The Oklahoma City Thunder will start off the 2024 NBA All Star weekend with three players participating in the 2024 Panini Rising Stars mini tournament. This will be the third straight year of this format. Thirty of the best young players in the NBA and G League will be split into four teams; Team Pau, Team Tamika, Team Jalen, and Team Detlef. Team Jalen will square off against Team Tamika in game one where the winner will move on to face the winner of game two Team Detlef versus Team Pau. The first three rosters were selected snake draft style…
Author: Tyler Downard
Tyler Downard
Semi professional sports handicapper and full time fan. Rookie reporter on the scene covering the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder made a much anticipated move Thursday just hours ahead of the NBA trade deadline , but the player they traded for may surprise you. With the deadline looming, Oklahoma City found themselves towards the top of the Western Conference, and ahead of schedule in terms of the rebuild. Fans and media alike have been speculating whether Sam Presti would use some of his many assets to improve the roster for a deep playoff run. Social media has been littered with potential additions that even included LeBron James. Sam Presti has a history of keeping this information…
After dropping back to back games, including a 120 to 106 loss to one of the worst teams in the league the Detroit Pistons, Oklahoma City Thunder fans are beginning to ramp up chatter about potential trade deadline moves and whether or not it should be a priority. If losing to the lowly Pistons was not enough, the Thunder followed that game up with another loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves who took control of first place in the western conference with the win. While the Thunder were never truly out of the game, you could tell from the jump if…
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was elected by the fans, his peers, and media members Thursday night to be a starter in the 2024 NBA All-Star game. 2024 will see the return of the East vs West tradition for the All-Star game opposed to captains picking teams. SGA was selected to represent the West alongside Luka Doncic, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and Nikola Jokic. The star studded team will take on two Milwaukee Bucks as both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard will be starters this year for the East. Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum, and Joel Embiid were also…
