Tuesday Bolts – 12.1.09
Daily Thunder shirts are officially on sale. They’re going fast so you best hurry. Again, if you don’t get one today, 
no fear, more will be along. They are available in store and online. Just click the picture on the right and it’ll take you right there.
Kyle Weaver and Kevin Ollie both had successful surgery yesterday. Weaver will be out a minimum of four months and Ollie up to four weeks.
Marc Stein has OKC at No. 13 in his latest power rankings: “Morey after Houston inflicted Oklahoma City’s fourth home loss: “Huge W against vastly improved OKC [team] playing like a top-10 [team].” Top-15 is more like it, but add him to the (growing) list of Thunder admirers.”
NBA.com has OKC at 13 as well: “With Sunday’s loss to the Rockets, the Thunder failed to put together a three-game winning streak for the third time. They remain pretty inconsistent on both sides of the ball and on the glass. They gave up 23 offensive boards to Houston.”
SI’s power rankings has OKC at, you guess it, 13: “Another sign of the Thunder’s rapid maturation: they are winning despite a rash of injuries. With Nenad Krstic, Nick Collison, Shaun Livingston, Kevin Ollie and Kyle Weaver on the sidelines, OKC won by double digits in Utah and wiped out Milwaukee at home. Of slight concern is the long range shooting of Kevin Durant, who has made just 24.3 percent of his three-pointers this season.”
HoopsWorld has OKC at 14: “The Thunder looked like a playoff team Friday on their national TV spotlight against the Bucks.”
Some interesting notes from the Thunder-Rockets game: “In time, with Durant at the helm, Oklahoma City will be good. Making the playoffs in the competitive Western Conference is within the realm of possibility. Don’t be surprised if that happens sooner, rather than later. Thing is, he needs help, something he didn’t have much of against the Rockets.”
Nice look at Serge Ibaka on an up and comers list: “So now you’re a huge fan of his and you’re pulling for him to become a star, but you might not have seen him play yet. So, let’s talk about how he plays. Well, everything positive I said about Amir Johnson applies here: he protects the paint, runs the floor hard, crashes the boards, and can score around the basket. He makes his presence known. Plus, he has a jump shot! And, again, he’s only 19. The potential here is ludicrous. Already, there’s a lot to love about how he plays on both ends of the court. Imagine him in five years. Can’t wait.”
Shaun Livingston and Nick Collison practiced yesterday. Collison should see some time tomorrow night against Philly.
I really liked this feature on Mike Wilks: “It wasn’t to be for Wilks, the 5-foot-10 point guard who the Thunder signed Thursday out of desperation. Wilks played his college ball at Rice, went undrafted in 2001 and has spent the past eight years journeying the country in search of a job.”
Improv Everywhere strikes again, this time at a Knicks game.
Remember, SHIRTS!
Where’s Rob?
Weaver!!!!!!!!!
NWA shirt purchased.
Hey, you promised the shirts would ship internationally yet the store does not let me enter a country. How would I order and how would I know how much shipping costs?
@Alexfromgermany
Oh crap, I can’t believe I forgot to mention this.
To get a shirt internationally, the best thing to do is physically call the store. I don’t know their exact issues, but if you call the store and place an order by phone, they can get it to you. I feel horrible for forgetting this.
The extra-small size is already sold out for every single shirt!?! Who knew the little people loved Daily Thunder so much?
@SunTzu 76
I don’t know that we ordered any extra small…. maybe a few.
Out of larges on the zombie sonics shirt…oh well.
@Omar
More coming soon! I promise!
wow, some of them are already out of stock
Congratulations on the success and thanks for the advice. I can’t wait for the next batch
Improv Everywhere is awesome!
Sooo happy that Livingston is practicing again
I don’t know why but I have a very hard time looking at Serge and believing he is 19.
so where is the other Hong Kong guy on here? we might be able to place shipment together and save some cash.
at least will collison back it should stabilize the frontcourt a bit, philly is a winnable game, id really like to have livingston available my the GS game next week
how long should it take for shipping?
@f5alcon
I’m not completely sure, but a couple days I’d bet.
If a size is listed as sold out on the website, is there a chance they’ll still have it in store? (Looking for a L Zombie Sonics shirt)
@KingGondo
It’s unlikely. The Zombie shirts went really fast.
I feel bad people aren’t getting shirts that want them. Like I said, we’re on the ball and trying to get more.
and a xl is all I want for x-mas in a zombie or nwa!
I might give them a call, medium might work for me anyway. Going to the Celtics game on Friday, need to look sharp!
I wented me some Weaver, he plays one good game, and then bam! Bad luck for the cougar. Wish you well Kyle
@Vic De Zen
me too.
All the extra small shirts are out of order? Looks like Eschbach is a Daily Thunder fan, too!
i dont think they made an extra smalls, or kids sizes.
Are we going to be seeing any larger sizes?
@Thor
If XXL’s are in demand, then certainly.
Dammit all the larges are out of stock
i never thought being short and skinny was an advantage, but i guess it is because not many guys wear small
@f5alcon
No need to brag, man.
@Royce
XXL would be great.
@KingGondo
sorry, yeah hopefully they restock soon, obviously the demand is there, the XXL should be helpful as well, especially if players wants them
dammit out of mediums in zombie sonics…wow that really just epically brought my day down…yeah i think you underestimated the love we have of both our team and sweet shirts, but isnt kind of a good sign that they are out so quick, well at least for those who got some…
if ur having this much success maybe the ford center could start selling some, or maybe even get picked up on bigger sites like yahoo shop or nba shop…
The only downside to mainstream is the limitedness losses, i kinda like knowing there are only a few dozen people with these shirts, though im sure royce wants the money from selling tons, next yera he has courtside seats or something,lol
T-shirt Idea…Please critique… http://tinyurl.com/y9bxzf6
@Royce
Yes, I’d be in for an XXL of each shirt.
@Alex
i think the K and D are too stretched, but the clouds have the perfect t-shirt look. did you email it to royce?
I don’t know what it is with separated shoulders this year, but I’m highly disappointed for Kyle Weaver.
@Alex
that’s beautiful, though you probably can’t get away with using his face in there.
Maybe instead of “KD It’s rainin’ buckets” it just says “It’s rainin’ buckets” and instead of raindrops of his face, it’s raining down the letters KD.
Anyway, that’s a fantastic idea and I would wear that shirt in a minute. As soon as these go on sale in large again, I’ll buy 4 or 5 and I would definitely pick up some xxl for my bro
Add me to the list of fat guys requesting XXL. My friends love me because I always seem to get the free thunder tees at games and events but they’re are too small for me… so they reap the rewards of the giveaways without having to put in any effort. There’s something wrong when the skinny guys are the lazy ones.
The XXL sizes are noted. I’ll definitely talk to the Tree and Leaf fellas about that.
Hey Royce, do you know Bryson at Tree & Leaf? He’s one of my good friends at OU.
XXL!! Fat guys like basketball too!
@dylan he should be able to use the face if he drew it or modified it.
@Royce
TrueHoop mothership link on the shirts! Sweet.
@J.G.
Nice… gotta love the recognition. This team is going to be stupid-trendy next year too.
yeah royce is gonna be smiling all the way to the bank
I’m waiting for Thabo to post on his twitter about how he’s getting snubbed on Royce’s TShirt. Of course since he’s not 100% black or white I guess it’s kind of hard to make it work.
So uh, what are the chances of getting an XXL-Tall shirt?