
Welcome to Loud City Zach Lowe of Grantland is my favorite NBA writer, and he wrote a terrific piece today on the value of finding a 3 tool role player like that of Shane Battier. He mentions numerous different players including the Thunder's Thabo Sefolosha: Sefolosha emerged as sort of a dividing line in nominating New Age Battiers during talks with executives around the league. He can clearly guard both wing positions credibly, and he has shot better than 40 percent from 3-point range in each of the last two seasons. The folks who don't think Sefolosha quite belongs argue that he has shot that well onl...
Oklahoma City Thunder April 30, 2013
Oklahoman Darnell Mayberry[img]2040296[/img] Nuggets from my notebook from Monday’s Game 4 loss at Houston. Kendrick Perkins threw a bad pass, Thabo Sefolosha threw a bad pass and Perk set an illegal screen.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 30, 2013Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman Darnell MayberryNuggets from my notebook from Monday’s Game 4 loss at Houston. Kendrick Perkins threw a bad pass, Thabo Sefolosha threw a bad pass and Perk set an illegal screen.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 29, 2013
Oklahoman BY DARNELL MAYBERRYThunder defensive ace Thabo Sefolosha talks about defending Rockets guard James Harden. Q: You guys have been working on your perimeter defense.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 20, 2013NBA Blog | Houston Chronicle By Mike Monroe San Antonio Express-News WESTERN CONFERENCE 1. Thunder (60-22) vs. 8. Rockets (45-37) Season series: Thunder won 2-1. Key matchup: Thabo Sefolosha vs. James Harden. Don’t doubt that this is personal for Harden, traded by the Thunder after contract talks broke down. If Sefolosha keeps him from dominating, the Rockets have no shot. [...]
Houston Rockets April 20, 2013
Oklahoman Anthony Slater[img]2021637[/img] Bruce Bowen had a pair of particularly appealing basketball skills — and he made a career out of them. Playing for the San Antonio Spurs from 2001-09, and winning three NBA titles, Bowen wasn’t the star player or even offensive option 2, 3 or 4.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 19, 2013
Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman Anthony Slater[img]2021637[/img] By Anthony Slater – Aslater@opubco.com - @anthonyVslater Bruce Bowen had a pair of particularly appealing basketball skills — and he made a career out of them. Playing for the San Antonio Spurs from 2001-09, and winning three NBA titles, Bowen wasn’t the star player or even offensive option 2, 3 or 4.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 19, 2013
Oklahoman BY LILLIE-BETH BRINKMAN lbrinkman@opubco.comMore than 200 people recently attended the A Night for Africa fundraiser hosted by the Oklahoma City Thunder's Thabo Sefolosha and his wife Bertille in the Gaillardia home of Steve and Tina Dobson. The event raised about $250,000 for after-school sports programs in Mamelodi, South Africa, sponsored by the Swiss foundation IMBEWU-Suisse.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 17, 2013
Blazersedge Portland Trail Blazers rookie guard Will Barton threw down a poster dunk over Oklahoma City Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha during the second quarter of a game at the Rose Garden on Friday night. Video via YouTube user firstandskol | Hat tip: @CJZero -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter
Portland Trail Blazers April 12, 2013
Oklahoman BY BERRY TRAMELRussell Westbrook hurried the ball upcourt, 20 seconds into the game, and passed to Thabo Sefolosha for a dunk.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 4, 2013
Oklahoman BY JOHN ROHDEThe Thunder had a 13-41 record and was in the midst of a seven-game losing streak when general manager Sam Presti worked a trade to get guard Thabo Sefolosha from the Chicago Bulls on Feb.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 1, 2013
Oklahoman By John RohdeWhen Thunder general manager Sam Presti first laid eyes on Thabo Sefolosha, he saw a 17-year-old kid in cornrows playing point guard for the Swiss national team. As usual, Sefolosha was following coach's orders, doing everything he could to help his country win, which it rarely did.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 1, 2013
Oklahoman BY JOHN ROHDEThabo Sefolosha has long been considered an all-defensive player because he literally was that — all defense. Kevin Durant's first thought when Sefolosha joined the Thunder after a trade in 2009?Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder April 1, 2013Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman You see the grainy footage on YouTube and have a hard time believing it’s really Thunder shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha. One of the NBA’s premier perimeter defenders certainly had an offensive flair to his game in his younger days growing up overseas. There he is in 2006, excelling in a dunk contest and receiving [...]
Oklahoma City Thunder April 1, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha scored just eight points Tuesday against the Nuggets, his sixth game in a row in single figures. Sefolosha shot 3 of 8 from the field in the game, with two 3-pointers made, and added six rebounds, two assists and two steals. He ended up playing 28 minutes, in a 114-104 loss.
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