Comments on: Oklahoma City Thunder: Nick Collison enters rare company

By: Welcome to the Thunderdome! » Thunder Links – March 20, 2012

Welcome to the Thunderdome! » Thunder Links – March 20, 2012 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:43:56 +0000

[...] Barry Tramel points out that Nick Collison is in rare company. Nick Collison was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2003 NBA Draft. The Sonics became the Thunder in 2008. Collison made the transition to Oklahoma City. He’s with the Thunder still. Collison is in his ninth NBA season, all with the same franchise, a mark of stability rarely found in the league. With Denver’s trade of Nene Hilario to the Wizards, only eight players have continuously been with their franchise longer than Collison’s nine seasons: (cont…) [...]

By: Tuesday Bolts – 3.20.12 | Daily Thunder.com

Tuesday Bolts – 3.20.12 | Daily Thunder.com — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:22:52 +0000

[...] Berry Tramel on Nick Collison sticking with the Thunder: “Teams often try to keep their stars as the core, and rotate role players in and out of the roster over a period of years. But the Thunder has made Collison a virtual lifer; he’s under contract through summer 2015. Sam Presti gave Collison a huge signing bonus in November 2010, which basically made Collison a $13-million player for that season. But the payoff was that Collison would remain a Boomer the next four years, making $3.2 million, $2.9 million, $2.5 million and $2.2 million.” [...]