Thunder Gameday: Phoenix Suns at Oklahoma City Thunder

by Mr Pappagiorgio on Oct 12, 2009 3:56 PM CDT in Gameday Comment 12 comments

So the Oklahoma City Thunder will make their 2009-10 home debut tonight in the Ford Center as they take on the Phoenix Suns. Thus far the Thunder are 0-2, with both losses coming last week on the road. All in all the Thunder have been able to take a lot of positives and negatives from each of their first two games. In reality, The Thunder probably should have won both those games as they let 4th quarter leads slip away to big runs. Tonight will be another important step in getting this team ready for the regular season, and being as its the first home game, perhaps head coach Scott Brooks has a plan to get us a win.

The starters have yet to play much more than 25 minutes in either game last week, but perhaps being the first home game, guys like Durant, Green, and Westbrook can get into the 30's (minutes) for the first time this pre-season, in an effort to not only get them a little bit closer to regular season type minutes, but to also re-energize Thunder fans as they make their way back into the Ford Center for the first time since last spring. In the process it could very well give this team a much needed win and a boost as we head closer to the regular season opener. I also apologize for not getting this up sooner and being as late as it is, we'll skip the long winded game preview that usually gets posted, and instead let you take a quick look at the roster as you're probably already about to head down to Bricktown for a little wining and dining before trotting on over to the Ford Center for tonight's game. So make the jump and take a peak. Tipoff is 7pm, and we'll have an OPEN THREAD posting 30 minutes prior as we usually do for commenting and such.

Oklahoma City Thunder Roster

	#	Pos.	DOB	W	H	College
Ryan Bowen	40	F	11.20.75	218	6-9	Iowa
Nick Collison	4	C	10.26.80	255	6-10	Kansas
Kevin Durant	35	F	9.29.88	215	6-9	Texas
Jeff Green	22	F	8.28.86	235	6-9	Georgetown
James Harden	13	G	8.26.87	220	6-5	Arizona State
Mike Harris	-	F	6.15.83	240	6-6	Rice
Serge Ibaka	9	F	9.18.89	220	6-10	None
Tre Kelley	6	G	1.23.85	188	6-0	South Carolina
Nenad Krstic	12	C	7.25.83	240	7-0	None
Shaun Livingston	14	G	9.11.85	185	6-7	Peoria Central HS
Byron Mullens	23	C	2.14.89	260	7-1	Ohio State
Kevin Ollie	7	G	12.27.72	195	6-2	Connecticut
Malik Rose	9	F	11.23.74	255	6-7	Drexel
Michael Ruffin	51	F	1.21.77	248	6-8	Tulsa
Thabo Sefolosha	2	G	5.2.84	215	6-7	None
Etan Thomas	36	C	4.1.78	260	6-10	Syracuse
Kyle Weaver	5	G	2.18.86	201	6-6	Washington State
Russell Westbrook	-	G	11.12.88	187	6-3	U-C-L-A
D.J. White	3	F	8.31.86	251	6-9	Indiana

Phoenix Suns Roster

	#	Pos.	DOB	W	H	College
Louis Amundson	17	F	12.7.82	225	6-9	U-N-L-V
Leandro Barbosa	10	F	11.28.82	202	6-3	None
Earl Clark	55	F	1.17.88	220	6-9	Louisville
Dan Dickau	12	G	9.16.78	180	6-0	Gonzaga
Goran Dragic	2	G	5.6.86	180	6-4	None
Jared Dudley	3	F	7.10.85	225	6-7	Boston College
Channing Frye	8	C	5.17.83	245	6-11	Arizona
Taylor Griffin	32	F	3.16.89	238	6-7	Oklahoma
Grant Hill	33	F	10.5.72	225	6-8	Duke
Robin Lopez	15	C	4.1.88	255	7-0	Stanford
Steve Nash	13	G	2.7.74	178	6-3	Santa Clara
Carlos Powell	11	F	8.29.83	225	6-7	South Carolina
Emir Preldzic	-	G	6.9.87	220	6-8	Bosnia
Jason Richardson	23	G	1.20.81	225	6-6	Michigan State
Amare Stoudemire	1	F	11.16.82	249	6-10	None
Raymond Sykes	4	F	7.3.86	220	6-9	Clemson
Alando Tucker	29	G	2.11.84	205	6-6	Wisconsin

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Does anyone know

if Taylor Griffin has been getting minutes or how he’s doing?

by ElectricPencils on Oct 12, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Looking Good

He’s averaged a little over 8 minutes in the first two games. I really like his work ethic, athleticism and his hustle but it might be hard during the regular season to see him get big minutes playing behind Grant Hill and Jared Dudley.

by Eutychus on Oct 12, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

There’s always a better than average chance Hill goes down with an injury.

Not that I’m hoping for that, by any means.

by ElectricPencils on Oct 12, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Knock on wood...

There is always that possibility – I just got tweeted by Paul Coro, the Arizona Republic’s Suns beat writer – I asked him this:

Me: @paulcoro Hey Paul any talk around the team about how @tgriff32 has played? His athleticism and hustle has been pretty impressive to me

paulcoro: @Eutychus12 They love his work ethic but no visions of rotation time. His time may be in Iowa [D – LEAGUE]. At home in OKC, he could get more PT tonight.

So there you go – Hopefully he will play more minutes tonight for you! As a Suns fan in Thunderville I wish your team the best – As an ASU alum I’m a big JHard fan so I’ll be watching your team close!

by Eutychus on Oct 12, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome

Thanks for the info.

Personally, I’m a Thunder fan now living in Magic Country.

Sadly, I won’t get to watch many games. Unless I find feeds online.

by ElectricPencils on Oct 12, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

If you’re interested in Fantasy Basketball, feel free to sign up for the league…

http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/loudcityleague

League ID: 227647

Password is Durant

by ElectricPencils on Oct 12, 2009 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know how you feel

Last year I was living in Pacer-land, now I’m a bit more obscure, ET Land Blackslamers country. So, I will try to listen to as many games as possible, but defiantly will see 0 games this year.

by rickpidero on Oct 12, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha

You’re where?

I’m counting on the one ESPN game, and then the 2 times they play Orlando.

Wish I could afford League Pass, but it’s just not feasible.

by ElectricPencils on Oct 12, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Incheon, South Korea, outside of Seoul.

by rickpidero on Oct 12, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How much is league pass?

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by Mr Pappagiorgio on Oct 12, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m mystified as to why Alando Tucker is getting 3 minutes court time.

by Wil Cantrell on Oct 12, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ibaka

Is a machine..

by triple5 on Oct 12, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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