Durant cares about community as much as winning. That makes him an NBA superstar of the highest order. KEVIN DURANT is an MVP for Oklahoma City on and off the court. The Thunder star has made a $1 Million donation to the Oklahoma tornado disaster relief fund according to the Red Cross. At least 24 people, including nine children, lost their lives in Monday’s mammoth 2-mile wide twister that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma (just south...

Bearable: Zach Randolph has been a straight mauler in these playoffs, averaging 18.9 points and 8.8 rebounds. The Memphis Grizzlies advanced to their first-ever Western Conference finals behind the strong play of ZACH RANDOLPH (28 points, 14 rebounds), TONY ALLEN (11 points) and MIKE CONLEY (13 points, 11 assists) as KEVIN DURANT and defending West champs Oklahoma City Thunder were dethroned, 88-84 Wednesday night in OKC… Strong...

Harden said he slept all day to have enough energy to battle his former teammates in Game 5. It showed big time. Playing in way-too-familiar surroundings, JAMES HARDEN scored 31 points, including 7-for-9 from beyond the arc, and pulled down 8 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to a 107-100 Game 5 victory over the Thunder at OKC… Every time the Thunder tried to rally, Harden was there to extinguish the threat with strong...

They say if you play basketball enough, you’ll eventually get dunked on. No matter who you are. Well, add OKC superstar KEVIN DURANT to the mix. Durant caught a faceful (and the foul) from Rockets guard CARLOS DELFINO during this fastbreak rim attack in the second half of Houston’s 105-103 victory over the Thunder in Game 4 Monday night… Delfino scored 13 points as the Rockets—minus starting guard Jeremy...

Injured Beef: All of OKC is mad at Beverly for derailing Russell Westbrook and likely the Thunder’s title chances. The NBA injury plague has hit again. This time it’s Oklahoma City Thunder point guard RUSSELL WESTBROOK. Westbrook sustained a tear to his lateral meniscus on this play during Game 2 of the Thunder-Rockets opening round series… Westbrook immediately knew something was wrong with his right knee after Patrick...

Shooting star: Durant will shoot instead for his first NBA title rather than trying for his fourth scoring title. It appears CARMELO ANTHONY will win this season’s NBA scoring title. KEVIN DURANT, who needed to score 70 points against Milwaukee tonight to overtake Melo, is, like the Knicks superstar, sitting out the last regular season game of the year instead. Some folks are upset that Durant is not even making an attempt at his...

Seems the league would like to curb the more meaner, fiercer Kevin Durant that has emerged for OKC this season. The NBA has fined KEVIN DURANT for what they term “a menacing gesture” during Thursday night’s Thunder-Warriors game. The “infraction” occurred late in the second quarter following a RUSSELL WESTBROOK rejection that led to this Durantula of a dunk… So NBA policeman and Executive Vice President...

Playing the point for the reigning Western Conference champions is high profile enough yet OKC’s RUSSELL WESTBROOK clearly doesn’t mind raising the publicity bar with his audacious style off the court. The 24-year old NBA All-Star offers up his unique fashion style as the April/May cover story for Complex Magazine… Westbrook’s daring style...

Serge Ibaka seems to be sticking out his tongue at the rest of the league after getting off with just a $25,000 fine. On Tuesday, SERGE IBAKA contributed 13 points and 6 rebounds for the Thunder in a 122-105 win over the Lakers in Oklahoma City, including a dagger trey late in the fourth quarter. But it was perturbed players like MATT BARNES, DWYANE WADE and LEBRON JAMES that felt they had been stabbed in the back. That’s because...

The Bulls had no answer for the mercurial Westbrook as the Thunder slam dunked Chicago by 30 points at home. The irrepressible RUSSELL WESTBROOK led the OKC Thunder to a 102-72 rout of the Chicago Bulls Sunday with some rather bullish slam dunks… Sometimes Russell Westbrook lets his emotions get the best of him. Sometimes it even translates into his play on the...