Kevin Durant

By Big Chris Sometimes +/- can punish players simply for being on bad teams, but this is more than that. Mavericks’ statistical expert Wayne Winston’s in-depth lineup data shows that every one of Durant’s key teammates — Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, Nick Collison — gets better, in ma...

By Kyle Williams 19. Atlanta Hawks: Austin Daye, F, Gonzaga 21. New Orleans: Chase Budinger, G/F, Arizona 30. L.A. Lakers: Darren Collison, G, UCLA 46. Cleveland Cavaliers: Greivis Vasquez, G, Maryland 49. Atlanta Hawks: Chris Johnson, F/C, LSU 52. Indiana Pacers: Leo Lyons, F, Missouri

It was fun basketball." Nick Collison led Oklahoma City with 21 points and seven boards. The Thunder, who were coming off a 107-89 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, have lost six of eight overall. Kevin Durant had 18 points, while Jeff Green ...

By Eric Williams Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for Golden ...

By Eric Williams On the court, the only change in Seattle's lineup is Johan Petro for Francisco Elson. So Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Nick Collison will start alongside Petro. Starters for Dallas are Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki and Erick Dampier.

By Eric Williams Starters for Seattle are the same, with Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Carlesimo said it will be important for the Sonics to get easy buckets in transition, get to the free-throw line and hit the boards offensively for easy putbacks because of the Roc...

By Eric Williams This could be a good matchup for Nick Collison, who finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds in Seattle’s 123-115 win over the Raptors in Seattle. The Sonics shot 58.8 percent against Toronto in that game, making 10-of-17 shots from beyond the arc.

Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo said it's important for his team to get a good effort on the boards tonight from big guys like Johan Petro, Chris Wilcox and Nick Collison because Al Jefferson and Chris Richard are physical guys who attack the glass for Minnesota.

By Eric Williams Luke Ridnour will start in place of Earl Watson, who did not make the trip. And Nick Collison will start in place of Chris Wilcox, who is sick but in uniform and will play limited minutes. So the starting lineup is Ridnour, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Collison and Johan Petro.

Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo said rookie guard Kevin Durant and forward Chris Wilcox will not play tonight against Philadelphia. That means Nick Collison will start in place of Wilcox tonight, and Wally Szczerbiak will start in place of Durant.

COLLISON BACK --- It didn't take Nick Collison long to get into the swing of things. After missing three games with a broken nose, the Sonics center scored after about a minute in the game. He's wearing a clear hard plastic mask that hasn't given him a problem yet.

Seattle (0-8) at Miami (1-6) Collison, who finished with a team-high 15 points and six rebounds, said he’s looking to shoot the ball more on the perimeter when he has an open jumper. Listen to the Collison conversation here. Next: Friday at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m., Philips Arena.

Robert Swift will continue starting, as Carlesimo likes getting Robert in the game early when his knee is looses. If Swift can’t go, Nick Collison will start at center. That means the starting lineup for Seattle tonight will be Luke Ridnour (PG), Kevin Durant (SG), Damien Wilkins (SF), Chr...

But the real problem is Howard. The guy is a monster. He's second in the NBA in rebounding (14.7 avg.) and leading Orlando in scoring (21.3 ppg). Carlesimo might rely heavily on Thomas because Howard is too quick for Robert Swift and Nick Collison.

21 -- The number of offensive rebounds Memphis had 52 -- The number of points in the paint for Seattle As in past games, Seattle had a 29-16 disparity in fouls, and Memphis outscored Seattle 25-17 from the free-throw line. And listen to Nick Collison and Kevin Durant talk about the game.

114 – amount of points Seattle is giving up per game, ranked 29th in the league. 20 – The number of turnovers Seattle is giving up per game. 23 – The amount of points Kevin Durant is averaging a game 0 – Number of wins Seattle has this season Listen to Collison talk about the game here.

Listen here as Carlesimo talks about needing Nick Collison to be more aggressive offensively. Here's an audio clip of Kevin Durant talking about his first NBA game. He almost asked Carmelo Anthony for an autographed copy of his game shoes, but decided against it.

The starting five appears set. Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo has penciled in Earl Watson (PG), Kevin Durant (SG), Damien Wilkins (SF), Chris Wilcox (PF) and Nick Collison (C) as the starting five for Wednesday’s opener at Denver. Carlesimo went on to say Carmelo Anthony is one of the best play...

Starters include Earl Watson (PG), Kevin Durant (SG), Damien Wilkins (SF), Chris Wilcox (PF) and Nick Collison (C). Carlesimo is particularly interested in seeing how Wilcox and Collison play together. Collison could possibly earn the starting role at center if he proves he can handle h...

By Steve In a perfect world Robert Swift would beat out Nick Collison for the starting center spot and Nick Collison would beat out Chris Wilcox for the starting PF job. In a perfect world I’d also be the guy who invented Pac-Man, the iPod, and silicon breast implants. Wilcox starts here since he is pre...