Swift made “a reported $20 million playing hoops.” Robert worked through the duration of his rookie contract and signed for one year with the Oklahoma City Thunder once that franchise left Seattle in 2008. Basketball-Reference has his overall earnings at just under $11.5 million. Hardly a pittance, and certainly something to buy a house with.

Robert Swift’s short NBA career, sadly, produced more bad punchlines than it did productive seasons. The heavily-tattooed big man was drafted directly out of high school in 2004 and was a favorite amongst several well-respected NBA GMs, but his game never found a groove and he last played in the NBA back in 2009.

Maybe Kevin Durant knows the guy if he was any good as a player.

On Perk, and his turnover being entertaining, I don’t disagree exactly, it’s simply that Perkins had a good game tonight, but it won’t matter to a lot of folks. They’ll see that video, say to themselves, “typical Perkins,” and wonder why he’s on the team. They only see the bad stuff he does, and overlook everything else. Tonight he had a good game, and he’s been having a lot of them lately. But what people will remember is that video.

When they’re on, OKC’s offensive firepower is extraordinary. Very, very few teams in the league that can hang with the Thunder in a scoring contest. Minnesota isn’t on the list. Houston, unfortunately, is. But the offense for OKC is incredibly good.

The defense? Below ordinary at this point. Not broken, as Brooks said, no. But damaged, and in serious need of some repair work.

Also, Westbrook took more shots than Durant again tonight. So he’s obviously the reason they lost. Oh, wait….