Rob Mahoney of Bleacher Report on the MVP: “The MVP process has always been a bit silly, and since we lack the power to change it, the best we can do is come to

Ben Golliver of CBSSports.com on OKC’s road to The Finals: “Fortune 500 companies often preach “continual improvement,” the idea that competitive greatness is attained by pursuing a non-stop effort to make regular, incremental changes

Kurt Helin of PBT: “One game in March does not a potential playoff series determine, but the statements from this game are the statements we have seen these teams for a while now. The

Sebastian Pruiti of Grantland on OKC’s late game offense: “In most screens that the Thunder set, Kendrick Perkins is the screener. This allows teams to hedge off him and force the ball out of Harden’s

Beckley Mason of ESPN.com on the “Thunder Model”: “The idea: do what the Thunder did. Reboot. Strategically become bad to have the chance to become really, really good. The Bobcats are a terrible team

NBA Playbook breaks down OKC’s perfect play: “The set usually begins with some false action that leads into a dribble flip (DF) between Kendrick Perkins and of the Thunder’s two primary ball handlers (Russell

ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that the Thunder gave Derek Fisher $2.3 million for the rest of the season after he became a free agent. That’s a lot of money for Derek Fisher. Tom Haberstroh

Berry Tramel on Derek Fisher: “When Derek Fisher talks, players listen. In many ways, Perkins arrived in February 2011 and immediately became a team leader on this fledgling team. Now Fisher joins him, and