News -- May 2013
5/14 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Why Is Scott Brooks Sticking With Kendrick Perkins? : A player with championship experience is often one wort [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Why Is Scott Brooks Sticking With ...
5/5 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Preview : The NBA Playoffs are never clear cut and rarely go as p [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder ...
News -- April 2013
4/18 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets Preview : At 1:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, April 1 [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets ...
4/15 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 81 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's road match-up between the Kings and Thunder...
4/12 HoopsHabit: NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA : Today teams in the NBA are constructed carefully and ta [...]The post NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA appeared ...
4/11 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Projecting a Spurs-Thunder Western Conference Finals : The San Antonio Spurs (57-21) and the Oklahoma City Thu [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Projecting a Spurs-Thunder Western ...
4/8 Hoop Files: Magic Use Deadline Deal to Continue Slow Climb : Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan faced a very difficult task this offseason when he took over the helm from Otis Smith, who left ...
4/8 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 07.04 : Carmelo Anthony ograniczył się tylko do 36 punktów, ale Knicks wygrali na gorącym terenie w Oklahoma City i było to ich 12. ...
News -- March 2013
3/27 HoopsHabit: NBA: Comparing Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs Starting 5s : Oklahoma City Thunder are the reigning Western Conferen [...]The post NBA: Comparing Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs ...
3/19 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Tuesday 3/19/13 : This ain't a basketball game: when the Nuggets and Thunder meet up, it's a track meet.See More
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Brandon Jennings
Blake ...
3/3 Spreadsheet Sports: Sunday 3/3 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
News -- February 2013
2/22 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Timberwolves (2/22/13) : Ronnie Brewer may not provide anything offensively, but the struggling Thunder desperately needed his defense.See More
Eric ...
2/21 Spreadsheet Sports: Thursday-Friday 2-21 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
2/11 The Wages of Wins Journal: Geek Thoughts: Overrating the Low Usage / High Efficiency Player Patrick takes apart the myth that being a low usage / high efficiency productive player is easy....
2/11 NBA Jerks: Week 16 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Redemption Week : With more than half the season behind us, fantasy owners are either sitting pretty atop their league standings or getting ready ...
News -- January 2013
1/25 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 44 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's match-up between the Thunder and Kings...
1/1 HoopsHabit: Los Angeles Lakers: How Far Into the Playoffs Can They Go? : When you think of basketball powerhouses, the Los Angeles Lakers always come to mind. But this year, things haven’t been ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Suns (12/31/12) : The shooting slump has been solved, but the Thunder are still vulnerable as long as they turn the ball over.See More
Thabo Sefolosha
Russell ...
12/27 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Mavericks (12/27/12) : One step up and two steps back - after winning 12 straight, OKC's now in a funk.See More
Kevin Durant
Russell Westbrook
Kendrick ...
12/20 HoopsHabit: NBA: Thunder vs. Timberwolves and Mavericks vs. Heat Preview : Tonight’s NBA on TNT double-header includes two very interesting games. First up, we have the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the ...
12/14 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 22 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's match-up between the Thunder and Kings in Bricktown...
News -- November 2012
11/28 The Hoops Manifesto: Ranking The NBA Backcourts - Update 1 : The 2012/13 NBA season looked like it was going to be all about power packed backcourt duos. The offseason saw numerous ...
11/28 The Hoops Manifesto: Ranking The NBA Backcourts - Update 1 : The 2012/13 NBA season looked like it was going to be all about power packed backcourt duos. The offseason saw numerous ...
11/19 Hickory-High: Video Playbook: Versatility in Memphis : What a week it was in Memphis. In the span of eight days the Grizzlies won four in a row, including wins against the Miami ...
11/10 DStats: Underrated and Overrated Via RAPM : In several of my recent articles, I have been using Jeremias Engelmann’s 12 year average RAPM dataset. Here, I will look ...
11/8 The Wages of Wins Journal: Should Your Star Come off the Bench? Dre examines a single game and wonders from it if NBA teams are rolling out their lineups incorrectly....
11/2 Z krainy NBA: Parker znów na ratunek : W drugim kolejnym spotkaniu w tym sezonie Tony Parker w ostatnich sekundach spotkania zapewnił zwycięstwo San Antonio Spurs, ...
