historic defense the Oklahoma City Thunder roll out every night. The Thunder have been the best team […]
And then, there were two. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks will face off on in Tuesday’s Emirates NBA Cup Final. The winner takes home the money and the bragging rights, and puts the league on notice — or, in Oklahoma City’s case, the NBA decision-makers on notice to give it more national TV […]
In the end, there were only four. The Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets are headed to Las Vegas for Saturday’s semifinals of the 2024-25 Emirates NBA Cup after a thrilling set of quarterfinal games. Both the Eastern and Western Conference matchups are incredibly compelling battles that could swing either way. […]
Regular season excitement cranks up a notch this week as the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals go down Tuesday and Wednesday night before the semifinals on Saturday. After some enthralling Group Play action that ended with plenty of drama courtesy of point differential as a tiebreaker, the stage is set for some great elimination basketball this […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Denver Nuggets in their first matchup of the season. With both Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon sidelined for the Nuggets on Wednesday evening, we might have expected a similar result a second time around. And with five minutes remaining in the third quarter, Denver found itself down 10. Denver […]
Expectations have officially jumped for the Oklahoma City Thunder. It didn’t take long at all. Just 12 months ago, most fans assumed the Thunder would be a frisky, upstart playoff team after their play-in run in 2023. They shattered that idea, winning the Western Conference in the regular season but losing in the second round […]
With one week to go before the end of the regular season, an ESPN poll of voters puts Nikola Jokic well ahead of the pack for the MVP title. Behind the Serb, four superstars are still dreaming of the trophy. Nikola Jokic: the Joker on cloud nine6’11” 29 years old, Denver26.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and […]
