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There’s about 49 days until training camp gets underway and while we’re stuck in NBA purgatory right now, stuff can still happen. Maybe not necessarily big, huge important things, but it’s not like the entire basketball world stops. So what would be good news for Thunderfans from now until then? Let’s look.

Kevin Durant lifts car, rescues child. Not only would it be a good deed, but it would definitely clue us in to the supposed strength KD has added this offseason. He’s reportedly put on 10 pounds of muscle, which is a great start. Last season he was easily bumped off the ball and didn’t take contact at the rim all that well. He was solid posting up, but he had trouble getting good position on the block. With the added strength, hopefully KD becomes a better defender and is basically offensively illegal.

Byron Mullens changes name back to B.J.. I just can’t get used to “Byron” Mullens. It doesn’t feel right. Though with it, he’s locked himself into a sure roster spot on the Reggie Cleveland All-Stars. But more than anything, now he doesn’t have to regret those tats he got on each arm that say “B.J.”.

Shaun Livingston continues his journey back. Because it never gets old reading about how Livingston has overcome a devastating, gruesome, awful, horrific, face-numbing, throw-upping knee injury. I’m a sucker for comeback stories and there’s not too many in the NBA better than Livingston’s. Not just for the team-I-happen-to-root-for’s sake, but also for Livingston, I hope he has a fantastic year, exceeds every expectation and returns to the player he was prior to the injury.

Nick Collison really likes living in Seattle, thinks Oklahoma City is hot in the summer and is good at Twitter. Oh wait, I read that one yesterday. Read more…

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Though I must confess I have never heard of Electrik Red, the quartet of ladies were interviewed by Elie Seckbach and he asked them if they would write Kevin Durant a rap song. They agreed, sort of.

Well wasn’t that awkward? And besides, I think KD already wrote his own rap song.

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The schedule came out last week and since there’s not a whole heck of a lot happening right now, why not aimlessly predict stuff? For the record, whatever number I wind up with isn’t the “official” prediction for this season’s win total, just more what I settled on right now. Feel free to add your own and tell me how wrong I am. I’m going to break this down in increments. I wouldn’t dream about doing it game-by-game because that’s FreeDarko’s thing, and they do an awesome, hilarious job of it. So put on your predicting hats and let’s get dangerous.

October 28 – November 15 (Sacramento, @Detroit, Portland, LA Lakers, @Houston, Orlando, @Sacramento, @LA Clippers, @San Antonio, LA Clippers)

The season starts with an incredibly tough stretch of games. We’ve talked about it a little before, but these first 10-15 games are going to tell us a lot about this team. The Thunder could start the season out 2-8 very easily. The best I think OKC can come out of these first 10 is 5-5. And if that happens, that would be a HUGE victory and I think really good things would be in store for this team. That would mean they’re beating teams they should, winning on the road and maybe even beating teams they shouldn’t. They’d be set up to possibly be over .500 in their first 20 because the next 10 aren’t as tough. But I don’t think 5-5 is really that realistic. Five road games, six games against 2009 playoff teams and two back-to-backs. Too tough for a team that’s going to take a little time to gel.

Prediction: 4-6
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