Another duel between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat led to some sick plays on a thursday night! Check it out as Kevin Durant steals the ball and takes it to the rack for the jam!!
Stephen Curry is playing in his first all star game and his best play so far might have been this inbounds alley-oop to Kevin Durant!!
I personally would take Kevin Hart over Skip Bayless on ESPN’s First Take any day of the week. The dude is funny but also has pretty good knowledge of the game.
In the month of January the Oklahoma City Thunder have one problem solver and that solution is Kevin Durant! In the month of January KD is averaging 36.9 points per game including five 40 point games! Tonight Durant hit this beautiful floater over the Hawks defense for the win and poured in 41 points on 15-25 including 5 threes!
Oklahoma City forward, Kevin Durant has been killing it in 2014! The MVP front runner came back from a shoulder injury last night and picked up where he left off, as he went for 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists against the Philadelphia 76ers! Impressive, i know, check out KD’s number from his past 10 games down below!
The 2014 NBA All Star Starters were just announced on TNT’s Inside The NBA. There were four first time starters voted in which included, Stephen Curry, Paul George, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. LeBron James was the leading vote getter with 1,416,419 votes, followed closely by Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who finished with 1,396,294 votes.
Western Conference All Star Starters
Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers
Stephen Curry, Golden State
Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers
Kevin Love, Minnesota
Eastern Conference All Star Starters
Carmelo Anthony, New York
Paul George, Indiana
Kyrie Irving, Cleveland
LeBron James, Miami
Dwyane Wade, Miami
The NBA Commissioner will select the reserves, which will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 30, on TNT. The 63rd NBA All-Star Game will be exclusively televised on TNT from New Orleans Arena on Sunday, Feb. 16.
Today, Managing Director of the USA Men’s National Team, Jerry Colangelo and his staff announced the 28 players who were invited to fill the 2014-2016 USA Men’s National Team Roster. 14 members of the gold medalist 2012 U.S. Olympic and/or the 2010 USA World Championship teams will be on the roster. The returning players include LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Kevin Durant. 14 other newcomers will join the returning players in their quest for Olympic gold.
2014-2016 USA Men’s National Team Roster
| LaMarcus Aldridge |
F
|
6-11
|
240
|
7/19/85
|
Portland Trail Blazers / Texas
|
|
| Carmelo Anthony |
F
|
6-8
|
230
|
5/29/84
|
New York Knicks / Syracuse
|
|
| Bradley Beal |
G
|
6-5
|
207
|
6/28/93
|
Washington Wizards / Florida
|
|
|
Tyson Chandler
|
C
|
7-1
|
235
|
10/02/82
|
New York Knicks / Dominguez H.S. (CA)
|
|
|
DeMarcus Cousins
|
C
|
6-11
|
270
|
8/13/90
|
Sacramento Kings / Kentucky
|
|
|
Stephen Curry
|
G
|
6-3
|
185
|
3/14/8
|
Golden State Warriors / Davidson
|
|
|
Anthony Davis
|
F/C
|
6-10
|
220
|
3/11/93
|
New Orleans Pelicans / Kentucky
|
|
| Andre Drummond |
C
|
6-10
|
270
|
9/10/93
|
Detroit Pistons / Connecticut
|
|
|
Kevin Durant
|
G
|
6-9
|
230
|
9/29/88
|
Oklahoma City Thunder / Texas
|
|
| Kenneth Faried |
F
|
6-8
|
228
|
11/19/89
|
Denver Nuggets / Morehead State
|
|
| Paul George |
G
|
6-8
|
221
|
5/02/90
|
Indiana Pacers / Fresno State | |
| Blake Griffin |
F
|
6-10
|
251
|
3/16/89
|
Los Angeles Clippers / Oklahoma | |
|
James Harden
|
G
|
6-5
|
220
|
8/26/89
|
Houston Rockets / Arizona State
|
|
| Gordon Hayward |
F
|
6-8
|
210
|
3/23/90
|
Utah Jazz / Butler | |
| Dwight Howard |
F/C
|
6-11
|
265
|
12/08/85
|
Houston Rockets / Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) | |
|
Andre Iguodala
|
G/F
|
6-6
|
207
|
1/28/84
|
Golden State Warriors / Arizona
|
|
| Kyrie Irving |
G
|
6-3
|
191
|
3/23/92
|
Cleveland Cavaliers / Duke | |
| LeBron James |
F
|
6-8
|
250
|
12/30/84
|
Miami Heat / St. Vincent-St. Mary H.S. (OH) | |
| Kyle Korver |
G/F
|
6-7
|
212
|
93/17/81
|
Atlanta Hawks / Creighton | |
| David Lee |
F
|
6-9
|
240
|
4/29/83
|
Golden State Warriors / Florida | |
|
Kawhi Leonard
|
F/G
|
6-7
|
235
|
6/29/91
|
San Antonio Spurs / San Diego State
|
|
|
Damian Lillard
|
G
|
6-3
|
195
|
7/15/90
|
Portland Trail Blazers / Weber State
|
|
|
Kevin Love
|
F
|
6-10
|
260
|
9/07/88
|
Minnesota Timberwolves / UCLA
|
|
|
Chris Paul
|
G
|
6-0
|
175
|
5/06/85
|
Los Angeles Clippers / Wake Forest
|
|
|
Derrick Rose
|
G
|
6-3
|
190
|
10/04/88
|
Chicago Bulls / Memphis
|
|
| Klay Thompson |
G
|
6-7
|
205
|
2/08/90
|
Golden State Warriors / Washington State | |
| Russell Westbrook |
G
|
6-3
|
187
|
11/12/88
|
Oklahoma City Thunder / UCLA | |
| Deron Williams |
G
|
6-3
|
207
|
7/26/84
|
Brooklyn Nets / Illinois
|
Along with the NBA’s most valued franchises, Forbes also released the highest paid players in the NBA! The list only included the top 10 players but included the usual suspects.
1) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers- $64.5 Million Dollars
2) LeBron James, Miami Heat- $61.1 Million Dollars
3) Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls- $38.6 Million Dollars
4) Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder- $31.8 Million Dollars
5) Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat- $30.7 Million Dollars
6) Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks- $30.4 Million Dollars
7) Amar’e Stoudemire, New York Knicks- $28.2 Million Dollars
8) Dwight Howard, Houston Rockets- $26.5 Million Dollars
9) Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks- $23.2 Million Dollars
10) Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers- $22.7 Million Dollars
Kevin Durant has been on a tear during the month of January, averaging 37 points during his last 11 games. Tonight Durant scored 46 points on 17-25 shooting, including 6-7 from the three point line. His 46 points helped secure a 105-97 win against the Portland Trail Blazers.
In the third match up between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder it was a Kevin Durant show! The 3 time Scoring Champion went off for 54 points on 19-28 shooting for a ridiculous 68%.
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