News -- October 2012
10/31 Hickory-High: One More Roundtable on James Harden : We’re well aware that most of the basketball world has already processed and moved on from the James Harden trade. ...
10/28 HoopsHabit: James Harden Trade To Houston: Grading Each Team’s Haul : James Harden is now a member of the Houston Rockets after being traded late Saturday night by the Oklahoma City Thunder. We’re ...
10/25 Gothic Ginobili: Player Capsules 2012, #232-234: Thabo Sefolosha, Kirk Hinrich, Austin Daye : As our summer mainstay, Aaron's writing a 370-part series discussing almost every notable player who was -- as of last season ...
10/24 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #3 Oklahoma City Thunder : #3 - Oklahoma City Thunder2011/12 Record: 47-19, lost NBA Finals2012/13 Projected Record: 60-22, playoffs ...
10/24 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #3 Oklahoma City Thunder : #3 - Oklahoma City Thunder2011/12 Record: 47-19, lost NBA Finals2012/13 Projected Record: 60-22, playoffs ...
10/24 The Wages of Wins Journal: Lawson or Westbrook? Dre examines Lawson and Westbrook and which is a better PG....
News -- September 2012
9/30 HoopsHabit: Northwest Division 2012-13 NBA Preview (Video) : This could be one of the toughest divisions in basketball with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, ...
9/22 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder 2012-13 NBA Preview : Oklahoma City Thunder 2011-12 Vitals: 47-19, 1st in Northwest Division, 2nd in Western Conference 103.1 PPG/96.9 OPP PPG 2012-13 ...
9/7 The Wages of Wins Journal: Winning Links: Everything and Nothing Dre sheds light on a great site - Everything and Nothing. Continue reading →...
9/7 A Royal Pain: Uncomplicating Tyreke Evans’ Game, Thomas Robinson Returns To Kansas : Two brief bits of news this morning, neither of which is really worthy of a full story but interesting enough to spend a few minutes ...
News -- June 2012
6/22 Spreadsheet Sports: Why The Miami Heat are NBA Champions : The Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in 5 games, but the series really was a lot closer than it seemed. Games 2, ...
6/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Game 5 : Tonight, the Miami Heat will have the opportunity to close out Oklahoma City on their home court and deliver the first of eight ...
6/21 Spreadsheet Sports: Small Ball Time for the Thunder : After Oklahoma City’s Game 2 letdown against the Heat there were two main opinions as to why it happened among the NBA media. ...
6/13 Miami Heat Index: HEATcast: Everything You Need To Know About the Finals Before They Start :
Before the Miami HEAT and Oklahoma City Thunder tip-off the NBA Finals, the HEATcast discussed the biggest question marks ...
6/13 NBA Wired: NBA Finals Preview: Heat vs. Thunder : Miami is here for two reasons: Chris Bosh's return and LeBron James' renewed openness to failure.Both recovered in different ...
6/6 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Thunder model of success in the NBA Dre looks at the Thunder's success and asks if it was skill or luck. Continue reading →...
News -- May 2012
5/29 The Wages of Wins Journal: OKC: Ditch Perkins if you want any hope Dre looks at an easy way for the Thunder to improve: stop playing Kendrick Perkins. Continue reading →...
5/27 NBA Wired: WCF Preview: Thunder vs. Spurs : When Kevin Durant was asked if he could envision his young Thunder team following a similar life arc as the San Antonio Spurs- ...
5/25 Hickory-High: Roster Report: Thunder and Spurs A position-by-position breakdown of the Spurs and Thunder matchup in the Western Conference Finals. Continue reading →...
5/5 The Wages of Wins Journal: Playoffs recap for May 3rd 2012: Durant fires back at LeBron : Dre here. I didn’t get Arturo the data for generating his nightly update in time. I’ll take the reigns for today. ...
News -- April 2012
4/17 Hickory-High: Trending : Carmelo Anthony is featured in the Stat of the Week, leading a full seven days worth of interesting tidbits. Continue reading ...
News -- February 2012
2/8 Miami Heat Index: Shane Battier: STRESSED OUT :
Apparently, Shane Battier is stressed out. Here are a few tips to relieve his stress.
There are few things I hate more than ...
