Carles of Grantland looking back on predictions: “Backup point guard Eric Maynor went down with an early-season injury, which has been cited as one of the main problems with the Thunder going forward. However,

Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game: “Westbrook, on the other hand, has been the Thunder’s saving grace in light of Marion’s shackling of Durant and James Harden’s fits of passivity. And, in pitch-perfect

Nick Collison with a mailbag for GQ answering which Thunder players would survive a Zombie apocolypse: I think most of us would. We are used to running and pushing through fatigue. We are used

Brian Phillips of Grantland: “And no, not every young team finds it. But as a Thunder fan, I’m trying to stay cool and look at April as a step back that was necessary to

Matt Moore of CBSSports.com has KD second for MVP: “Durant is the biggest part of the Thunder having one of the best offensive rating in basketball for the entire season, but he’s not such

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com on the World Peace suspension: “Seven games. Fair, in my opinion. The seven-game suspension handed down Tuesday for the Lakers’ Metta World Peace for elbowing Oklahoma City’s James Harden in

Sekou Smith of NBA.com on OKC’s late game struggles: “These same late-game issues won’t simply go away because the postseason has started and the Thunder flip some imaginary switch to make it stop. The

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: “So the collision of all these factors, plus the NBA’s renewed emphasis on protecting players from blows to the head with its concussion policy, bodes very poorly for World Peace.