MOVED! MOVED! MOVED!
The Thunderworld — The Thunderworld has moved. You can now get your Thunder fix and all the erratic Royce commentary you can handle at www.dailythunder.com. ...

I’ve moved!!
Thunderguru.com — This may come as a big surprise to any and all that read read the stuff here because I didn’t give any hints, but there have been some things in the works for several months. Royce from the Thunderworld and I were jointly contacted by the big boy in sports blogging out there, and they floated the idea of us coming together to make one great blog from the two, and augment each other’s strengths and weaknesses. We both gave it some thought and actually got the process started. About that time a different opportunity came Royce’s way and a decision had to be made. Royce decided to go for the newer opportunity and ...

The Inauguration of the TrueHoop Network
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — Today is about change. Mainly, change at the top of the United States of America's org chart. But there's one other little change I am pleased to let you know about. Starting right now, ESPN, TrueHoop, and many of the best independent basketball blogs out there are now officially working hand in hand as the TrueHoop Network. The TrueHoop Network, as fueled by the efforts of a growing list of favorite basketball bloggers (check out that new little drop down on the right), and newly hired ESPN editor, and top-notch blogger, Kevin Arnovitz, will find and foster excellence in online basketball ...

Some Press Releases on This Inauguration Day
Fang's Bites — People may be at their offices, but based on the reaction I've read on Facebook through CNN.com, I don't think much work has been done. But some press releases have come into the Fang's Bites inbox so let's post them for you. ...

Game 43 Preview: Oklahoma City at Golden State
Blue Blitz — The players will be stampeding down the floor tonight! I can't begin to tell you how big this game is for both teams. Both have been at the bottom of the West all year, for very different reasons. The Thunder were a young team that was trying to find its footing, and the Warriors were a team that had undergone massive roster turnover and plagued with injuries. But, both have struck to their New Years resolutions and (relatively) turned things around for the new year. The Thunder have had a Big 3 of Westbrook, Green, and Durant who do all of the work, and then occasionally a role player ...

Clippers vs. Oklahoma City - Game Preview and Open Thread
Clips Nation — 2008/2009 NBA Regular Season vs.     9-32 9-34 Staples Center ...

Blogger MVP/ROY Voting: The Red’s Army Edition
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — We bloggers have come together again to show actual MVP and Rookie of the Year voters how it’s done.  This is round 6… and we’re hosting this sucker right here (you can find past votes here).  Joining me in the voting are these fine folks: David Arnott:  Rufus on Fire ...

Scorer’s Table: All-Star Reform
The Two Man Game — One of the greatest advantages in getting so many basketball minds in one place with the TrueHoop Network is…well, getting so many basketball minds in one place.  It would be a shame not to take full advantage of the network’s capabilities, and so we had a round table of sorts to discuss potential All-Star Game reform. Rob Mahoney, The Two Man Game: All-Star Weekend has been ‘broken’ for a long time.  The voting has become suspect, the dunk contest is driven by toys and ploys, and the game itself, while it has never really valued substance over ...

2008-09 Game 49: Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder Game Thread
Roundball Mining Company - Denver Nuggets Blog — Do not get your hopes up Nugget fans.  There is no chance that the Oklahoma City Thunder sit their big three tonight.  Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green are all going to play.  I get it, you scoff at the idea that Durant, Green and Westbrook should be considered a formidable big three combo?  Well, consider this.  Over their previous seven games they are averaging a combined 70.6 points, 21.7 rebounds and 11.0 assists.  They are also shooting 48.0% from the floor as well so this is not just a result of volume ...

15 Thoughts vs. Kevin Durant 2/6
Blaze of Love — I could sit here and talk about tonight’s match-up as if it were just another game on the road against another Western Conference opponent, but we all know the truth here.  This game is all about Kevin Durant and Greg Oden; as will next week’s here in Portland.  We’ll all sit back ...

Blazers game day: Q&A with Daily Thunder
Blazers Blog — Continuing the Blazers Blog series of Q with fellow team blogs, I went to cowboy country to get the answers to my questions from Oklahoma City Thunder blog Daily Thunder ...

Blogger MVP/Roy Rankings: Hoopus Edition
Canis Hoopus — Participants (18 total) Jonny: The Lakers Nations Andrew Feinstein: Denver Stiffs David Arnott: Rufus on Fire David Clark: The Dream Shake Alex Boeder: BrewHoop Michael Schwartz: Valley of the Suns  Jeremy Schmidt: Bucksketball  Jordan: Liberty Ballers Don: With Malice Mookie: A Stern Warning Rob D: nbamate  John: Red's Army Royce Young: Daily Thunder Dan Feldman: Piston ...