News -- January 2012
1/17 Z krainy NBA: Perkins wraca do Bostonu, Celtics nadal nie mogą wygrać :
Kendrick Perkins powrócił na stare śmieci po raz pierwszy od lutowego transferu do Oklahomy, a jego Thunder pokonali Celtics ...
1/10 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 1/9/12 : Last Night’s Numbers is nightly recap of some impressive individual and unit performances from around the NBA. Today we look ...
1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 NBA Breakouts : Here are ten players who I think will bust out in a major way this year. Many candidates are off to hot starts thus ...
1/3 Chasing 23: 2012: Year of Kevin Durant? : Kevin Durant has gotten off to a blazing start. Will 2012 be the year of Durant? Tony Maglio speculates as to whether Durant can ...
News -- December 2011
12/31 Z krainy NBA: Kto jak nie on, znakomity buzzer Duranta : Cóż za mecz w Oklahomie! Na takie końcówki czeka z pewnością każdy kibic tego sportu. Kevin Durant znakomitym rzutem za ...
12/26 Z krainy NBA: Orlando vs Oklahoma, czyli One Team Show :
Tak, to już dzisiaj. Dzisiejszej nocy po ponad półrocznej przerwie wróciła najpiękniejsza liga sportowa świata – koszykarska ...
12/24 Miami Heat Index: 2012 NBA Western Conference Preview: Fanalyst Rankings :
There are two sides to every NBA Power Ranking: the Fanalytical and the Fanatical. The Miami Heat Index and Mrs. NBA played ...
12/3 Z krainy NBA: Niegościnni gospodarze w grupie A Euroligi. :
W trzech meczach siódmej kolejki zgodnie wygrali gospodarze z Hiszpanii, Turcji i Włoch. Najciekawiej było w Cantu, gdzie ...
News -- November 2011
11/28 Z krainy NBA: Gracze z NBA poza USA, raport z dni 24-26.11 :
Za nami kolejne mecze, w których grali zawodnicy z NBA. Dla wielu z nich to już koniec przygody poza NBA. Tony Parker, Ronny ...
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Zwycięstwa gospodarzy, kapitalny mecz na szczycie – czwartek w grupie A Euroligi. :
Znakomity mecz rozegrały Caja Laboral Vitoria i Fenerbahce Ulker Stambuł. Potrzebna była dogrywka, aby wyłonić rozstrzygnięcie ...
11/23 Z krainy NBA: Zapowiedź grupy A Euroligi – 6 kolejka. :
W środę i czwartek zostanie rozegrana szósta kolejka Euroligi. Arcyciekawie zapowiada się hit grupy A między liderującymi ...
11/18 Z krainy NBA: Środowe spotkania Euroligi :
Od tego tygodnia zaczniemy pisać także o Eurolidze, czyli rozgrywkach poziomem najbardziej zbliżonym do NBA. Wczoraj rozpoczęła ...
11/6 Z krainy NBA: NBA w Europie, raport z dni 03.11 – 04.11 :
Za nami kolejne 2 dni gier w Europie. Dominowały rozgrywki Euroligi, ale swoje mecze także zagrała liga turecka, francuska ...
News -- October 2011
10/21 Z krainy NBA: NBA w Europie, raport #12 :
Rozgrywki rozpoczęła najlepsza obecnie liga świata, czyli Euroliga. W związku z tym wielu graczy rozegrało swoje spotkania ...
10/13 Z krainy NBA: Thabo Sefolosha zagra w Turcji :
Eksodusu z NBA do Europy ciąg dalszy. Tym razem do powrotu na Stary Kontynent przekonał się grający na co dzień w Oklahoma ...
10/13 Hickory-High: Lineup Optimization: The Extra Fifteen Percent : A few weeks ago, I took a stab at the extremely difficult task of using statistics to measure coaching performance. One of the ...
News -- August 2011
8/7 NBeh?: Andrea Bargnani: The Centre who plays like he’s 6 inches shorter : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments. The following post is a post I wrote (with Dre's help) over ...
8/6 The Wages of Wins Journal: Andrea Bargnani: The Centre who plays like he’s 6 inches shorter Devin examines the idea of treating Bargnani as a shooting guard at the centre position. It turns out Bargnani still sucks....
