Oklahoma City Thunder Wiretap

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Dealing With Quad Injury

Mar 27, 2024 9:10 AM

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is playing through a quad injury. Gilgeous-Alexander said he was injured a week ago in a game against the Utah Jazz.

"Yeah, little banged up in my quad. Happened in the Utah game," Gilgeous-Alexander said about the injury when asked about it after the Thunder's victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.

Oklahoma City head coach Mark Daigneault deferred to his star guard, but didn't seem too concerned about the injury.

"He’s banged up, for sure. He’s not 100%. We’re monitoring it, but he’s certainly not a hundred percent. I’ll let him speak on it," Daigneault said about Gilgeous-Alexander.

The Thunder coach later added that the injury was "not to the point of not playing obviously, he was out there tonight." With Oklahoma City in a fight for the top seed in the Western Conference, it's worth watching to see if Gilgeous-Alexander misses any games to let his quad heal.

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RealGM Radio: Jared Dubin On The Season So Far (Mar 2024)

Mar 16, 2024 4:10 PM

Host Danny Leroux talks with Jared Dubin of Last Night in Basketball about the season so far. They discuss how the playoff races are looking in both conferences, DeMar DeRozan’s strong second half, the Thunder as a historical anomaly and much more.

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Bismack Biyombo 'Fine' After Collapsing During Timeout

Mar 7, 2024 9:49 AM

Oklahoma City Thunder center Bismack Biyombo appeared to collapse during Wednesday's game at the Portland Trail Blazers. Biyombo fell to the floor during a timeout in the second quarter. He was later helped back to the locker room and evaluated.

Mark Daigneault said Biyombo avoided any kind of serious medical issue.

"He's fine. He just fainted, basically," Daigneault said. "He was in the locker room at halftime laughing and joking."

Biyombo was held out of the remainder of the game for precautionary reasons.

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Mike Muscala Plans To Sign With Thunder

Mar 1, 2024 1:43 PM

Mike Muscala plans to sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder after clearing waivers.

Muscala agreed to a buyout agreement with the Detroit Pistons in February.

Muscala played for the Thunder between 2019 and 2023.

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Thunder Waive Aleksej Pokusevski

Feb 23, 2024 10:13 AM

The Oklahoma City Thunder are waiving big man Aleksej Pokusevski. The Thunder will eat Pokusevski's $5 million salary for this season. He was set to be a free agent following the end of the season.

Despite flashing promise at various points during his first four NBA seasons, Pokusevski was unable to grab hold of a regular role with Oklahoma City. Each time he seemed to have some positive momentum, Pokusevski would pick up and injury. That seemingly set him back to starting over after each period of missed time.

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Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Finish 1st, 2nd In Latest ESPN MVP Straw Poll

Feb 13, 2024 2:45 PM

With Joel Embiid no longer eligible to win 23-24 NBA MVP, Nikola Jokic has emerged as the new leader in ESPN's latest straw poll ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Jokic received 69 first place votes, 25 second, three third and three fourth to log 889 points.

Gilgeous-Alexander had 24 first place votes, 54 second, 16 third, three fourth and two fifth to have 709 points.

Antetokounmpo is a distant third followed by Luka Doncic and Kawhi Leonard. 

Jokic won the award in 2021 and 2022 while finishing second behind Embiid last season.

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Tags: Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA, NBA Award

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Adam Flagler, Thunder Agree To Two-Way Contract

Feb 10, 2024 6:56 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder and guard Adam Flagler have agreed to a two-way contract. Flager fills the two-way spot that was opened when Oklahoma City signed Lindy Waters III to a standard contract.

Flagler has played for the Oklahoma City Blue of the G League this season. The 6-foot-3 guard averaged 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.1 assist per game for the Blue.

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Bismack Biyombo, Thunder Agree To Rest Of Season Contract

Feb 10, 2024 6:51 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder and free agent center Bismack Biyombo agreed to a rest-of-season contract. Biyombo is joining Oklahoma City to give them some additional frontcourt depth behind Chet Holmgren.

Biyombo played 30 games (27 starts) with the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this season. The veteran center averaged 5.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks with the Grizzlies.

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RealGM Radio: Seth Partnow On The Trade Deadline (Feb 2024)

Feb 10, 2024 11:13 AM

Host Danny Leroux and Seth Partnow of StatsBomb and The Athletic discuss the NBA Trade Deadline.

They break down which teams improved the most, why there were fewer high-impact moves, the Thunder’s fascinating future, the Knicks’ place in the East hierarchy and much more.

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Lindy Waters III, Thunder Sign Multi-Year Standard Contract

Feb 9, 2024 9:44 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed guard Lindy Waters III to a multi-year contract.

Waters III has appeared in 87 career games (one start) with the Thunder and averaged 5.4 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 36.8% from three-point range. Signed to a Two-Way contract on Aug. 18, 2023, he has seen action in 21 games with the Thunder this season and averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebound in 7.3 minutes per game. In six games (all starts) this season with the Oklahoma City Blue, he has posted averages of 22.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.83 steals in 33.3 minutes per game. 

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Thunder Acquire Gordon Hayward From Hornets For Tre Mann, Davis Bertans, Vasilije Micic

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Kevin Porter Jr. Reaches Plea Deal On Assault, Harassment Charges

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Anthony Edwards Gripes About Calls Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gets

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Josh Giddey Cleared As Police End Investigation

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo Named NBA Players Of December

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Celtics, Thunder, Mavericks Have Shown Interest In Isaiah Stewart

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Kings, Hawks, Thunder Considered Teams With Strongest Interest In Lauri Markkanen

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New Oklahoma City Thunder Arena Approved By Voters

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Thunder, Davis Bertans Revise Contract; Guaranteed Salary Increased To $5.25M Next Season

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Josh Giddey Under Investigation By Police On Allegations Of Improper Relationship With Minor

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Josh Giddey Available To Play While NBA Conducts Investigation

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NBA Opens Investigation Into Allegations Josh Giddey Has Improper Relationship With Minor

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