basketball-reference.com - 11/21/2008
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Last week, Wages of Wins author David Berri posted about the Oklahoma City Thunder over at the WoW Journal, pointing out that Kevin Durant and his teammates are having really a terrible offensive season in 2008-09 (something which, frankly, cannot be debated — OKC ranks dead last in the ...
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newsok.com - 11/20/2008
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Fans’ frustration In midst of ninth straight loss,
Thunder fans can’t hold back their discontent With 2:50...
remaining in the third quarter Wednesday night, Thunder fans no longer could contain their frustration. So they did the unthinkable. They ...
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A first for the Thunder: boos
newsok.com - 11/22/2008
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Assistant Scott Brooks named interim coach The Oklahoma
City Thunder has fired coached P.J. Carlesimo . >...
Assistant coach Scott Brooks has been named the interim coach and will take the helm immediately with tonightâs game at New Orleans . > The ...
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Thunder fires P.J. Carlesimo after 1-12 start
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Neil Paine of Basketball-Reference.com: “Let’s classify the ‘leading scorer’ of a team as the player who consumed the most possessions — this is preferable to taking the leading scorer because straight-up points account for both usage and efficiency, and here we’re interested in identifying the team’s offensive ‘alpha dog’ regardless of how well he actually produced points. Then let’s calculate the cumulative offensive rating for his teammates, which should give us a rough estimate of his supporting cast’s offensive ability. This season, the Thunder have ...
Friday Mini-Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Neil Paine of BasketballReference.com: "[Kevin] Durant's early returns aren't exactly those of a future megastar; no alpha dog in the past has had such horrible teammates and still played down to their level in terms of efficiency. Durant still may very well develop into a solid player, but if the history of similar players (alpha dogs saddled with poor teammates) is any indication, it's doubtful he'll live up to the considerable hype that surrounded him when he first came out of college." ...
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Hornets rout Thunder in return to OKC (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/22/2008
David West scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 17 in the city where his NBA career began and the New Orleans Hornets had a triumphant return to Oklahoma City on Friday night with a 105-80 victory over the Thunder. The Hornets' starters received a ...
