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TEAM IS ONE
an Oklahoma City Thunder Association
"What up y'all? The Oklahoma City Thunder are back and are ready to roll! Next stop, the Larry O'Brien Trophy!"

Settings:

Game: NBA 2K13
Platform: PC
Difficulty: Hall of Fame
Played Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Season Length: 82 games
Playoff Length: 7-7-7-7
Rosters: xianpauL V2
Sliders: xianpauL's Sliders (UPDATE: 2/2/13)
CPU Trades: On
Trade Override: On (For realistic trades and draft pick trades.)
Draft Prospects: Egodynasty's Draft Classes

Goals of the Year:
- Defend the gold.
- Defend home turf, 10 or lower home losses only.
- Grab the 70-Wins Milestone
- Durant wins his 5th consecutive Scoring Title
- Westbrook will become an All-Star Starter for the 2nd time.
- Ibaka finishes as a DPOY candidate and some place in the All-NBA Defensive Team.

ROSTER:

Starting Lineup:


Sixth Man:


Role Players:


Reserves:

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Staff:

General Manager: Sam Presti
Assistant GM: Hans Antonio
Head Coach: Scott Brooks
Assistant Coach: Maurice Cheeks

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Draft Picks:

2014:
1st Rnd: may have DAL via LAL and HOU (1-20 Protected through 2017);
2nd Rnd: Traded to UTA (Liggins-Plumlee Trade); has BOS Pick (Unprotected)

2015:
1st Rnd: Own DP;
2nd Rnd: Own DP;
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Finances and Contracts:

Player Budget:
Salary Cap: $60,080,000
Salary Cap Room: -$8,63,732

Luxury Tax: $72,770,000
Player Salaries: $68,343,732

Hard Cap: $93,150,000
Hard Cap Room: $24,810,732

Staff Budget:
Budget: $10,350,000
Spent: $10,000,000
Remaining: $350,000

2014 NLSC Draft Prospects

Ray Nambayan (mrmoves20)
Antonio Rivera (Woogie98)
Tyson Hunter (Ghost)
Markel Cooper (Andrew_Wiggins)
Peter Madsen (Pitar)

Achievements:
2012-2013 NBA Champions (OKC-MIA: 4-2)

Players:

Kevin Durant:
2012-2013 NBA Finals MVP
2012-2013 NBA Season MVP
2012-2013 NBA 50-40-90 Club Member
2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 NBA Scoring Leader
2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 All-NBA First Team
2012-2013 All-NBA Defensive Second Team
2007-2008 NBA Rookie of the Year
2007-2008 All-NBA Rookie First Team
2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 All-Star
2011-2013 All-Star MVP

Russell Westbrook:
2008-2009 All-NBA Rookie First Team
2012-2013 All-NBA First Team
2010-2012 All-NBA Second Team

Serge Ibaka:
2011-2012 NBA Blocks Leader
2011-2012 All-NBA Defensive First Team

James Harden:
2011-2012 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Kevin Martin:
2012-2013 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Thabo Sefolosha:
2009-2010 All-NBA Defensive Second Team

Coaches:

Scott Brooks:
2012-2013 NBA Coach of the Year
2009-2010 NBA Coach of the Year

Durant35's NLSC Draft Class Form

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Thunder move to Southwest



Since the Sacramento Kings have successfully moved to Seattle, the NBA Management Team has fired up discussions on how the team will function. All of them have stated that the Seattle Supersonics will be moving to the Pacific division, and the Thunder will be moved to the Southwest Division. The Thunder will be sharing divisions with Texas' teams Houston, Dallas and San Antonio along with New Orleans. The Sonics will be aligned with the Lakers, Clippers, Suns and Warriors. Seattle's back baby.

Division Re-Alignment:

Grizzlies > Northwest
Thunder > Southwest
Seattle > Pacific

NEWS: Derek Fisher retires at age 38 with the Thunder.

NEWS: Thunder receive Lottery Pick No. 7 from Toronto

Draft Day Transactions

OKC:
- Thunder selects Alex Len from Maryland. (No.7 Overall)
- Thunder trades Kendrick Perkins, Daniel Orton, #29 Overall Draft Pick and #32 Overall Draft Pick for Marreese Speights and #21 Overall Draft Pick.
- Thunder selects Marcus Smart from Oklahoma State University (No. 21 Overall)
- Thunder trades DeAndre Liggins and a 2014 2nd Round Draft Pick for Mason Plumlee (No. 12 Overall)

Other Teams:
- Magic trades Turkoglu and their Draft Pick for Shabazz Muhammed.
- Suns trade Markieff Morris and their 1st Rnd DP for Anthony Bennett and a 1st Rnd DP.
- 76ers get a draft pick and Brandon Roy and sends Lavoy Allen and a future DP to the T'Wolves.

