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Russell Westbrook Wasn’t Supposed To Get Better Than Kevin Durant

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s rise from a 20-win zombie franchise in 2007-08 to an NBA finalist just four seasons later seemed to follow a familiar storyline: Team drafts a megastar (Kevin Durant), team shrewdly surrounds him with a talented supporting cast (Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, et al.), team waits for the championships to […]

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Russell Westbrook Wasn’t Supposed To Get Better Than Kevin Durant

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s rise from a 20-win zombie franchise in 2007-08 to an NBA finalist just four seasons later seemed to follow a familiar storyline: Team drafts a megastar (Kevin Durant), team shrewdly surrounds him with a talented supporting cast (Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, et al.), team waits for the championships to […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: Is This The Thunder’s Last Chance?

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. There are a lot of words you could attach to this Thunder season. The one I’ll go with is “super-duper-important,” because of all the […]

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