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To heave or not to heave?

by Royce Young on February 12, 2013 at 12:48 pm 375 Comments

It’s easily the worst, lowest percentage shot in basketball.

No, not a Kendrick Perkins 3-pointer or a Dwight Howard free throw.

It’s the end-of-quarter halfcourt heave.

According to Elias, a halfcourter is attempted about 27 percent of the time to finish the first, second or third quarter (it’s rare you see a heave to finish the fourth). For the season, there have been 758 games played in the NBA total, meaning roughly 205 halfcourt heaves. And total, there have been three total halfcourt or beyond makes. Three. Crunch the numbers and that means the league is shooting roughly combined 1.5 percent from halfcourt and beyond. Keep Reading…

Tuesday Bolts – 2.12.13

by Royce Young on February 12, 2013 at 10:30 am 490 Comments

BoltsLogoNew1Matt Moore of CBSSports.com imagining a Point Guard of the Year award: “I consider, in all honesty, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook to be more impactful players than Tony Parker. They’re able to take the game over in a way that Parker is not. Their individual talents, be it athleticism, shot-making, creativity, put them at a higher level than Parker this season. But a point guard? Parker commands the best offense in the league. Even if Oklahoma City’s is the best according to the metrics (110.3 per 100 possessions) and San Antonio’s is only fourth (107.3 per 100 possessions), the Spurs’ offense is widely regarded as the toughest to defend. They simply force you into too many impossible decisions.”

Anthony Slater of NewsOK on the opposite paths of KD and Beasley: “His once-promising career, now out of its infant stage, is in complete reconstruction. Once viewed as a sure-fire immediate starter, he’s now working through the baby steps of a rebuild job, for his image and game. But he’s only 24. So it’s still far too early to label him as a bust. And at times this season, including a 25-point performance against Durant’s Thunder last Friday, he’s flashed the unique ability that intrigue and frustrate so many at the same time. There’s still plenty of time to figure it out. But fair or not, because of the similar paths they took (from pre-teens to late teens), Beasley will always be linked to Durant (one of the most prolific young scorers in NBA history). Where will each career go from here? Who knows. But it’s an interesting case study.” Keep Reading…

Thunder Player Power Rankings: Stampede

by Royce Young on February 11, 2013 at 1:17 pm 926 Comments
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WEEK 1 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 5 | WEEK 6| WEEK 7 | WEEK 8 | WEEK 9 | WEEK 10 | WEEK 11 | WEEK 12 | WEEK 13 | WEEK 14

Four games won by an average of 25.5 points, all by at least 21. Four games where the average score was 114-88.

Pretty good week for the Thunder. Or another way to say it: The single most dominant in Thunder (OKC era) history.

There’s some positive momentum building as the Thunder head to the All-Star break, but in the NBA, your momentum is only as good as your latest win. Just because you’ve dominated four games, doesn’t mean you’re going to do it to a fifth.

A few stats from this week: Keep Reading…

Monday Bolts – 2.11.13

by Royce Young on February 11, 2013 at 10:00 am 379 Comments

BoltsLogoNew1Joe Kaiser of ESPN Insider on young players that could be dealt: “Lamb has played only 64 minutes this season on a Thunder roster brimming with talent, and his chances for playing time have been very limited thanks to the presence of Kevin Martin and Thabo Sefolosha ahead of him on the depth chart. Still, there’s a reason Houston selected him No. 12 overall last summer before shipping him to OKC in the James Harden deal: Lamb is a versatile wing with a long wingspan who can shoot, defend and become a key piece to a winning team. The question is whether that will happen with the Thunder, which may be better off resigning the efficient Martin after the season and using Lamb in a deal for a center. Phoenix could be a good trade partner, since it has the prized big man to offer — Marcin Gortat — and a big need at the shooting guard position.”

KD: “It wasn’t long ago when we were worse than that,” he said. “We were three and 29, three and 30, just fighting to win 20 games. I know what it feels like. But the thing that you need to come in and do every single day that we did is come in and work. We worked like we wanted to win every game. We put in the preparation from the first to the last game … I’m never going to forget our last game of the season, one of our coaches — we were up 30 — it was the last game of the season, and we weren’t playing for nothing. But he was getting up in the huddles, coaching us up. Our coaches did a great job back then of preparing us for now. And I’m sure the Suns are doing the same.” Keep Reading…

Roll it back again: Thunder stomp Phoenix 97-69

by Royce Young on February 10, 2013 at 10:05 pm 251 Comments

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A little more than a week ago, Scott Brooks had a talk with his team about playing better in the fourth quarter, about executing and closer better.

We still don’t know if that talk took, because it’s now been four full games since Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook played in a fourth quarter.

A second consecutive blowout of the Phoenix Suns allowed the Thunder’s extended bench to close out the final 12 minutes of the game, thus leaving most of the starting crew on the sidelines for the final 12 minutes. Keep Reading…

Thunder at Suns: Pregame Primer

by Royce Young on February 10, 2013 at 5:54 pm 1,194 Comments

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Thunder (38-12, 15-9 road) at Suns (17-34, 12-12 home)

TV: FSOK (Cox 37, HD 722, Tulsa Cox 27, DirectTV 679, UVerse 754)
Stream: Click here
Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 97.1 FM Tulsa)
Time: 7:00 CT

Offensive Rating: Thunder – 112.9 (1st), Suns– 102.6 (24th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 103.2 (8th), Suns – 107.8 (25th)
Pace: Thunder – 93.4 (8th), Suns – 92.3 (10th)

View from the enemy: Valley of the Suns

Man, it feels like the Thunder just played these guys.

It’s a unique situation to play two regular season games against the same team within 48 hours of each other. And pummeling a team on your home floor and then turning around and performing against the same group on the road right away could be a challenge. The wounds are fresh for the Suns and they’re sure to make adjustments and play with some pride tonight. Keep Reading…

TGR 91: Who needs the fourth, with Ben Golliver

by Royce Young on February 10, 2013 at 11:33 am 476 Comments

DTTGRThis week, the guys are joined by Ben Golliver of SI.com and Blazersedge.com to talk about the Western Conference and general NBA issues.

Other topics of conversation:

  • Recap the weeks’ blowout games
  • Celebrate the superstar that is K-Perk the Stat Stuffer
  • How possible trade rumors may affect the Thunder
  • Jermaine O’Neil on the Thunder radar?
  • Taking a quick glance at the playoff race in the West

…and much more!

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Russ vs. KD

by Royce Young on February 9, 2013 at 11:54 am 870 Comments

Happy Saturday. Thank you for your support of Daily Thunder. Keep on.

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant used to be enemies.

Well, at least on one night in 2004 when Oak Hill Academy took on Leuzinger high school. I actually asked Russ a while ago if he remembered anything about that game and all he really said was, “I remember we lost.” Evidently pretty bad too.

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