The Oklahoma City Thunder Blueprint

The Oklahoma City Thunder is following the plan set out by Sam Presti three years ago...it seems to be working well, and the league has taken notice.

www.hoopsworld.com/  -  HoopsWorld  -  Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:26:47 AM EDT  

Oklahoma City's front office lost one of its key people this summer when Rich Cho took the general manager job in Portland

www.sportsline.com/  -  CBS Sports  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:39:17 PM EDT  

Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored 5 points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia.

www.nytimes.com/  -  New York Times  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:38:17 PM EDT  

Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored five points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia 73-72 in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship Saturday. Croatian guard Marko Popovic made two free throws with 5 seconds left to tie the game at 72, but Rasic was fouled by Davor Kus as he attempted a shot with 1 second left.

sports.yahoo.com/  -  AP Via Yahoo! Sports  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 7:47:22 PM EDT  

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored five points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia 73-72 in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship Saturday.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/  -  Sports Illustrated  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 7:11:33 PM EDT  

--Scott Brooks' coaching staff for this season is set. Assistant coaches Mark Bryant, Maurice Cheeks, Rex Kalamian and Brian Keefe are returning to the bench.

www.sportsline.com/  -  CBS Sports  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 6:32:10 PM EDT  

Largely shut out of national exposure last season, the Thunder are now TV darlings

www.sportsline.com/  -  CBS Sports  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 6:05:47 PM EDT  

The Oklahoma City Thunder have hired Michael Winger as an assistant general manager and David Vanterpool as a pro scout in a restructuring of the team's basketball operations department.

www.tulsaworld.com/  -  Tulsa World  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 6:05:27 PM EDT  

--C Nenad Krstic was held in police custody on Aug. 19 following an ugly on-court brawl during a game between Serbia and Greece in Athens.

www.sportsline.com/  -  CBS Sports  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 6:01:06 PM EDT  

Associated Press - August 31, 2010 3:55 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma City Thunder have hired Michael Winger as an assistant general manager and David Vanterpool as a pro scout in a...

www.newschannel10.com/  -  KFDA-TV Amarillo  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 5:59:05 PM EDT  

ISTANBUL -- Kevin Durant, who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, scored 14 points and got the U.S. started on a dominant second-quarter stretch in a 106-78 victory over Croatia on Saturday in its opening game at the world championship. Eric Gordon made four three-pointers and had 16 points to lead the Americans, who limited the Croatians to six points in the second quarter.

www.freep.com/  -  Detroit Free Press  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 5:08:43 PM EDT  

Juan Carlos Navarro scored 22 points for Spain in an 80-72 victory that eliminated Greece from the basketball world championships Saturday.

sports.espn.go.com/  -  ESPN  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 4:59:21 PM EDT  

Former Kansas Jayhawks Nick Collison and Cole Aldrich will appear at Wichita's Lynette Woodard Recreation Center on Sept. 12 as part of a promotional appearance by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

www.kansas.com/  -  The Wichita Eagle  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 3:10:53 PM EDT  

Citing the sluggish economy, the Oklahoma City council voted 6-2 Tuesday against a plan that would have committed $7 million toward efforts to ...

www.usatoday.com/  -  USA Today  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 3:08:27 PM EDT  

Juan Carlos Navarro had 22 points as Spain beat Greece 80-72 Saturday in the round of 16 at the basketball world championships. The Spaniards ...

www.usatoday.com/  -  USA Today  -  Sat, 04 Sep 2010 2:43:48 PM EDT