Desmond Mason News

Oklahoma City becomes the last team in the league to play a back-to-back tonight, but the Thunder will have three consecutive back-to-backs over the next 10 days.

Kings coach Paul Westphal likes to give a little comic relief when praising his players.

Sacramento Kings vs. Oklahoma City Thunder TV : FS Oklahoma Stream : Click Here Radio : WWLS The Sports Animal Time : 9:00 CST View from the enemy : Cowbell Kingdom Offensive Rating : Thunder - " 102.0 , Kings - " 110.0 Defensive Rating : Thunder - " 97.2 , Kings - " 112.4 Pace : Thunder - " 90.1 , Kings - " 93.6 After starting 0-3 and one of those ...

Join the Kings Corner Facebook page here . Follow Sam and fellow hoops scribe Jason Jones on Twitter - sam_amick and jejones_sacbee . With an agonizing decision to make and a broken left wrist to deal with, Kevin Martin hopes a good night's sleep can help him come to a decision.

My wife loves basketball.A She enjoys the tempo of the game and the fact that all players have to play both offense and defense.A She recognizes when a player is getting out of control and complains about poor shot selection as much as I do.A On the other hand, she is not so good with distinguishing players apart.

The Kings played their best game of the exhibition season six days ago in a road victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Ford Center.

Kevin Durant had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Jeff Green added 24 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder led from start to finish in a 102-89 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

Join the Kings Corner Facebook page here . Follow Sam and fellow hoops scribe Jason Jones on Twitter - sam_amick and jejones_sacbee . Can you tell what kind of reading is going on in the Amick household these days? Jackie McMullan's compelling and controversial book on Magic and Bird is still sitting on the bedside table, while we continue to read ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder no doubt hope Wednesday's regular season opener against Sacramento will have a different outcome than Thursday night's pre-season finale against the Kings.

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Today has been declared Kevin Durant Day in Austin . Safe to say, KD is excited to return to Austin : "It's a love affair rarely seen between school and one-and-done stars like Durant .

It was a tough pill for me to swallow when Clay Bennett moved the beloved Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City in July 2008.

I have very little subjective observation of Desmond Mason 's defense to fall back on.

One thing Sam Presti likes is guys that can play multiple positions; guys that are diverse and athletic and that sometimes even defy the conventional norms for what a player should be built like for a given position on the court.

The moving trucks and house-hunting trips are in the past for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The WNBA announced its All-Rookie Team on Thursday. Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry, Detroit's Shavonte Zellous, Phoenix's DeWanna Bonner, Minnesota's Renee Montgomery and Washington's Marissa Coleman were selected as the top first-year players of the 2009 season.

Training camp is just around the corner. In eight days, Scott Brooks will begin his first full season as a head coach.

Jeff Latzke on the celebrity rise of Kevin Durant :A " Kevin Durant seems to be everywhere these days.

It won't be long before Boston Celtics' president of basketball operations Danny Ainge sits down the the agent for guard Rajon Rondo to talk about a contract extension, according to The Boston Globe.

The Kings signed F/G Desmond Mason to a one-year deal earlier this week , despite the Oklahoma State product having played in only 19 games for the Thunder a year ago.