Serge Ibaka checks in 43rd in CBSSports.com’s Elite 100: Matt Moore: “The runner-up to the Defensive Player of the Year and the fourth member of Oklahoma City’s Big Four is simultaneously overrated and underrated, both in the league, and here. Ibaka’s defense comes with a dazzling array of blocks and showy moments of physical aggression, but comes with a price. When the goaltends aren’t putting points on the board for the other guys, his overzealous rotations are leaving his man open for a dunk, often when the primary defender is contesting the layup well enough to prevent a score in the first place. His rebounding is good-to-great, but that doesn’t make up for some of his missed rotations and what he lacks in court awareness. All of these things, though, can be fiex and are part of the natural development process. There’s every reason to believe, that in a short time, “Iblocka” will be the defender he’s made out to be.”
Hollis Thompson: “My strength is I can score. I love to score. I love to play for my team. I can do a lot of things. And I’ve got weaknesses in all areas. I can get better in all areas. So I’m looking forward to playing basketball and getting better.” Keep Reading…







For Serge Ibaka place, not money, was the priority
It took a few weeks, but Serge Ibaka’s contract coronation is officially complete.
With a few schedule conflicts interfering like Ibaka traveling to Africa for a few weeks and Sam Presti getting married, the Thunder finally held Ibaka’s post-extension press conference Monday at the Boys and Girls Club in Oklahoma City.
It was mostly your standard “we’re excited” “I’m excited” “you’re excited” type of presser, but Ibaka did want to make something clear: He’s a fan of money. He has 18 brothers and sisters, he likes clothes and he’s a human being with a brain. Of course he likes money. It’s just that it isn’t the most important thing to him, at least not when it came to signing his extension with the Thunder. Keep Reading…