After spending more than a decade with the Seattle SuperSonics, Pete Winemiller's transition to Oklahoma City isn't quite complete. A full year after the NBA franchise announced it would be relocating, Winemiller is among a handful of employees who are still making a 2,000-mile commute -- from home with the family in the Pacific Northwest to work at the Thunder's downtown office.
By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer
B.J. Mullens has seen the worst and made the best of it. While he was growing up, his family bounced around to a dozen different homes with stops at a homeless shelter in between. He got shuttled around from one school to the next. His brother got in trouble for dealing drugs. Then basketball helped change everything.
The Colorado Avalanche have signed free agent forward David Koci (COACH-ee) to a one-year contract.
The Utah Jazz, even without coming to terms with restricted free agent Paul Millsap, are going to pay about $73...
Damien Wilkins will be back with the Oklahoma City Thunder for another season. Wilkins' agent, Mark Bartelstein, said in an e-mail Tuesday that the guard would not terminate the player option on his contract. Wilkins averaged a career-low 5.3 points last season as he fell out of the rotation and played in only half of Oklahoma City's 82 games.
By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer
When D.J. White heard former college teammate Robert Vaden's name in the NBA draft, he sent a text message saying "Congratulations!" When Vaden got traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder minutes later, he had some revising to do. "Welcome to the family" was the new message. The duo, who shared a room at Indiana during the Hoosiers' run to the NCAA tournament three years ago,...
Thanks to some advice from his mother that stuck with him through the years, James Harden found himself standing beside two Oklahoma City Thunder teammates Saturday with his brand new jersey in hand. Harden held up his uniform with the number 13 -- his lucky number since he wore it as the only freshman on his high school team -- as he, center B.J.
For a team that's still trying to establish its identity, the first NBA draft in Oklahoma City Thunder history brings the promise of another potential building block. Around a young core that features three top-5 picks from the past two drafts, the Thunder are positioned to fill another hole on their roster Thursday night with the third overall pick in the NBA draft.
With the NBA Draft just a day away, Ball Don't Lie has decided to weigh in with its own 2009 Mock Draft.
City officials are reassessing an ongoing $100 million renovation of the arena where the Oklahoma City Thunder play, because a sales tax that was supposed to fund it has brought in less money than expected. With shoppers buying less so far this year, the tax approved by voters as a way to lure the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics to town -- where they were renamed the Thunder -- has produced $4.2...
The Thunder have retained the services of a Barcelona lawyer to help them should they draft Ricky Rubio.
With the NBA Draft just a few days away, Ball Don't Lie has decided to weigh in with its own 2009 Mock...
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