The Victor Oladipo is just as good as Paul George myth has taken a nosedive as Oladipo’s game has cratered to the lowest common denominator and Paul George is doing his level best to shake off Russ Westbrook’s selfishness, something Oladipo experienced last year. It’s more fantasy than reality that a superstar player who has…
A stranger to the casual NBA fan who only tunes in once the playoffs start, Victor Oladipo was the best player on the floor on a Sunday afternoon in Cleveland. For someone with a limited playoff resume and no playoff resume as the man, Oladipo pretty much shut everyone up who said his regular season was just the…
Russell Westbrook, in a generous move, shut a reporter’s question down by playing the loyalty card. Give Westbrook love for having his teammates back. But it is obvious to just about everyone that without him on the court, the team is pathetic. It’s a situation in which he cannot even sit down on the bench…
The only way the Oklahoma City Thunder were going to beat the Golden State Warriors without a bunch of perfect performances was an epic Westbrook 55, 25 and 17 performance. Anything shy of that was going to be another Warriors win. Russell Westbrook tried his best and actually had a triple double- 47 points, 11…
The Oklahoma City Thunder are in a precarious situation this upcoming season with the Kevin Durant departure. Russell Westbrook is the only superstar available, and the frontcourt, specifically the power forward position, is lacking major depth, with Serge Ibaka joining the Orlando Magic lineup via a trade on draft night. In order to alleviate the…
It was a win-win strategical move for Sam Presti and the OKC Thunder. After a 7 year run that netted zero titles, the Thunder moved Serge Ibaka down south and brought in shooting guard, Victor Oladipo. It did three things at the same time. The Thunder now have a scoring backcourt. Oladipo has to be…