Matt Moore of CBSSports.com gave LaMarcus Aldridge an A last night for his work on Perk: “Aldridge battled Kendrick Perkins all night. And he worked him over. 30 points and 8 rebounds for Aldridge,

Jeff Caplan of ESPN Dallas: “Give the Dallas defense, which entered the game last in the NBA in defensive field-goal percentage, credit for limiting the dangerous OKC offense to 20 points in the first

John Rohde has New Year’s resolutions for players. I like Perk’s: “Ivey was in the middle of his response when Perkins walked by and bellowed, “I’ve got a New Year’s resolution. You want to

J.A. Adande of ESPN.com writes Westbrook doesn’t fit with OKC: “If the Thunder do want Westbrook, it’s not a given that he wants to be there. He’s told friends he feels Thunder coach Scott

John Hollinger names James Harden to his All-Breakout team: “This one feels like stealing because the breakout already mostly happened. Harden before the All-Star break a year ago: 10.3 points, 43 percent shooting; Harden

Kevin Pelton at Deadspin projects 42-24 for the Thunder: “James Harden is capable of doing everything an NBA team needs from its shooting guard. His potential is immense. Harden compares best to a player

Nick Collison is blogging for GQ and wrote about his summer: “Instead, to wait out the summer, my five-year-old daughter Emma spent the months with me in Seattle; my version of an entourage consisted

Berry Tramel on Perk’s anger: “Brooks said Perk ‘has to control the emotions. We didn’t want the technical fouls to add up. He told me he will slow it down when he gets to