News -- July 2011
7/26 BBR Blog: Who Ruled the Top Defenses in 2011? : Which players excel against the best defenses, and which ones get their numbers by feasting on the weakest Ds? To answer those ...
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
News -- May 2011
5/29 Z krainy NBA: OKC: gdzie rodzi się przyszłość NBA : Michał Fedusio
Mimo porażki w finale konferencji z Mavs, Oklahoma City Thundr i jej młodzieniaszki pozostawili po sobie ...
5/26 Z krainy NBA: Dirk już w finale : Piotr Zarychta
Dallas Mavericks zrobili to po raz kolejny. Znowu przegrywali w końcówce, by wyjść zwycięsko z tego ...
5/18 Miami Heat Index: Off the Index: 2011 Western Conference Finals Pick : NBA Finals PreviewTime to make my picks for the Wages of Wins Network's playoff contest. The Miami Heat Index is currently in ...
5/18 Z krainy NBA: Dirk Show : Piotr Zarychta
Dirk Nowitzki zagrał może nie mecz życia, ale na pewno gdzieś w jego okolicach. Długimi momentami sam prowadził ...
5/17 The City: Thunder Rolls through Memphis in 7 : Led by James Harden and Nick Collison, OKC managed to topple Memphis in 7 games. Yes, I realize that’s one of the stranger ...
5/15 A Substitute for War: The Miami Heat’s success: A basketball triumph or travesty? : Recently I heard a topic come up of what the Miami Heat winning the title would mean for basketball. On one hand, it’d ...
5/15 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #3 Dallas vs. #4 Oklahoma City/#8 Memphis : Dallas Mavericks 57-25, 2nd in NBA Southwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Rick Carlisle (57-25) PTS/G: 100.2 (11th of ...
5/7 Hickory-High: As Close As Hands And Feet : A huge surprise over the last two months of the season was the play of the Denver Nuggets. Many assumed the team would shrivel ...
5/5 Z krainy NBA: Odrodzeni Thunder doprowadzają do remisu : Piotr Zarychta
„Naprawdę nie zrobiliśmy nic innego niż w meczu numer 1, ale byliśmy bardziej zaangażowani ...
5/2 Z krainy NBA: Thunder kolejną ofiarą Grizzlies :
Memphis Grizzlies pokonali San Antonio Spurs regularnym graniem pod kosz do swoich wysokich i świetną obroną na linii podania. ...
News -- April 2011
4/30 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #4 Oklahoma City vs. #8 Memphis : Oklahoma City Thunder 55-27, 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Scott Brooks (55-27) PTS/G: 104.8 (5th ...
4/29 The City: Round 1 Recaps: OKC and Miami Win in 5 : OKC Beats Denver in 5 (3.32 – 1.80 WARP) I thought this series might be closer (picked OKC in 6), but it looks like those ...
4/29 Z krainy NBA: Thunder idą blokami do drugiej rundy :
Kevin Durant zagrał kolejny kapitalny mecz, prowadząc Oklahoma City Thunder do wygranej w piątym spotkaniu pierwszej rundy ...
4/23 Hickory-High: As Close As Hands And Feet : A huge surprise over the last two months of the season was the play of the Denver Nuggets. Many assumed the team would shrivel ...
4/22 BBR Blog: Playoff RAPM Power Rankings : What happens if you create power rankings using Jeremias Engelmann's 4-year Regularized Plus-Minus ratings (the most predictive ...
4/18 The City: Western Conference Round 1 Preview: Thunder vs. Nuggets : For each playoff series I calculated ezPM for the regular season matchup between the two teams (4 games in each sample, except ...
4/18 Back Picks: Oklahoma City: Two Precocious Superstars : On the day of its 2011 playoff debut, the young Oklahoma City Thunder are a trendy pick to make noise in the West. The AccuScore ...
4/16 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #4 Oklahoma City vs. #5 Denver : Oklahoma City Thunder 55-27, 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Scott Brooks (55-27) PTS/G: 104.8 (5th ...
4/14 DStats: With or Without You: OKC, Perk, and Nazr : In continuing my series of With-or-Without-You (WOWY) analyses, I will next look at my hometown Oklahoma City Thunder, one of ...