Referee explains new delay of game rule enforcement | ProBasketballTalk (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/25/referee-explains-new-delay-of-game-rule-enforcement/) I still do not like this new rule.

Agreed. Let's blow the whistle to give a "warning" to the players that if they do it again that there will be a technical and free throw...which delays the game even longer. Stupid!

I think it's less meant to be about Delay of Game and more like impeding the progress of the game. If you touch it as a team who just made a basket and the touching in anyway makes it such that your team can get back more easily than they otherwise would, then that's when I see the call being made.

It will lessen as the season goes on, so it's really not worth worrying about. But when things like the Westbrook one happen, they really ought to let it slide. If the ball finds them, you can't really do much about that.

I think it's less meant to be about Delay of Game and more like impeding the progress of the game. If you touch it as a team who just made a basket and the touching in anyway makes it such that your team can get back more easily than they otherwise would, then that's when I see the call being made.

It will lessen as the season goes on, so it's really not worth worrying about. But when things like the Westbrook one happen, they really ought to let it slide. If the ball finds them, you can't really do much about that.


The funny thing is, if the ball hits you, your only recourse is to lift your hands and show you aren't intentionally touching the ball. But what happens is you still hit the ball, but you do nothing to get it back to the ref or the other team faster. Therefore doing the very delay the rule is against.

Westbrook incident with Nene:

Nene has taken his game to a new level; one of intimidation and bullying. Westbrook apparently had enougn of Nene's nonsense.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLkWQKOBhvY&feature=player_embedded

This backfired on the Washington Wizards. It was after this incident in which the Thunder clawed its way back into the game with an eventual win in overtime.

Yeah it definitely worked in favor of OKC. I thought it was the catalyst of our come back. That and the seconds ticking off the game clock!

Notice how Harrington basically grabs Westbrook's leg, causing him to lose his balance. Nene then seals the deal by coming over and pushing him down. It's like a damn tag team.

Then afterward, Nene and Harrington are smiling/laughing and head slapping each other. "Good job, bro... we took him down!"

And if that wasn't enough, Ariza then has to walk over and talk some trash to Russell.

PUNKS

Here's to hoping that the Wizards remain the cellar dwellers this season that they so richly deserve to be.

Notice how Harrington basically grabs Westbrook's leg, causing him to lose his balance. Nene then seals the deal by coming over and pushing him down. It's like a damn tag team.

Then afterward, Nene and Harrington are smiling/laughing and head slapping each other. "Good job, bro... we took him down!"

And if that wasn't enough, Ariza then has to walk over and talk some trash to Russell.

PUNKS

Here's to hoping that the Wizards remain the cellar dwellers this season that they so richly deserve to be.

This post is going to prove I'm not a homer. If you saw the replay, Harrington is down on the ground with Westbrook standing over him. An opposing team member is not suppose to stand over a player when that player is down. Had the situation been reversed, we'd all be pissed if it were KD on the ground and, say, Artest, was violating his personal space. I saw Harrington raise his arm up trying to assess what the ref was going to call. Initially, I thought he was giving Westbrook a love tap to the crotch, but alas, I think he was just wondering why they weren't calling Westbrook for standing over him. That's when Nene came in--who virtually bugs the crap out of everyone (even when he was with the Nuggets)--and got involved. Westbrook snapped (like he did that one time on the bench with his baby fit all hitting the bench chairs and whining about who knows what) and shoved Nene, which thankfully, Ibaka stepped in and backed him up (to halfcourt) away from the situation. Nene scoffed at the double ejection because, yes, as a PUNK, he was happy that he got Westbrook out of the game. Thankfully, our team stepped up and I found it more of a catalyst to our victory than a speed bump.

Unfortunately, this was the Wizards and there are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better teams that we need to be focused on which means that Westbrook, AS A LEADER, needs to carry himself with more composure and class on the court. His emotion gets in the way sometimes and it will lose a game for us one of these days. That game could also be one that we can't ill afford to lose.

