Kyle Weaver News

Thunder coach Scott Brooks prefers a nine-man rotation. In the opener, Nick Collison and Etan Thomas were interior players off the bench.

The Thunder had a lower ceiling last season, literally and figuratively. Residing in what amounted to a makeshift locker room at the Ford Center, there was modest head room for a team with even more modest expectations.

Kevin Durant has launched an official site . Check it out - it's got KD sightings, KD1 sightings and other stuff.

Oklahoma City is still a long way away from competing in the ultra-competitive Western Conference but the past few drafts have given the Thunder and their fanatical fan base an improving nucleus to work with.

Suns two-time league MVP Steve Nash was asked if Durant reminds him of anyone. "He's like Dirk but different," Nash said.

I didn't have a chance to listen, but here's five things I took from the box score : 1. Russell Westbrook wants to be a point guard and he's proving it so far.

The lesson wasn't complicated. In fact it was one of the most fundamental rules of post defense.

Individual game tickets for all Thunder games through the Jan. 16 game with the Miami Heat go on sale today at 10 a.m. Tickets are available in nearly every price range.

One thing Sam Presti likes is guys that can play multiple positions; guys that are diverse and athletic and that sometimes even defy the conventional norms for what a player should be built like for a given position on the court.

I'm a little late to the party reporting this, but I was watching NBA Real Training Camp which is profiling the Lakers today.

Training camp is a time to figure out the little things. Coming in, you're going to know most everything you need to about your team.

First off, Happy Training Camp Day and Happy birthday to Kevin Durant who turns 21 today.

Scott Brooks plans on getting defensive this training camp :A "Training camp will provide Brooks a chance to implement some changes he couldna TMt make on the fly last season.

Thus wraps it up. Apologies to Kyle Weaver, Kevin Ollie and Etan Thomas. I just didn't feel it that necessary to do it for them.

Kevin Durant's birthday present from someone. A picture from Friday night's birthday celebration for Kevin Durant .

More than four months have passed since the Thunder 's season finale, and Oklahoma City has made one trade and signed just one free agent to aid its efforts of building on last year's 23-win campaign.

Greetings Thunder junkies. It's the slow time of the season so I thought I would spice up the doldrums with a challenge to the faithful Thunder news mongers.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard and Beloit native Kyle Weaver is returning home to provide a special day for children and families in Beloit.

Friday 14 Aug 2009 Friday, August 14, 2009 at 09:55AM Tulsa, Okla., August 13, 2009 - The Tulsa 66ers, members of the NBA Development League and affiliate for the Oklahoma City Thunder, announced today the franchise has completed a contract to play at the Tulsa Convention Center, beginning in the 2009-10 season.

Jenni Carlson writing about something. It's some kind of thing about Twitter and Nick Collison and Seattle and Oklahoma City and other stuff :A " Collison is a cerebral dude with a dry sense of humor, and on Twitter, that personality comes through.