Preview & Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Forum Blue And Gold — Records: Lakers 41-9 (1st in the West) Thunder 13-38 (14th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 114.5 (1st in league) Thunder 103.4 (27th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.5 (7th in ...

15 Thoughts vs. Oklahoma City 2/11
Blaze of Love — After that embarrassing loss to the OKC Thunder last Friday, “your” Portland Trail Blazers get a re-match and a second chance to somehow prove that Greg Oden was the “right” pick just 2 years ago.  Tonight will also mark the first chance that Sonics fans will have to head down and see their ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Extravaganza!!!!
Blue Blitz — I know I don't have a Trailblazers recap, but at this point, who cares? The All-Star festivities are about to begin. We here at Blue Blitz decided to organize the other Thunder Blogs into a little competition. Since the Thunder have 3 players in ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Extravaganza....Results!!!!
Blue Blitz —

Meet Your Blogger: Royce Young of the Daily Thunder
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — There are few things more exciting for a city than the arrival of its first professional franchise. Documenting that story in Oklahoma City is the job of Daily Thunder's Royce Young. He has covered Oklahoma's beloved Sooners for years and now brings that college ball enthusiasm to the pros:  What are you doing with a sports blog? Honestly, I have no idea. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma last December with a journalism degree and in that scene, bloggers were looked down upon. Now I'm one of them. That's strange. The whole reason I even started one was ...

NBA MVP/ROY Rankings : ¡Vota me! Edition
A Stern Warning - NBA, NBL and FIBA News & Views — Welcome to Round 8 of the NBA Blogger Most Valuable Player / Rookie of the Year Rankings. We like to call this the ¡Vota me! Edition in adulation of our most revered Slam Dunk Competition participant, the man pictured below who was mercilessly disregarded by the judges. What are these ranking all about? You can get the lowdown at BrewHoop -- the official birthplace and archive for all that is Blogger MVP/ROY. Illustrious contributors - take a bow (in order of submission, ...

Five Questions: Daily Thunder Discusses OKC's New Team
MVN Outsider — It's been a tough road for Oklahoma City's new team -- after making the move from Seattle to OKC and receiving a new team name in the process, the Thunder have proceeded to produce one of the NBA's worst records this season. ...

Open Thread: Regular Season Game 61 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
Bullets Forever — The Essentials: Wizards (14-46) at Thunder (15-45) 8:00 p.m. Ford Center CSN This year: December 27: Wizards 104, Thunder 95 Notable Thunder numbers this season: 27th in expected winning percentage (.310) 7th in pace factor (93.9 possessions per game) 27th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (103.8) 22nd in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (103.9) Key Links: (drop any others in the comments) Welcome to Loud ...

The Lesser Known Nicknames of the NBA
Hoop Heads North — ... of our commenters refering to TC as CFRM every now and then." Julian Wright - Giraffe Calf "Toney Blare from SLAM called Julian Wright a Giraffe Calf last season because of his gangly limbs. That's kinda stuck." Rasual Butler - Sual Bop "They even call him that on the jumbotron after he scores at New Orleans Arena." Oklahoma City Thunder (Courtesy of Royce @ DailyThunder.com) "The following nicknames are ...

2008-09 Game 66: Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder Game Thread
Roundball Mining Company - Denver Nuggets Blog — Even without Kevin Durant the Thudner are rolling.  Jeff Green is back and Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha and Nenad Krstic are all playing well.  Even Kyle Weaver is hitting his threes. No Kenyon tonight (as I pointed out he tweaked his back on the first play of the second half against Houston), but Anthony Carter is going to play.   Denver Nuggets Game Notes Featured Blogs:  Daily Thunder Previous Matchups:  Game 34 - Den 122 OKC 120 | Game 49 - Den 114 OKC 113

2008-09 Game 66: Denver Nuggets 112 - Oklahoma City Thunder 99
Roundball Mining Company - Denver Nuggets Blog — Box Score | Highlights It sure was nice to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game that did not require a last second shot for once.  Denver was in control from start to finish, but before we get too carried away with an easy win against a less than stellar squad, let’s take a look at how Denver did in the areas we highlighted earlier this afternoon. The Nuggets definitely cranked up the running game.  Led by the return of Anthony Carter and the aggressiveness of Linas Kleiza and Renaldo Balkman Denver posted 25 fast break points.  That is ...

