Comments on: Five questions: OKC Thunder season preview

By: The Great Mambino

The Great Mambino — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:39:02 +0000

Basically, the Thunder just have to be good enough to win three more games, right? Not so much. The key to this season for them will be if they can defend better with the best players on the floor. As dynamic as Westbrook, Durant and Harden are offensively, they have to be able to lock teams down like Bosh, Wade and Bron do in crunch time. This way, Perkins can stay off the floor and the team will be able to go small with Ibaka and Maynor, and thus a more potent team towards the end of games. The Thunder need to step up in this way not just to beat Miami, but keep pace with the Lakers and a Spurs team that they were lucky to beat last year – http://thegreatmambino.blogspot.com/2012/10/winning-three-more-games-oklahoma-city.html

By: Friday Bolts – 9.28.12 | Daily Thunder.com

Friday Bolts – 9.28.12 | Daily Thunder.com — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:45:33 +0000

[...] Anthony Slater of NewsOK on Harden being a distraction: “As a Thunder fan, recent NBA history should scare you. Carmelo and the Nuggets became an everyday sideshow, then Dwight and the Magic made them look like a toned-down opening act. But Harden doesn’t possess the stature or personality of those two and the stable Thunder organization certainly can’t be compared to the mess in Orlando. So I don’t think it should become too much of an issue. Something to follow though.” [...]

By: Gray

Gray — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:40:57 +0000

Durant will win MVP. No doubt abut that.