Transactions

OKC:
- Ronnie Brewer rejects Thunder offer, signs with Lakers.
- Thunder sign Dominic McGuire to a 3yrs/$4.80M deal.
- Thunder sign J.J. Redick to a 2yrs/$5.30M Player Option deal.

Following. Anything that has to do with the Thunder must be good.

What do you want to see the Thunder achieve?

For those who haven't seen part 1 yet, here it is.

Goodluck with the new season, Go JJ !!

This is great. Just saw what was in part 1, and I can't wait for you to get started.

Draft Day Headlines

- Trey Burke drafted by Celtics.
- Supersonics draft Ben McLemore.
- Bulls get Adonis Thomas.
- Bobcats draft James McAdoo.
- Magic trade up and draft Shabazz Muhammed.
- Pelicans draft Cody Zeller.

Major Preseason Transactions

- Andrew Bynum resigns with the 76ers.
- Bobcats sign Veteran Center Greg Oden.
- Bucks sign J.R. Smith.
- Bulls sign Kevin Martin and Elton Brand.
- Clippers re-sign Chris Paul.
- Jazz sign Andre Iguodala.
- Lakers sign Stephen Jackson and Corey Brewer
- Pistons sign Nikola Pekovic.
- Rockets acquire Dwight Howard.
- Spurs sign Jarrett Jack.

- Atlanta trades a furious Josh Smith and Hedo Turkoglu to the Bulls for Kirk Hinrich and Carlos Boozer.
- Minnesota acquires Anderson Varejao and Kendrick Perkins for Kevin Love and Derrick Williams.

2013-2014 NBA Preseason




The Thunder finishes the Preseason with the record of 6-1, with the loss coming from the Western Powerhouse Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center, California. We saw great strides and potential for the three Thunder rookies Alex Len of Maryland, Marcus Smart of the Oklahoma State University and Mason Plumlee of Duke University. Expect some action with them during the season. Free Agent acquired J.J. Redick and Dominic McGuire impacted the roster immediately by providing bench scoring and defensive lockdown respectively.

RUMOR: Thunder puts Nick Collison, Perry Jones and Hasheem Thabeet to the block.

Great signing of Redick!

Mark., I've always thought that JJ will fit with the Thunder seeing as they lack that 3-point threat.

Thunder acquire Tobias Harris



Just a day before the season starts, the Oklahoma City Thunder again acquire young talent by trading Nick Collison and Perry Jones for Tobias Harris. Tobias Harris is a Forward/Center who was traded from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Orlando Magic just after his rookie season. He averaged 28.4 MPG, 13.5 PPG and 6.3 RPG during his tenure with the Magic. Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic gets an intriguing talent in Perry Jones, and a veteran presence with championship experience in Nick Collison, who is already in his 9th season when the 2013-2014 NBA Season starts.

OKC gets:
F/C Tobias Harris

ORL gets:
F/C Nick Collison
F Perry Jones
2015 2nd Rnd DP

Simulated Game:

OKC @ DAL: 86-69 W

Thunder get by Memphis, 104-99

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GAME RECAP | GAME STORY | TEAM STATS

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant (35 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL and 3 BLK)

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA - Rugged and defensive. That was the game tonight. Kevin Durant scored 10 of his 35 points during a 5-minute span at the last minutes of the game. He took over after Memphis Guard Jerryd Bayless tied the game at 90 with six minutes left. Serge Ibaka had a disappointing night, finishing with 4 points and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook had 16 points on 6-of-14, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Reggie Jackson became the spark of the offense after Westbrook sat out after getting two early fouls in the opening quarter. The third-year point guard scored 15 points on 6 shots and nabbed 5 rebounds while dishing out 4 assists in 16 minutes of action. The rookies played random minutes during the second quarter, but were clearly overplayed due to their lack of experience in the NBA land.

Alex Len had 6 points and 2 rebounds, Mason Plumlee had 3 points, and Marcus Smart had 2 points.

Photos:

SUPERSONICS!!!!!

SUPERSONICS!!!!!

SUPERSONICS!!!!!

Woogie98, I'll take that as a challenge, seeing that I have the Kings-Supersonics relocated here.

New Challenge!

Guess the outcome of these simulated games!

OKC vs UTA
OKC vs IND
OKC @ PHX
OKC @ SEA

Also, I would be glad if you guys would join the 2014 Draft Class.

