dailythunder.com - 6/30/2009
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And now for the next trick. But don’t worry, I don’t think free agency is near as stressful and draft time. Especially when you’re a team that’s got very specific needs and the market doesn’t have a whole lot of drop-everything-and-sign-him type of players. So ...
Breaking down the somewhat complicated Thunder roster situation
dailythunder.com 7/20/2009 — Per NBA rules, teams can have 12 players on its active roster, meaning 12 guys that are dressed and ready to play. You can have up to 15 players on the team, as that’s a provisional for players that are injured, but any man over 12 isn’t allowed to be in uniform and is deemed ...
Thursday Bolts - 7.2.09
dailythunder.com 7/2/2009 — One year ago today, a professional team started to make its way to Oklahoma City. It wasn’t pretty and we didn’t make any friends, but through a lot of hard work and tremendous dedication, Clay Bennett and his group gave us what we’re sitting here talking about today. And I ...
Tuesday Bolts - 6.30.09
dailythunder.com 6/30/2009 — Oklahoma City ranked 28th on Steve Aschburner’s top free agent destinations : “Oklahoma City: The talent on the roster, and the brainpower in the front office have lots of admirers, and the Ford Center fans can be among the league’s most active and loud. But there’s no ...
Buying clothes that fit
dailythunder.com 7/2/2009 —
Right now, Oklahoma City has expressed high interest in two guys - Marcin Gortat and Paul Millsap. Sam Presti phoned both of them within an hour of the free agency period starting with Millsap and then Gortat minutes later. Both are restricted free agents but both look like they’ll be ...
Friday Bolts - Reaction Edition
dailythunder.com 6/26/2009 — First off, congrats to Chris Arrnold who won our Daily Thunder MockTest! He got both Thunder picks correct (Harden at No. 3 and Beaubois at No. 25), was within one of Rubio going to Minnesota and also got Curry to the Warriors correct. Congrats. Technically it was a three-way tie for first with ...
Monday Bolts - 7.6.09
dailythunder.com 7/6/2009 — Just a few days after Jerry Brewer made us feel good about ourselves, Steve Kelley comes along and poops on our parade : “I’m not one of those people believing it is so sweet and nice Oklahoma City has a team. I think it’s a bad joke on the league. Oklahoma City still is a ...
OKC talks with Millsap; Danny Ainge finally gets his man
dailythunder.com 7/1/2009 — Darnell Mayberry reports the Thunder are talking with Paul Millsap :
The Thunder has reached out to representatives for Paul Millsap, the Utah Jazz restricted free agent forward, according to a source with knowledge of negotiations. Oklahoma City entered into preliminary talks with ...
Friday Bolts - 7.10.09
dailythunder.com 7/10/2009 — The Las Vegas Summer League starts today, but Oklahoma City doesn’t play until Sunday. The Thunder do play at 10 a.m. today to wrap up the Orlando Pro Summer League. Russell Westbrook will not be playing, I’ve heard. Let’s just be economical and make this an open thread for ...
Tuesday Bolts - 7.7.09
dailythunder.com 7/7/2009 — Ah, feels good to be 1-0. I hope this isn’t the only time it happens this year.
James Harden is on Twitter though he’s not exactly the most active Twitterer out there. He’s got three updates, all from draft night/the day after. I think Shaq needs to hold a rookie Twitter ...
Thursday Bolts - 7.9.09
dailythunder.com 7/9/2009 — Chad Ford ranks the summer for each team (Insider): “The Thunder are the “it” team among NBA junkies, who have a crush on Sam Presti for quickly turning a bad team into the best young team in the league. Kevin Durant is a superstar in the making. Russell Westbrook could be ...
