Ronald Martinez/NBAE/Getty Images In Oklahoma City these days, the words “luxury tax” have become a brand name. It’s almost as Oklahoman as saying Boomer Sooner or Orange Power or doing something stupid. Here’s how

Cameron Browne/NBAE/Getty Images Know this: Until the Thunder ink James Harden to an extension, the discussion around him and his future with the team isn’t going to go away. Really, it’ll only escalate. Maybe

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images With the Serge Ibaka signed, all the attention is now on that big beard and how many dollar signs are going to fit inside of it. But for Sam Presti,

Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images Ed note: DT contributor J.G. Marking fired off an email to me saying he thought this Dwight Howard trade was a good thing. When I asked him why, he ripped off

Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images It’s been roughly 12 hours since word broke that Dwight Howard had been traded and “OKC” is still trending on Twitter. No, not because he was traded to the Thunder. It

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images We have a 2012-13 schedule, which means it’s about time I go through it and wildly speculate and guessculate on how it’s all going to go for the Thunder. Two

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images After the schedule comes out, most of the discussion around it centers around back-to-backs. They can take a seemingly easy month and turn it into an incredibly difficult one. Having to

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Still more than three months away until the NBA season actually begins, but with the schedule out, it feels a lot closer than that. Especially when you think about the Olympics