Thunder go 4-0 on Week 2

OKC: | 30 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 121
UTA: | 16 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 85

Starting things off at home, Sunday against the Utah Jazz, the Thunder easily dominated the now-Paul Millsap-less Jazz, who was traded to the Timberwolves before the season. Kevin Durant had 29 points on 10 shots, while grabbing 12 rebounds. Westbrook was spectacular by scoring 37 points, dominating both sides of the floor with 2 steals. What's amazing is that the Thunder had a season-low 6 turnovers for the whole game. The ball movement was great and everybody was involved in the offense.

OKC: | 33 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 109
IND: | 15 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 84

Again, the Thunder had dominated struggling playoff team. Kevin Durant hit 10 of his 21 shots, nabbing 27 points and 11 rebounds. His second consecutive double-double for the season. Not much can be said around here.

OKC: | 23 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 90
PHX: | 24 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 89

This match was clearly unexpected. Serge Ibaka was the contributor to the floor and scored 7 of his team-high 20 points during the fourth quarter and made the bank shot on the left wing with 1:35 left to seal the game at 90-89. Phoenix then would go scoreless in those final seconds due to the hustle and defensive mentality of the Thunder.

OKC: | 27 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 93
SEA: | 27 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 84

Nostalgia after a bunch of long seasons. The Oklahoma City Thunder was heavily booed on the floor. Kevin Durant shot 8-of-20. Westbrook had a team-high 21 points on 13 shots. Rookie Alex Len stepped up and had 10 points and 2 rebounds, while Serge had the same number of points, but grabbed 7 more rebounds. And nearly half of those were offensive rebounds which created second chance points.


RECAP:
It has certainly been thrilling to see the Thunder go 6-0 during the early season, but we have seen spurts of the Thunder struggling, mostly on the road. Maybe they're bored? Or they just got fatigued?

Thunder win tough in Portland

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GAME RECAP | GAME STORY |TEAM STATS

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant (38 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST adn 3 BLK)

Dominance. Block here. Block there. Block everywhere. Dunk here. Dunk there. And it goes on and on and on. The Thunder never stopped to look back and got it rolling during the fourth, going on an early 20-7 run to take over the game. There were some instances that the Thunder look lost, but was immediately taken away by the scoring prowess of Kevin Durant, who scored 10 of his 38 during the fourth.

Westbrook also scored 27 and dished out 10 assists, despite LaMarcus Aldridge's explosion of 22 points on 10-15 shooting and 10 rebounds. Serge Ibaka also spurted and started grabbing every rebound, hounding it like a fully grown pit bull.He scored 12 points and nabbed a season-high 17 rebounds.

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Can't wait!!!!

This is a great start, looking forward to what's going to happen next. Hope your winning streak doesn't end soon.

Thunder emerge victorious, 119-118

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GAME RECAP | GAME STORY | TEAM STATS

Player of the Game: Russell Westbrook (26 PTS, 3 REB, 17 AST and 2 STL)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - The Thunder dug a hole and got through. After letting the Warriors get an 8-0 run during the end of the first, the Thunder found themselves in an abyssal 39% from the floor. The Thunder struggled mightily on the offensive end, but came back during the fourth, where they lit up the Warriors for 29 points and limited them to 18 points on 7-20 shooting. They had lived from the free throw line, hitting 24 of their 25 attempts. Oklahoma City also turned it around by attempting only 89 shots and making 44, and scoring over a hundred points.

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Thunder wins through a rally in the 4th

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GAME RECAP | GAME STORY | TEAM STATS

Player of the Game: Kevin Durant (32 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL and 1 BLK)

The Denver Nuggets just watched as their lead crumble and bit by bit getting destroyed by the Thunder's Kevin Durant, who scored 14 straight points during the fourth quarter in the final minutes of the game. The go-ahead three-pointer with 20 seconds left on the clock sealed the game, as the Nuggets couldn't get their final shot attempt to go with 8 seconds left.

The Thunder Forward scored 32 points on 13 shots. Meanwhile, Westbrook the sidekick was all over the floor, finishing with 18 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka had a season-high 20 points on 10 shots and nabbed his usual 8 rebounds and 2 assists. JJ Redick was again a no show, scoring 4 points and grabbing 1 rebound.

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Simulated Game:

OKC vs TOR - W 98-88

How the hell do I use JJ?! He scores in single digit every game!

NLSC Challenge

1. How many games will the Thunder's streak will last?
2. What's gonna be Durant's average points during the streak?
3. What's gonna be Westbrook's average assists during the streak?
4. What's gonna be Ibaka's average blocks during the streak?

For each number you correctly answer, you gain two points!

Looking good mate. Just something to note, Tobias isn't a F/C he is a SF/PF. Man you are collecting heaps of players I like!