This post is going to prove I'm not a homer. If you saw the replay, Harrington is down on the ground with Westbrook standing over him. An opposing team member is not suppose to stand over a player when that player is down. Had the situation been reversed, we'd all be pissed if it were KD on the ground and, say, Artest, was violating his personal space. I saw Harrington raise his arm up trying to assess what the ref was going to call. Initially, I thought he was giving Westbrook a love tap to the crotch, but alas, I think he was just wondering why they weren't calling Westbrook for standing over him. That's when Nene came in--who virtually bugs the crap out of everyone (even when he was with the Nuggets)--and got involved. Westbrook snapped (like he did that one time on the bench with his baby fit all hitting the bench chairs and whining about who knows what) and shoved Nene, which thankfully, Ibaka stepped in and backed him up (to halfcourt) away from the situation. Nene scoffed at the double ejection because, yes, as a PUNK, he was happy that he got Westbrook out of the game. Thankfully, our team stepped up and I found it more of a catalyst to our victory than a speed bump.

Unfortunately, this was the Wizards and there are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better teams that we need to be focused on which means that Westbrook, AS A LEADER, needs to carry himself with more composure and class on the court. His emotion gets in the way sometimes and it will lose a game for us one of these days. That game could also be one that we can't ill afford to lose.

"Harrington is down on the ground with Westbrook standing over him. An opposing team member is not suppose to stand over a player when that player is down."

Absolutely nothing Westbrook could do about the initial positioning. That's just where they both landed when the play ended. Russell IMMEDIATELY tried to step over and away from Harrington but couldn't because HARRINGTON GRABBED WESTBROOK'S LEG AND HELD ON. Had he not done that, Russell would have been away from him in one second. But he couldn't because he was being held. Which also caused him to lose balance and allowed Nene to come over and push him down.

That could have been an injury right there. Russell could have twisted an ankle or even landed wrong and injured a knee. Not cool.

You're glad that the team used this to fire themselves up and win the game? So am I. But it might not have happened that way. Russell might have been injured, been out again for weeks or even months, and the game lost anyway. How does that scenario grab you?

You can't blame Westbrook for not falling down. If he had been Harden he could have flopped into the second row.

This post is going to prove I'm not a homer. If you saw the replay, Harrington is down on the ground with Westbrook standing over him. An opposing team member is not suppose to stand over a player when that player is down. Had the situation been reversed, we'd all be pissed if it were KD on the ground and, say, Artest, was violating his personal space. I saw Harrington raise his arm up trying to assess what the ref was going to call. Initially, I thought he was giving Westbrook a love tap to the crotch, but alas, I think he was just wondering why they weren't calling Westbrook for standing over him. That's when Nene came in--who virtually bugs the crap out of everyone (even when he was with the Nuggets)--and got involved. Westbrook snapped (like he did that one time on the bench with his baby fit all hitting the bench chairs and whining about who knows what) and shoved Nene, which thankfully, Ibaka stepped in and backed him up (to halfcourt) away from the situation. Nene scoffed at the double ejection because, yes, as a PUNK, he was happy that he got Westbrook out of the game. Thankfully, our team stepped up and I found it more of a catalyst to our victory than a speed bump.

Unfortunately, this was the Wizards and there are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better teams that we need to be focused on which means that Westbrook, AS A LEADER, needs to carry himself with more composure and class on the court. His emotion gets in the way sometimes and it will lose a game for us one of these days. That game could also be one that we can't ill afford to lose.

Nene got involved by pushing Westbrook first. It's very common for players who get tangled up to stop and separate. In my eyes, after seeing Nene laugh about it, I think he should get a fine for player endangerment. That's how my homer eye saw it.....

"Harrington is down on the ground with Westbrook standing over him. An opposing team member is not suppose to stand over a player when that player is down."

Absolutely nothing Westbrook could do about the initial positioning. That's just where they both landed when the play ended. Russell IMMEDIATELY tried to step over and away from Harrington but couldn't because HARRINGTON GRABBED WESTBROOK'S LEG AND HELD ON. Had he not done that, Russell would have been away from him in one second. But he couldn't because he was being held. Which also caused him to lose balance and allowed Nene to come over and push him down.

That could have been an injury right there. Russell could have twisted an ankle or even landed wrong and injured a knee. Not cool.

You're glad that the team used this to fire themselves up and win the game? So am I. But it might not have happened that way. Russell might have been injured, been out again for weeks or even months, and the game lost anyway. How does that scenario grab you?

Regardless of Harrington "helping Westbrook fall down" as stated by Grant Long in the replay that I just watched, I do also agree with Grant that it looked like Harrington was "motioning to someone on the bench". Your scenario doesn't grab me because in reality IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I'm not playing a game of 'what ifs'. I'm playing a game of 'what do I see with my own eyes based on the replay on YouTube'. How do you like that?

