Tag Archives: Oklahoma City Thunder
Taylor Smith’s Week 20 NBA Power Rankings: Mavericks on Top, Lakers Falling
Apparently, nobody really wants that eighth seed in the Western Conference. Every team currently ninth or lower in the West has dropped their most recent game, and no team has gone better than 5-5 in their last 10. The eighth place Blazers are just 6-4 in that stretch, but appear to have a stranglehold on [...]
Taylor Smith’s Top Five NBA Games of the Week
We’re into the second-to-last month of the NBA regular season, and what do people want to see? Possible future playoff matchups, of course. There’s never a bad time for a quality matchup, and the second half of this first week in March offers plenty of enticing games to watch in preparation for the postseason. So, [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (March 3rd): Kevin Durant’s Thunder Strikes
Knowing and mastering fantasy basketball is more than just drafting well and landing a big trade or two. It takes relentless pursuit for the “next big thing”, striving to win every singe category, and improving in any way possible. The second you get complacent, you can start to fall. We’re marching into the home stretch [...]
Taylor Smiths’ Week 18 NBA Power Rankings
With a flurry of deals having gone down prior to last week’s trade deadline, the NBA landscape is different from how it was at this time last week. Contenders have added what they hope to be the final pieces to a championship run, while some other teams positioned themselves to be big spenders come free [...]
Should Kevin Durant Be Considered For NBA MVP?
I get it. Kevin Durant is young. He’s only in his third year, and while he has his Thunder vying for the NBA playoffs, he’s unlikely to lead them to a title this year. Agreed, Durant won’t win the MVP award this year. But he should. This isn’t about LeBron James. But if it were, [...]
Week 18 NBA Preview: Lakers Vs Nuggets Highlight Top Games Of The Week
It’s getting down to crunch time in the NBA, as we have a bit of a log-jam in the Eastern Conference, with the Chicago, Miami, Charlotte, and Milwaukee battling it out for the final three spots. We won’t know until the end of the season who will be the odd team out, while the Western [...]
NBA Power Rankings (11/10): Surprising Suns rise in West
The 2009/10 NBA season is in full swing, and it’s been a very interesting first few weeks thus far. As expected, last year’s NBA finalists have gotten off to fast starts, and so have several other teams, but there have been a few surprises on both ends of the spectrum. Along with hot starts by [...]
2009 NBA Draft Grades: Which teams passed with flying colors?
There was some exciting action during last Thursday’s NBA Draft. Ironically enough, more of the excitement was produced by trades outside of the actual draft. Several teams created some cap space, unloaded aging/pricey talent, or simply stood pat. Others went for gold, trading up for early picks, or trading down to package a few. Almost [...]