NCAA First Round: (1) Oklahoma vs. (15) Morgan State [NCAA Tournament Previews]
Deadspin — South Region: No. 2 Oklahoma (27-5) vs. No. 15 Morgan State (23-11) When: Thursday, 9:40 p.m., EDT Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri OKLAHOMA SOONERS 1) Trendy If you're an OU fan or you're planning on picking the Sooners and like me, you get caught up in trends and history then pay attention: Jeff Capel was recently asked at a press conference if he's ever seen or been a part of a team that was so dominant for the first 30 games or so of a season and then struggled to finish like this OU squad. He said, "Yeah, my senior ...

NCAA First Round: (2) Oklahoma vs. (15) Morgan State [NCAA Tournament Previews]
Deadspin — South Region: No. 2 Oklahoma (27-5) vs. No. 15 Morgan State (23-11) When: Thursday, 9:40 p.m., EDT Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri OKLAHOMA SOONERS 1) Trendy If you're an OU fan or you're planning on picking the Sooners and like me, you get caught up in trends and history then pay attention: Jeff Capel was recently asked at a press conference if he's ever seen or been a part of a team that was so dominant for the first 30 games or so of a season and then struggled to finish like this OU squad. He said, "Yeah, my senior ...

NCAA Sweet 16: (2) Oklahoma vs. (3) Syracuse [March Madness]
Deadspin — South Region: No. 2 Oklahoma (29-5) vs. No. 3 Syracuse (28-9) When: Friday, 7:27 p.m., EDT Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee OKLAHOMA SOONERS 1) So we meet again The last time Oklahoma and Syracuse met on the hardwood, it was in the East regional final of the 2003 NCAA tournament. The third-seeded Orange, led by this guy named Carmelo Anthony, beat 1-seed OU 63-47 en route to the National Championship. Syracuse's 2-3 zone drove the Sooners absolutely nuts, forcing All-American guard Hollis Price into one of the worst shooting ...

Spurs Links 4/2/09
Project Spurs - A San Antonio Spurs Blog and Podcast — Here's a collection of Spurs-related links that have made their way through my rss reader and caught my eye. • Manu says Pop is understating Spurs problems (MySA) Sometimes, when we are struggling," he said, "we go to a timeout ...

Blazers vs. Thunder, 7:00pm CSN
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog — Oklahoma City Thunder coverage at Daily Thunder. BLAZERS THUNDER EDGE COMMENT ...

The Line in the Sand
The Two Man Game — This series is going to be a doozy.  It’s going to be so incredibly close, and as such, I find it hard to blame anyone for almost any prediction they churn out.  But, for the record, let’s see who’s on “our” side, and who is a disrespectin’ hater.  Yeah. Dallas Morning News: Kevin Sherrington: Mavs in 6 Jean-Jacques Taylor: Mavs in 7 Tim Cowlishaw: Spurs in 7 Eddie Sefko: Spurs in 7 David Moore: Spurs in 7 Tim MacMahon: Spurs in 7 TrueHoop’s Stat Geek Smackdown: Dave ...

2008-09 Blogger MVP Rankings: Final Edition
Sactown Royalty — More photos » by Carlos Osorio - AP Browse more photos » At (long) long last, we have the final edition of the ...

The State of the Great Debate: Kobe vs. LeBron 2009
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — Kobe Bryant entered the NBA just as LeBron James finished fifth grade. In many ways they are exceptionally different. Yet 13 years later, their careers are inextricably intertwined in the minds of basketball fans. They are the two most recent recipients of the NBA's MVP award, gold-medal winning Team USA teammates and leaders of teams favored to make next month's NBA Finals. ...

LINKovich Chomofsky -- May 15, 2009
Talk Hoops - Support the Habit — As some of you know and most of you don't, I started coaching Junior Varsity basketball at a high school in the Sacramento area this past week. I'm an assistant coach for the JV team at a high school that went very deep into the California State tournament at the end of the season so I'm fairly confident in saying that this a top-notch high school program. ...

Ricky Rubio Is Born To Be Wild Apparently
Talk Hoops - Support the Habit — It's no secret that I have quite the fancrush on Ricky Rubio.  And despite his agent, Dan Fegan's comments in the past 48 hours, I think that he'll end up in Oklahoma City. I think he'll be a part of a Jeff Green-Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook-Ricky Rubio quartet that will not only take over barbershops but will also take over the game of basketball. In fact, I'm completely jealous of Royce over at Daily Thunder. He's got a great decade of hometown hoops in front of him. And I've got the Wrath of Kahn. I was reading the incomparable Sam Amick's blog for the Sacramento Bee and ...

