Excellent stuff from Berry Tramel: “Eight percent of each NBA player’s salary is withheld each season “to ensure that the players’ share of basketball-related income doesn’t exceed the contractually agreed-upon percentage, currently 57 percent,”

Serge Ibaka has been granted Spanish citizenship and will play in Eurobasket. The AP says Ibaka must “must swear loyalty to the Spanish crown and constitution to finalize the process.” Wow. Brian Robb of

KD said he was going to take the playing overseas thing real slow: “We’ll see, I would like to try something new,” said Durant, a two-time NBA scoring champion. “But, of course, my first

From Elias: “Nate Robinson told SLAM Magazine recently: “I might go play football, do something that nobody’s tried to do.” However, should Robinson play in the NFL, he would NOT be the first player

Kevin Durant with one of life’s great problems: “Who else Mother be on the phone with them and make you kiss her thru the phone? I had to do that in front of 30

Jenni Carlson says Yao opened China up for KD: “And that’s good news for Thunder fans. Durant can grow his brand while playing here in Oklahoma City. Granted, being a big brand isn’t the

Chris Palmer of ESPN.com on Russell Westbrook’s needed areas of improvement: “Clearly, Westbrook needs to reevaluate his approach. He’ll get his points but needs to become a savvier game manager and embrace the role of

KD is one of many athletes to vote on what their favorite Derek Jeter was. It’s all promo stuff for Gatorade, you see. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com talking sense: “Instead of learning from baseball,