Pointless to argue it. Westbrook still has an attitude that could very well cost us games AND I'm certain Scotty Brooks already had a "come to my office and lets talk about your snafu" talk with him.

Regardless of Harrington "helping Westbrook fall down" as stated by Grant Long in the replay that I just watched, I do also agree with Grant that it looked like Harrington was "motioning to someone on the bench". Your scenario doesn't grab me because in reality IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I'm not playing a game of 'what ifs'. I'm playing a game of 'what do I see with my own eyes based on the replay on YouTube'. How do you like that?

Pointless to argue it. Westbrook still has an attitude that could very well cost us games AND I'm certain Scotty Brooks already had a "come to my office and lets talk about your snafu" talk with him.

Putting Westbrook attitude aside, tell me again what you see in that Video(?):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLkWQKOBhvY&feature=player_embedded

I agree with Grant Long. Westbrook is trying to step over/away when Harrington grabs his leg and he was pushed by Nene. What does that have to do with attitude?

Westbrook has attitude. We obviously know that. It's good for the team. It gets the team fired up. Mucho positive. I d-o n-o-t d-i-s-a-g-r-e-e o-n h-i-s a-t-t-i-t-u-d-e w-i-t-h r-e-g-a-r-d t-o i-t b-e-i-n-g a g-o-o-d t-h-i-n-g f-o-r o-u-r t-e-a-m. My point is he's a lil feisty and has issues controlling his temper. Every personality is different.....I get that, lol.

So let's move on, I shouldn't have even brought up considering this was on....

What day?

Oh yeah, Sunday.

This game was otherwise a snooze fest before this happened and I'm still talking about it....we're still hashing it.....moving on.

Looks like Steven Adams is getting his first start in a regular season NBA game tonight.

That didn't take long!

Perkins will miss the next two games due to the death of his grandfather.

Report: Thunder's Perkins To Miss Games Due To Death In Family - News9.com (http://www.news9.com/story/23958745/thunders-perkins-to-miss-games-due-to-death-in-family)

Btw, if you're French and a Thunder fan, I guess this is the page to go to:

http://www.facebook.com/SupportersFrancaisDOklahomaCityThunder

Clippers tonight. Gonna be a tough one.

Clippers tonight. Gonna be a tough one.

Last year, we matched up really well with them, took all 4 games.....Hopefully it'll continue.

Clippers tonight. Gonna be a tough one.

Steven Adams is getting his first start of the season.

Back to back 9:30 central time games... Brutal

Steven Adams is getting his first start of the season.

Only because Kendrick Perkins is missing the next two games due to the death of his grandfather. I felt your post was a little disingenuous in not sharing why Adams was getting the start.

Only because Kendrick Perkins is missing the next two games due to the death of his grandfather. I felt your post was a little disingenuous in not sharing why Adams was getting the start.

It was already posted earlier in the thread...

Disappointing loss tonight, especially considering we were firmly in control in the 1st half. Complete BS call on Ibaka. He was having a pretty good night and his ejection was nothing short of fatal for us tonight. Oh well, I said 2 for 3 on this trip and I'll stick by that.

Barnes and Griffin are fake tough guys. I am so over Blake Griffin, and I hope he gets booed when the Clips come to OKC. I really do not care that he's from here. He is gaining a reputation as a cry baby anyway.

Such an aggravating game.

The only good thing I can take away from it is that we saw that the Clippers really are not a threat to OKC. With as poorly as OKC played for the first 18 minutes of the 2nd half, for OKC to even be in the game late was pretty amazing.

With Ibaka and Perkins, OKC runs LA out of their own building.

Ibaka was 6-6 from the field before the ejection. If OKC was at full strength, this would have been a W.

Disappointing loss tonight, especially considering we were firmly in control in the 1st half. Complete BS call on Ibaka. He was having a pretty good night and his ejection was nothing short of fatal for us tonight. Oh well, I said 2 for 3 on this trip and I'll stick by that.

Barnes and Griffin are fake tough guys. I am so over Blake Griffin, and I hope he gets booed when the Clips come to OKC. I really do not care that he's from here. He is gaining a reputation as a cry baby anyway.

Very disappointing loss and even more disappointed that the officials didn't even take the time to review this high profile call incident on the monitor; especially in light that they made some ejections. Jeff Van Gunder got it correct; what was Serge Ibaka to do?