The Kid They Called “Blakey”
ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans — Royce Young of the superb OKC blog Daily Thunder grew up with the Griffin brothers, played baseball with them, even rolled a house or two with Blake’s brother, Taylor, back in the day. I asked Royce to share some of his impressions of Blake, the human, and Royce generously agreed: When most think of Blake Griffin, they think of “powerful,” “strong,” “skilled,” “aggressive,” “No. 1” or “Beast.” But when I think about him, I see that annoying little kid that used to run around and climb on everything during baseball practice. We all called him “Blakey” and everyone was always asking him ...

TrueHoop Network Podcast Episode 1: Fear and Loathing in the Top 3
Hardwood Paroxysm — ... about whether Blake Griffin is the savior, check in with Royce Young of Daily Thunder on the value of the 2nd pick, and see just how depressing the state of affairs is in Memphis with Chip Crain of ...

TrueHoop Network Podcast Episode 1: Fear and Loathing in the Top 3
Hardwood Paroxysm — ... about whether Blake Griffin is the savior, check in with Royce Young of Daily Thunder on the value of the 3rd pick, and see just how depressing the state of affairs is in Memphis with Chip Crain of ...

The Goofy Guide to the NBA Draft
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You've reviewed the prospects' measurements. You've seen their projections as pro players. You've watched the buttoned-up interviews. But have you seen Stephen Curry's foray into variety comedy? Or caught a glimpse of James Harden's biggest (smallest) fan?  Stephen Curry The jokesters at The Davidson Show put together a variety show of produced video segments several times a year. They scored last fall when they booked Stephen Curry and some of his teammates as the guest hosts of Episode 5, whose opening ...

The Lost Ogle/Daily Thunder Mock (Picks 15-30)
Daily Thunder.com — I teamed up with Clark of The Lost Ogle and Max Trueblood, a brilliant poster at the wonderful OKCThunderFans.com  for a little mock draft. Picks 1-14 can be found at the exquisite Lost Ogle. And do yourself a favor in the meantime and add that site to your daily reading. It’s excellent stuff. And written by two wildly handsome people. So they say. With the 15th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons select … B.J. Mullens, center, Ohio State University (Pick made by Royce Young) Mullens is as ...

The TrueHoop Network List (and Twitter)
Queen City Hoops — I was going through my list of followed users on twitter and realized I was not sure if I had the rest of my colleagues from the TrueHoop network among. As I worked to rectify that, I thought that may have interest to some of my readers as well. So, here you go - a full list of every TrueHoop network blog, a link to their site and to their twitter account (where applicable): General NBA and the Namesake: TrueHoop - Twitter:@TrueHoop Cumulative Account: @truehoopnetwork - This account acts as a twitter rss feed for new posts from across the network. General NBA: ...

Sonicsgate Trailer
Talk Hoops - Support the Habit — There's a documentary about the raping and pillaging of the Seattle Supersonics franchise from the Emerald City and then taken to Oklahoma City by Clay Bennett and friends (not as friendly nor as amusing as the group, Garfield and Friends). ...

Your Second Favorite Team
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — NBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games on my walkman. But ... don't you have a backup team? A team you kind of keep an eye on? It's the greatest thing in the world, in a way. Their losses don't sting, but their successes are thrilling. For a few years there, Mike D'Antoni's Phoenix Suns were surely the global leader in this category. The "Seven Seconds or Less" Suns were joyful, kinetic, talented and nationally televised. But since D'Antoni moved on and the formula in ...

Prominent "Thunder" Blogger Admits Jealousy of Blazers
Blazersedge — In one of the best concept posts of the entire summer, Henry Abbott pulled together his entire TrueHoop network blogging staff and asked them, "What's your second favorite team?"  Go read the responses.  The Warriors are the new black.  How chic. But If one of the included responses really set off the Sports Guy's "Sports Bigamy" detector, it would have to be that of Royce Young, who runs the excellent Daily Thunder.     Who was Young's pick for second favorite team?  That's right: the Portland ...

Desmond Mason to the Kings – Updated!
CowbellKingdom.com — News out of the Associated Press from ESPN.com is that Desmond Mason is going to be the 14th man on the Kings roster: Free-agent swingman Desmond Mason met with the Sacramento Kings this week and could sign as soon as Thursday. Mason took a physical after meeting with Kings officials in Sacramento on Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a deal had not been signed. I’m all for this signing because I’ve always been a fan of Desmond Mason. He’s never been a very ...

