Mark

[Kevin Durant @KDTrey5]

I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.

[ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints]

KD: “268 games to catch Kareem? Are you factoring the average?”

Ellis: “25.”

KD: “25? God d*mn!”

Light moment when Kevin Durant was asked if he thinks he could catch up to No.2 on the all-time scoring list 😅

(via @LeighEllis)

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Cam Thomas was STRICTLY buckets against the Spurs 😮‍💨🔥

40 PTS
0 AST

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

KD: "We were ahead of our time."

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Sam Presti says Jalen Williams is having surgery to repair a torn ligament in his wrist that he suffered before the playoffs.

JDub really dropped 40 in the Finals on a busted wrist. Beast.

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

From the 3-29 start in the inaugural season in OKC..

..to the meteoric rise of the KD/Russ/Harden team.

..to the thrill of making the 2012 Finals and the promise of more to come.

..to 3 title-contending seasons taken away by injuries to Russ/KD/Ibaka.

..to being up 3-1 in the WCF.

..to KD’s hardest road.

..to Russ staying in OKC and his MVP season.

..to the Paul George trade and the OK3.

..to the franchise altering SGA trade.

..to trading away Russ.

..to that special CP3 playoff season.

..to hiring Mark Daigneault.

..to the Poku rebuild years.

..to drafting Chet and JDub.

..to the meteoric rise of the second era.

..to a historical 68 win season.

..all culminating in an NBA Championship coming home to Oklahoma City.

Congratulations, Thunder fans.

[sb 🗽🏆 @NlGGASTFU]

No they bear bugging to deny him the rock hold the stiff arm fuck nigga

[Kobe Bryant Stories & Motivation @kobehighlight]

“I push myself to exhaustion.”

- Kobe Bryant

[Evan Dammarell @AmNotEvan]

Milwaukee, Cleveland, New York, and now Oklahoma City fans right now

[thedynamics.bsky.social @theDYNAMICS]

I’m really growing to hate Adam Silver.

Like c’mon, man.

[Andre Roberson @FlyDre21]

Loving it 🥹🫶🏽🖤

[OKC THUNDER @okcthunder]

OKC, meet MVP.

[Kevin Durant @KDTrey5]

The actual real mvp

[𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 ✰ @Hatedzs]

Brooklyn was fckn w/ me 🥲

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

James Harden reflecting on his time in OKC after becoming #2 all-time in 3PTs made:

“Those 3 years really helped in my NBA career... Shout out to KD. Shout out to Russ. And the entire OKC organization for that ground building they gave me.”

[Sai @LeGoatedOne]

James Harden’s reaction to KD’s message says it all.. 🥲

You can see he didn’t expect anyone to care. He spent his entire career being discredited and overlooked. Shout out to KD.

https://t.co/l1drfViPgG

[Oluwajomiloju @JomiAdeniran]

Steph to the French fans in that 4th quarter

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Turkish shooter Dikec Yusuf is a legend for this 🤣🔥

(h/t @PicturesFoIder, @TurkishArc)

[Ball Don't Stop @balldontstop]

This is the best basketball player ever.

Ridiculous footage of prime Kobe Bryant during the 2007 FIBA AmeriCup games. The supreme skill, athleticism, energy and flare on display here is insane.

🎥 @fiba

[BrickCenter @BrickCenter_]

Tatum running to the locker room to take the Kobe photo after the game