Didn't think I'd say this; so far the refs have been HORRIBLE the whole season. They definitely need to tweak the NBA's rule on the ball inadvertently touching the player after scoring.


http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9974320


Glad Durant & Scott Brooks exhibited exempliary leadership because it shows character in that they focused on what they can control and didn't belly-ache about the officials. Making remarks about the officials would only resulted in fines and that money could be better spent at home.

Why are there always issues when the Thunder play a team from Los Angeles? How well I remember the incident with Ron Artest or 'World Peace' or somebody's piece?

The Clippers will get a taste of good old fashion 'Oklahoma City hospitality' when they come to the Peake on November 21. "Ooo wah, ooo wah, ooo wah did-he boy from Oklahoma City (Griffin)" will get a grand welcoming as well...

Serge Ibaka will be fine; Durant and the boys will continue to work on timing and finesse with their game.

Chalk this up as a good learning experience.

Disappointing loss tonight, especially considering we were firmly in control in the 1st half. Complete BS call on Ibaka. He was having a pretty good night and his ejection was nothing short of fatal for us tonight. Oh well, I said 2 for 3 on this trip and I'll stick by that.

Barnes and Griffin are fake tough guys.[B] I am so over Blake Griffin, and I hope he gets booed when the Clips come to OKC. I really do not care that he's from here. He is gaining a reputation as a cry baby anyway.

Griffin sucks, all he can do is dunk. Barnes would get his skinny a$$ ripped by Ibaka if it came down to it, it was a case of the officials taking the easy way out. Griffin 'chicken winged' Serge, then Barnes came from nowhere and got involved. In the worst case scenario, Serge should of had a technical and Griffin should have had a tech....Barnes should have been ejected with a flagrant II, and missed the next game.

Only because Kendrick Perkins is missing the next two games due to the death of his grandfather. I felt your post was a little disingenuous in not sharing why Adams was getting the start.

I only posted because that's all the update told me on my theScore app at the time but thanks big guy!

Griffin sucks, all he can do is dunk. Barnes would get his skinny a$$ ripped by Ibaka if it came down to it, it was a case of the officials taking the easy way out. Griffin 'chicken winged' Serge, then Barnes came from nowhere and got involved. In the worst case scenario, Serge should of had a technical and Griffin should have had a tech....Barnes should have been ejected with a flagrant II, and missed the next game.

1. Griffin does not suck…he can do a lot more than dunk. Dude had like 8 assists last night a good amount of rebounds and managed to bait our 3rd best player into an ejection.

2. Barnes should not have been ejected, nor should serge have. Nothing really happened.

3. Really and truly, only Blake and Barnes should have gotten techs.

NBA needs more consistency with its officials. Russell Westbrook & Nene Hilario were both ejected for a push Westbrook received and for his push back (retailation) directed at Nene.

Now Ibaka is pushed and he get ejected in a game in which a third party (Matt Barnes) got involved when Ibaka was trying to get his hand from underneath the intentional clamped arm of Blake Griffin.

What next? Hope we get a better group of officials in Oakland tonight when we play the Warriors.

Westbrook and nene were ejected for getting there second tech. They both were t'ed up earlier in the game

Man, another tough loss. The comebacks are great, but OKC's defense is going to have to pick up as the season progresses if they want to start beating some of these top teams on the road. Ranked 24th in the league through the first 8 games, giving up points at a clip of 104/game ain't gonna cut it. Gave up 110+ in back-to-back nights.

Man, another tough loss. The comebacks are great, but OKC's defense is going to have to pick up as the season progresses if they want to start beating some of these top teams on the road. Ranked 24th in the league through the first 8 games, giving up points at a clip of 104/game ain't gonna cut it. Gave up 110+ in back-to-back nights.

A dagger exchange and a real heart-breaker when Russell Westbrook put us ahead 115-114 leaving 2.3 seconds to go in the game only to lose 116-115 with Andre Iguodala's response. Our back to back games in Los Angeles and Oakland-San Francisco was a real experience. Le'st view the videos and put these two losses behind us.

Andre Iquodala's dagger exchange with Westbrook. "Warriors Win Thriller Over Thunder At Buzzer.":


http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9979303

"Matt Barnes Uses Racial Slur In Tweet." (after game with incident involving Clippers-Thunder)


http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9975360

We have got to make so much noise at the Peake when the three West Coast plumbs come into Oklahoma City that they'll hear us in Los Angeles and Oakland-San Francisco.

Emotional roller coaster last night.