NBA Blog Previews 2009 - Schedule
CelticsBlog — It's that time of year again.  Time for the blogosphere to rise up and tell the "experts" that we know better than them (and then find out that we have about the same success rate for predicting the future). This will be the 4th annual NBA Blog Previews and it has been very well ...

Grizzlies vs Thunder: Oct 7, 2009
3 Shades of Blue —  Memphis kicks off the pre-season schedule with a marquee match-up of two of the best young teams in the league. Which also corresponds to two of the worst teams in the league last season. Memphis has upgraded their lineup with Zach Randolph replacing Darrell Arthur at power forward as well as increasing the talent if not experience of the bench with the drafting of Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and Sam Young. The rookies join 2nd yr players Darrell Arthur and Hamed Haddadi and veteran Allen Iverson. Oh, did I forget to mention that the 10 time NBA All-Star ...

200 NBA Sites to Visit Before You Die
Peter Robert Casey - The interplay of basketball, social media, and marketing — Okay, maybe that headline is a bit over the top. In an attempt to commemorate my 200th blog post, I fell back on an age-old advertising technique, the list post, and merged it with a "before you die" prompt to action. Forgive me? Maybe this comprehensive resource ...

Days of Thunder
Raptors Republic - Raptors Blog ESPN TrueHoop — Jealous of the talent on the Thunder? You’re not the only one. With Westbrook, Durant and Green headlining the roster and rookie Harden in the wings, Friday March 19th at the ACC is a night to circle on the calendar. Last year Nick Collison out-hustled Bosh on a key ...

Game 1 Preview: Kings at Thunder
CowbellKingdom.com — I don’t know if you’ve heard but the NBA is officially back. And for Kings fans, a new era begins tonight at 5PM PST in Oklahoma City. So let’s get down to the details then the breakdown then the final outlook. Details Vs.  Opponent: Oklahoma City Thunder Tip-off Time: 5:00PM PST Where To Watch: Comcast Sports Net Record Last Year (Home Record): 23-59 (15-26) ...

Player preview: Chris Wilcox
PistonPowered — Chris Wilcox (Nike) Essentials Position: Power forward/ center Age: 27 Height: 6-foot-10 Weight: 235 pounds Years pro: Seven From: Maryland Role Wilcox played just six minutes against the Grizzlies in the season opener – a blowout the Pistons dressed just 10 players for. Besides Kwame Brown and Ben Wallace, Wilcox is the Pistons’ only other legitimate center. Wilcox isn’t that good, but he’s ...

Game 4: Blazers at Thunder, 4:00pm
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog — Oklahoma City Thunder coverage at Daily Thunder and Welcome to Loud City. Blazers Analysis Thunder PG ...

Preview & Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Forum Blue And Gold — Records: Lakers 2-1 Thunder 2-1 Offensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 102.3, Thunder 101.1 Defensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 101.9 Thunder 96.6 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum Thunder: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Jeff Green, Kevin Durant, Nenad Krstic The Lakers Coming in: Once again, no Gasol tonight (or tomorrow in Houston). Gasol ...

The Best NBA Team Blogs
America's White Boy — I'm going to post a series that highlights the best team blogs out there. You have a lot of blog networks popping up and it's hard to differentiate between the good and the bad. Some of the guys that run them only post a few times a week and some sites go out of their way to inform the team's fanbase. I tried to pick a few for each team, so you will have an option or find out even more information on your favorite NBA team. Here are the best NBA team blogs on the internet. Atlanta Hawks Peach Tree Hoops Hoopion Blog Human Highlight ...

Game Preview #8: OKC Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
Pounding The Rock — We cleared an important hurdle by beating the Mavs in convincing fashion and got just a wee taste of delicious revenge as a bonus. The Oklahoma City Thunder pose a test of a different sort. Now is no time to let up. If we win this one, we have our first 3-game winning streak of the young season. I'm ready for it--you're ready for it--are the Spurs ready for it? Hell yeah! All right, then! Timmy, hug the basketball, and let's make the jump. Oh, that's right . . . you can't. How insensitive of me. Well, just hug the basketball, then, and let some of these new guys carry that ...

Preview & Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Forum Blue And Gold — Records: Lakers 9-3 Thunder 7-6 Offensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 105.9 (16th in league), Thunder 104.5 (21st in league) Defensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 101.8 (9th in ...

Game Thread 14: Bucks/Thunder
Brew Hoop — 2009/2010 NBA Season vs. 8-7 (3-3 home) 8-5 (2-4 road) November 27th, 2009 ...