Tip-off: 8:00 p.m. ET Broadcast: TNT Line: OKC -12 New Orleans Pelicans (20-32) (2-3 in last 5) PG- Jrue Holiday (14.9 ppg) SG- Norris Cole (9.9 ppg) SF- Alonzo Gee (4.0 ppg) PF- Anthony Davis (23.4 ppg) C- Omer Asik (3.7 ppg) Oklahoma City Thunder (39-14) (4-1 in last 5) PG- Russell Westbrook (24.1 ppg) … More NBA Preview: New Orleans Pelicans @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Update (3/18/2015): After seeing a specialist, Ibaka and the Thunder have decided that having surgery on his knee is preferable to simply resting and according to the Associate Press, the Thunder will be without Ibaka for four-six weeks: “Thunder forward Serge Ibaka could miss the rest of the season after having an arthroscopic … More Update: Thunder’s Serge Ibaka Out 4-6 Weeks
With the 15th pick in the 2010 NBA draft, the Milwaukee Bucks selected the then junior Larry Sanders from VCU thinking that he will be the starting center for the franchise for a long time. 5 years later, he looks like he’ll be leaving the game for good. His first two years in the league were … More VIDEO: Larry Sanders Explains Why He Left the NBA
With 2014 in the books, it’s time to take a step aside and assess what we’ve seen thus far in this very exciting and unpredictable NBA Season. The playoff picture has begun to take a more solid shape, as have our awards races. Prior to the season we compiled our Defensive Player of The Year … More NBA Defensive Player of the Year (Update)
VIDEO: Rudy Gay’s Dunk of the Night on Serge Ibaka Serge Ibaka gave Rudy Gay too much space to take off and found himself on the wrong side of Tuesday’s dunk of the night. Sacramento took a loss to Oklahoma City 104-92.
It started with the Durant injury. Then Anthony Morrow and rookie Mitch McGary. Then Reggie Jackson and Jeremy Lamb. Now the Thunder have lost Russell Westbrook. Darnell Mayberry (basically the authority on the OKC Thunder) is reporting: “The early indication is that Russell Westbrook could miss four to six weeks after fracturing the second metacarpal … More Russell Westbrook to miss 4-6 weeks with hand fracture
2014-15 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Preview As basketball players, we are all taught that defense wins championships. Interestingly enough, some of the NBA’s brightest stars completely neglect the game on the defensive front (see James Harden’s critically acclaimed defensive mix on Youtube for reference). In all fairness, playing solid defense can be taxing. … More 2014-15 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Preview
Welcome back to Basketball Society’s first annual top 25 NBA player rankings! Our writers here at the Society have ranked these players based on the 2013-14 NBA season. There will be a player released every day for the next couple weeks. Today we join Cyril Armel (@Cee_armel) to talk about number 23 on our list, … More 23. Serge Ibaka
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