Westbrook was on fire last night. Durant cannot get into foul trouble like that against good teams. Some of them were BS calls, but Durant gets a lot of BS calls on the other end, so no complaining. Just have to play the refs and how they're calling each night differently.

1. Griffin does not suck…he can do a lot more than dunk. Dude had like 8 assists last night a good amount of rebounds and managed to bait our 3rd best player into an ejection.

2. Barnes should not have been ejected, nor should serge have. Nothing really happened.

3. Really and truly, only Blake and Barnes should have gotten techs.

Sorry Teo, But it was Barnes who baited Serge..Go re-watch and unprovoked he came in and pushed Serge..... I guess Griffin does makes good commercials....lol

Emotional roller coaster last night.

Westbrook was on fire last night. Durant cannot get into foul trouble like that against good teams. Some of them were BS calls, but Durant gets a lot of BS calls on the other end, so no complaining. Just have to play the refs and how they're calling each night differently.

Yes, I thought that a few of the fouls called on Durant were ticky-tack fouls.

If you complain to the officials; that's how they reward you. They will show you who's in control of the game. That's why Perkins receives no mercy...

Durant needs to show his displeasure with some of those calls and move on instead of trying to make a satement by questioning the individual referee about his call. Most officials will give you that next 'toss up' call as a make-up if you will move on.

Due to catching up on sleep last night, I didn't watch the game or find out the score until earlier today. My guess was that Curry probably went off for 46. I was only off by 3. Friend of mine said we need to improve our defense. My thought is, you just can't defend GS, especially on the perimeter. Judging from the stats line, you really see how much of an improvement Ibaka has made...27 and 13 last night. He's going off early this season. I hope that's not due to inferior competition in the paint!

Tomorrow night, I hope we can come out with a victory at the Bucks. We're currently favored by 10.5.

Curry had 22

Curry had 22

Silly me, I was looking at minutes, lol. I'm not a Sherlock Holmes in the AM.

We have to remember that OKC had a tough lost against the Clippers and then had to play the Warriors in Oakland. Golden State had a day off prior to meeting the Thunder.

Their exhaustive efforts against the Clippers the day before wore down on the team as they entered the contest against the Warriors.

There will be lessons learned and brighter days ahead for the Thunder. You're seeing the development of some key pieces in Steven Adams, Jeremy Lamb and Perry Jones as well as continued maturing of Durant, Ibaka & Westbrook.

I agree about the bench guys. I'm happy to see them get the minutes this year that they didn't get last year. The departure of Martin helps...

Nobody has mentioned last night's game against the Nuggets, so I'll take the honors.

Great win last night! :Smiley173

(notice how I didn't say "Great game"...)

You know, taking 7 out of the first 10 games is a darn good start, and I'm happy about that. But goodness gracious, this team needs to get itself organized. Definitely issues to be worked on.

For example, not turning over the ball 10 zillion times per game. And how about playing more than one quarter of defense?

Anyway, Go Thunder!

True there are issues but November and December are about putting marks in the W column and working on those issues. As long as they have it together by February/March all will be OK.

Revenge night. 7pm on ESPN. Thunder and Clips.

Would be awesome to see Ibaka go off and have a full-length great game against them.

Tonight we face..........the clippers

http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/nail-clippers.jpg

Time to avenge past wrongs and slap on some basketball karma.

Go Thunder!

:)

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTnoOdwQC8_CYxn2yo5-YRub33lvOHVcZc6edsNPpWfqVdl0SbcKg

No, no, not a nail clipper. That's for the nails (manicure and pedicure). Let's do this the right way and get below the belt to backup our payback.

Seriously: Should be a great game tonight with the Thunder winning at home by three...

Our bench strength has really shined this game. Charles Barkley is a weiner.

Funny his comments about the Skirvin being haunted -- without mentioning it by name.

Now that is MORE FREAKING LIKE IT!!!

105-91 beatdown at the 'Peake!

:biggrin: :Smiley199 :Smiley173 :Smiley051 :dance: :cool:

Now that is MORE FREAKING LIKE IT!!!

105-91 beatdown at the 'Peake!

:biggrin: :Smiley199 :Smiley173 :Smiley051 :dance: :cool:

And with Beyonce watching courtside. :D

Real defense played for 4 quarters... I love it!

This was a good team win too, as Russell never really got going. KD and Serge were great, though. Nice contribs from Jackson, Lamb, and Adams from the bench.

