Oklahoma City Thunder News

Taking notes perhaps? His team is up 30-29 over the Utah Jazz with Jazz executives sitting up close.

For the second straight season, the Oklahoma City Thunder has the best player at the Orlando Pro Summer League pulling the strings for them.

Here's a synopsis of what I'm hearing from league executives and player representatives: Millsap Millsap, Lee and the Thunder When free agency began on Wednesday, many around the league expected Oklahoma City, which has roughly $14 million in cap space, to be one of the big spenders.

The Oklahoma City Council has approved final plans for a $15.5 million NBA practice facility for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

James Harden and Tyler Hansbrough are giving a glimpse of what to expect from them this NBA season, and it's exactly what the team that drafted them hoped to see.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will open play in the Orlando Pro Summer League with a game against the local team, the Orlando Magic.

While 21 teams will gather in Las Vegas later this week for the NBA summer league, the 76ers are one of the seven squads that will send players to the Orlando Pro Summer League, which begins today at the RDV Sportsplex in Orlando.

The NBA 's free agency period gets under way today, and some of the biggest names on the market have been linked to the Thunder .

The dust has cleared and the party is over. After a month of wondering and guessing, the Oklahoma City Thunder have added the next piece to the puzzle, selecting shooting guard James Harden from Arizona State to help turn them into a contender.

Only a day into free agency, Paul Millsap 's options appeared to narrow to two suitors in the Jazz and Oklahoma City, while Millsap's agent, DeAngelo Simmons , couldn't be sure how long it would take for either to make an offer.

This is a bad year to be a free agent. Boozer promised he would opt out, but clearly he looked around and realized he couldna t improve on the $12.7 million he is scheduled to earn this year.

B.J. Mullens has seen the worst and made the best of it. While he was growing up, his family bounced around to a dozen different homes with stops at a homeless shelter in between.

Starting point guard Russell Westbrook will lead the Oklahoma City Thunder summer league team that also features three players who once played at Oklahoma colleges.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the financial flexibility to be one of the key players during the NBA's free agency period this year, but may choose to be frugal instead.

Guard Damien Wilkins will be back with the Oklahoma City Thunder for another season.

NBA FA: big names, few spenders Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Jason Kidd is one of the names available in this year's crop.

When D.J. White and Robert Vaden were college roommates at Indiana, they'd occasionally chat about the future and envision themselves playing in the NBA.

They say that at some point, life stops giving you things and starts taking them away.

The Thunder have been one of the most discussed franchises this offseason because of their incredibly attractive core of young talent.

James Harden credits some sound advice from his mother for making him the basketball player he is now as the first-round draft pick of the Oklahoma City Thunder.