Home that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was set to purchase may have nefarious past

Courtesy of Casey Kaye at fanrumor.com Oklahoma City Thunder’s rising star, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is facing an unexpected hurdle in his real estate journey. The 25-year-old basketball sensation, who has been making waves with his performances on the court, encountered a strange situation after moving into his dream lakefront home in Ontario. Back in May, Gilgeous-Alexander and his girlfriend settled into a $6.1 million US ($8.4 million CAD) mansion on Lake Ontario in Burlington. The property, once owned by Crypto King Aiden Pleterski, became the subject of an unsettling incident that…

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Thunder’s Jalen Williams named Western Conference Rookie of the Week

Courtesy of the Oklahoma City Thunder OKLAHOMA CITY, April 11, 2023 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams has been named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in March and April, it was announced today by the NBA. Williams appeared in 18 games (all starts) and averaged 18.7 points on a team-leading 54.7 percent shooting, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.67 steals in 33.7 minutes per game in March and April. His points, assists and steals led all Western Conference rookies, while his rebounds were tied for fourth among…

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Chet Holmgren out for the year, will the League limit player activities?

Unfortunately, for Oklahoma City Thunder, and possible basketball fans as a whole, the wait to see the triumvirate of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Josh Giddey and Chet Holmgren share the court in an NBA game will have to wait one more year.  Holmgren, the no.2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, will miss the entire 2022-23 season with a lisfranc injury. Holmgren seems to have suffered the injury guarding Lebron at The Crawsover Pro-Am game last Saturday night. While not a career-ending injury anymore, and even with the youth Chet has…

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Celtics send Kemba Walker and picks to Oklahoma City for Al Horford, Moses Brown

Well we didn’t even have to wait until the start of free agency for NBA teams to start shaking up and trying to improve their roster for the 2021-22 season. The Boston Celtics I sending Kimbra Walker the number 16 overall pick in this year‘s dress and a second round pick inIn 2025 is here no to the Oklahoma City Thunder that in exchange for Al Horford Moses Brown and a 2023 second round pick. When he was a quiet before the 20 1920 season in a sign in trade…

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Sunday’s Thunder and Sixers game postponed due to league’s health and safety protocols

From the NBA: Official release: NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association game scheduled for tonight between the Philadelphia 76ers and Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena has been postponed in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols. Because of ongoing contact tracing within the Sixers, the team does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with the scheduled game against the Thunder.

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Wednesday’s Rockets and Thunder game postponed

From ESPN: The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thundergame for Wednesday night has been postponed, the league announced. The NBA said three Rockets players have returned tests that were either positive or inconclusive for coronavirus under the NBA’s testing program. In addition, four other players are quarantined at this time under the contact tracing protocol. Contact tracing protocols caused the Rockets to send home three players Wednesday after rookie teammate Kenyon Martin Jr. returned a positive coronavirus test and needed to be tested again for confirmation, sources told ESPN. John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins and Martin were…

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Sixers ship Al Horford to OKC for Danny Green and picks

From Tyler Conway of B/R: A year after inking him to a four-year, $109 million contract, the Philadelphia 76ers are moving on from Al Horford. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Sixers traded the 34-year-old, along with a “lightly-protected” 2025 first-round draft pick and the No. 34 overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Danny Green and Terrence Ferguson.  Wojnarowski added that Oklahoma City will also receive the rights to Vasilije Micic, who currently plays in Turkey and was drafted No. 54 overall by Philadelphia in 2014.   This…

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Chris Paul traded to Phoenix Suns

The first major Jersey change of this truncated NBA offseason transpired Monday as the Oklahoma City Thunder sent star point guard Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns. The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania provided additional details of the transaction: The move seemingly symbols the beginning of a full-on rebuild in Oklahoma City. For Paul this will be the third franchise he will suit up for in the past three seasons. After being traded to the Thunder last year, it was thought that his time there would be little more than…

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NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers pursuing Thunder guard Schröder

from Rob Goldberg of B/R: The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly involved in “active talks” to acquire Dennis Schroder in exchange for the No. 28 pick of the 2020 NBAdraft, per Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard averaged 18.9 points and 4.0 assists per game last season, almost exclusively off the bench, and finished second in voting for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award behind Montrezl Harrell. He could provide additional scoring depth for the Lakers as they look to defend their 2020 NBA title. Anthony Davis is expected to re-sign with the…

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