Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nick Crain is an NBA reporter covering the OKC Thunder for Forbes.

The Thunder’s current defense is the best unit Isaiah Hartenstein has ever known. The numbers could tell him that, but the feeling on the floor tells him enough. “I don’t think you have any ...

His knee injury scared away some and left him tumbling to the Thunder. OKC put together a historic regular season with him sidelined, winning 68 games and viewed as one of the top contenders to ...

In Game 1, it was a 131-80 shellacking of the Beale Street Ballers; Game 2 was much of the same, with the Thunder posting a 118-99 win. This marks two games where OKC has held Memphis below 100 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nick Crain is an NBA reporter covering the OKC Thunder for Forbes.

After the first two games in the NBA Playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder are cruising. They defeated the Memphis Grizzlies by 51 in Game 1 and 19 in Game 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way for ...

For much of that span, he hoped to play catch-up inside the Thunder’s double-big lineup, paired alongside center Isaiah Hartenstein as a power forward. There are stints where Holmgren is reminded of ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder have manhandled the Memphis Grizzlies in the first two games of their playoff series. They have managed to do so without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander playing his best basketball.

The Oklahoma City Thunder made two crucial additions after ... to a three-year deal that seems to have paid off well for OKC already, Sam Presti and company traded Josh Giddey to Chicago in ...