Bolts

J.A. Adande of ESPN.com: “The problem for Durant is that the Thunder have moved backward. I still remember

Tom Ziller of SB Nation on tanking: “Further, I’m not convinced that you’d actually eliminate what the TrueHoop

Bee Shapiro of the NY Times on Russell Westbrook at Fashion Week: It was hard to miss Russell Westbrook during

Zach Lowe of Grantland makes the case for a 40-minute game: “There is an undercurrent of thought that the

Kelly Dwyer of BDL: “‘Dependable’ might be a curious choice of words for a player that missed out on the

Kurt Helin of PBT’s take on Durant’s recent comments: “The reality here is pretty simple — Durant wants to

Ethan Sherwood Strauss of TrueHoop on layups: “Made 58 percent of layups, attempted 478 — Westbrook might be the player whose

Neat story from Anthony Slater: “Tucked deep inside Rwanda’s mountainous terrain, the small Central African village of Rwankuba doesn’

Jimmy Goldstein fixed the flopping problem in his NBA.com piece: “Last season, the NBA tried to discourage flopping by

Jimmy Goldstein for NBA.com: “In addition, I must point out that I follow all 30 NBA teams very closely