Christian Peterson/NBAE/Getty Images Kendrick Perkins’ trash-talking diatribes have been one of my favorite parts of the latter stages of the regular season. I don’t mind the technical fouls they often generate because he hasn’t

Doug Pensinger/NBAE/Getty Images The Nuggets have a pretty big game Friday night versus the Thunder. And not because Denver has a shot to catch Oklahoma City, because the Thunder already clinched the Northwest. Nope,

Getty Images I kind of feel ridiculous asking this question. It’s a little bit along the same lines of tanking for ping-pong balls. But with the Thunder closing within a game of Dallas with

Really great stuff from Darnell Mayberry on Kendrick Perkins and his propensity to pick up technical fouls. Already he has five in just a few weeks with the Thunder. Russell Westbrook leads the team

Getty Images – The national anthem doesn’t exactly fire Russell Westbrook up evidently. What’s the same thing you hear from and about young teams over and over? They’ll learn from that… that’s a good

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images I think I’d like to modify my stance from three weeks ago that Thunder fans should fear the Trail Blazers more as a potential playoff foe than the Nuggets. The

Getty Images The Thunder has a pretty stacked roster when it comes to March Madness experience. Two players won national titles, two more played for the national championship but lost and two more reached

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images Trailing by 15 with 4:55 remaining, the Suns were watching the Thunder run away from them in the fourth quarter and with it, maybe taking their playoff hopes with them. Alvin