This is fun:

Best Tweets from Oklahoma City Thunder Showdown with Los Angeles Clippers | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1860815-best-tweets-from-oklahoma-city-thunder-showdown-with-los-angeles-clippers)

Barkley's ongoing clown game with Oklahoma is beyond stupid, but I guess it's some kind of schtick that he thinks is working for him and he doesn't want to let it go.

Oh, and to the fan that thinks KD is heading to the Nets... umm, no.

yes, very nice to see star power at the game. Beyoncé and Jayzee courtside, Charles Barkley, Marv Albert, and Steve Kerr calling the game. Thursday night was shining brightly in downtown Oklahoma City - looked so great on TV.

OKC is really becoming a staple NBA city and the future looks even brighter as the city continues to develop and grow!

Makes me proud up here in Seattle. ;)

yes, very nice to see star power at the game. Beyoncé and Jayzee courtside, Charles Barkley, Marv Albert, and Steve Kerr calling the game. Thursday night was shining brightly in downtown Oklahoma City - looked so great on TV.

OKC is really becoming a staple NBA city and the future looks even brighter as the city continues to develop and grow!

Makes me proud up here in Seattle. ;)

Next step, All Star game in OKC. I hope we get one soon. Come on Nate Silver, make this happen.

Next step, All Star game in OKC. I hope we get one soon. Come on Nate Silver, make this happen.

There would still need to be a ton of hotel rooms added to what the OKC metro already has available. This probably won't happen for at least 10 years. My guess is that the NBA commissioner is going to want to see that the Thunder are here for the long haul, in good times and in bad times.

I did some research. My research consists of all the NBA cities and their metro populations, followed by every location an All-Star game has ever been held (dating back to 1951), and with the league's 8 smallest small market cities (those of which have no other pro franchises ala MLB, NFL, NHL, etc.).

OKC 1.3 mil - never (Seattle hosted once)
Memphis 1.3 mil - never
San Antonio 2.2 mil - twice
Orlando 2.2 mil - twice
Charlotte 2.3 mil - once
Portland 2.3 mil - never
Salt Lake City 2.3 mil - once
Sacramento 2.6 mil - never

I included in my search what I would refer to as small market (metro populations of less than 3 million which is very subjective considering that bleacherreport.com included Miami as one of their small market teams for 2013, going solely off of actual city proper populations) cities.

The other metros with less than 3 million metro but have other pro sports are:

New Orleans 1.2 mil - once
Milwaukee 1.6 mil - once
Indianapolis 1.8 mil - once
Cleveland 2 mil - once
Denver 2.6 mil - twice

The most populous large market cities that have hosted numerous times are Boston (4), NYC (4), Philly (4), Houston (3), Los Angeles (3) and Phoenix (3).

I was going to say our lovely Feb weather hurts but maybe not since I see a few cold weather cities above...Let me go with cold weather and small market hurts our chances

What hurts our chances for hosting an NBA All Star event? As OKCisOK4me stated: "There would still need to be a ton of hotel rooms added to what the OKC metro already has available." The last number I heard was when the event was held in Houston--you need 6,000 hotels room within a mile radius of the downtown area.

Last I heard, we are somewhere between 1,250 to 1,500 downtown quality hotel rooms with 12,000-13,000 throughout the metro area. If someone has an update, please don't hesitate to chime in. At the rate we are growing, we will probably exceed 2,500-3,500 hotel rooms downtown come 2020-25. An NBA All Star Game could be a possibility after 2030. Please don't hold your breath.

Many of us will never see an NBA All Star Game hosted here in our lifetime. Hey it's not the end of the world if we never host one. My goal is to see us host another NBA best-of-seven championship series again--followed by a downtown victory championship parade.

I'm not giving up on the All Star game coming here. In Pete's Downtown Hotel Summary, OKC has 3,673 rooms either built, under construction or proposed within a mile of the Peake. We are getting there!

I think we should start making a push for the All-Star game when MAPS 3 projects are finished.

I'm not giving up on the All Star game coming here. In Pete's Downtown Hotel Summary, OKC has 3,673 rooms either built, under construction or proposed within a mile of the Peake. We are getting there!

Well, that's only 2,327 rooms away from that minimum room count goal. With the biggest proposed project being 150 rooms and the biggest under construction project being 255 rooms, even if every project from here on out is an average of those two, we're looking at another 11-12 hotels that would need to be built within a one mile radius of downtown.

Somebody needs Malone and Stockton back....Turrible