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Royce Young: Kevin Martin: "This is a place I'd love to be ... I'm going to have some options out there so I'm going to see how the process plays out." Twitter @dailythunder

Oklahoma City Thunder, Free Agency, Kevin Martin 

Royce Young: Derek Fisher: "I definitely would love to play again next season ... I would enjoy the opportunity to come back." Twitter @dailythunder

Oklahoma City Thunder, Free Agency, Derek Fisher 

Royce Young: KD: "I think last night after the game, I don't normally drink Gatorade, but I think I drank four or five Gatorades after the game." Twitter @dailythunder

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant 

Royce Young: KD: "I love Kevin Martin. I love everything he stands for ... I would love for him to do whatever he feels is right for himself." Twitter @dailythunder

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Kevin Martin 

Royce Young: Russ said he talked to Derrick Rose a couple days after his injury. Said Rose told him to "take his time" and "listen to his body." Twitter @dailythunder

Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder, Derrick Rose, Injuries, Russell Westbrook 

Jason Quick: Michael Carter-Williams said he also interviewed with OKC, Minnesota, Detroit and Charlotte Twitter @jwquick

Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Draft, Michael Carter-Williams 

Chris Mannix: Lot of teams looking to talk to Lehigh's CJ McCollum. 15 total interviews scheduled. Thunder, Magic, Nuggets and Cavs already talked to him Twitter @ChrisMannixSI

Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Draft, CJ McCollum 

Tom Haberstroh: Kendrick Perkins finished with a NEGATIVE PER in the playoffs. -0.7 = worst ever with 200+ mins. bkref.com/tiny/78uvJ Twitter @tomhaberstroh

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins 

Chris Mannix: Otto Porter has interviewed with Charlotte, Phoenix and OKC. Says he looks at Cleveland, Phoenix and Orlando as being the best fit. Twitter @ChrisMannixSI

Charlotte Bobcats, Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Draft, Otto Porter 

“We had a really good season,” said Kevin Durant. More Durant: “It’s tough to swallow now, but I’m sure we’re going to look back on this down the line and really appreciate this tough time.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant 

“Memphis is a really, really good team, and they made it tough on us every one of these games,” Durant said. “I gave it all I had for my team. I left it all out there on the floor. I missed 16 shots, but I kept fighting and I kept being aggressive. That’s all I can ask for.” Oklahoman

Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant 

“I left it all out there on the floor,” Kevin Durant said, after playing all 48 minutes but hitting just five of his 21 attempts, by far his worst shooting night of the playoffs. “I missed 16 shots, I kept fighting, kept being aggressive. That’s all I can ask for.” SI.com

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant 

Kendrick Perkins: Thanks to all of Oklahoma for the support this season. It's been a blessing to play here. Thank all the true fans. 1 love Twitter @KendrickPerkins

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins 

Benjamin Hochman: “I’m really really proud of Reggie – I’m excited for his future.” – KD on Reggie Jackson, former Mr. Colorado Basketball Twitter @nuggetsnews

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Reggie Jackson 

With their trademark grit-and-grind mentality, the Memphis Grizzlies are making history for a franchise with little prior postseason success. Zach Randolph had 28 points and 14 rebounds, Mike Conley added 13 points and 11 assists, and the fifth-seeded Grizzlies advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 88-84 on Wednesday night. "This is the first time, so it definitely means a lot. I'm happy, but we've still got work to do," Randolph said. "I want to win a ring." ESPN.com

Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley 

This was going to be a hard-fought series before Westbrook got hurt, and even without him, the Thunder made a series out of it. “I thought we did a great job of competing,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. “We didn't have a lot of shots fall in. We didn't keep our head down and stop competing. That's what our team is built on. “We gave ourselves a chance to win every game.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Scott Brooks 

As Derek Fisher was shooting from the right corner near the Grizzlies' bench, Tony Allen tried to distract him by moving his hands and yelling. Unfortunately, he had a shirt inside the towel in his hand and lost his grip on the shirt. It flew onto the court and he was whistled a technical foul from the bench. It clearly wasn't something he planned on doing and he regretted it immediately. But that didn't stop the Thunder from using it as a catalyst to make a run to get back into the game. CBSSports.com

Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Derek Fisher, Tony Allen, Referees 

In 2008, the NBA's Seattle Supersonics left the Emerald City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. They've since gone on to become one of the league's hottest young teams, powered by superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Seattle sports fans, meanwhile, have been left team-less, and many of them are still bitter over the move. You can count hit-making rapper Macklemore among the angry. Macklemore, a Seattle native, took to Twitter this week to express some beef over the Thunder using one of his songs as an in-arena pump-up jam. Mashable

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics, Russell Westbrook, Macklemore 

Darnell Mayberry: Thunder coach Scott Brooks: "It's not hoping for a miracle to win one game at home." Twitter @DarnellMayberry

Oklahoma City Thunder, Scott Brooks 

If that weren't depressing enough for OKC Thunder fans, only twice has a No. 5 seed eliminated a No. 1 seed since the playoff format expanded in 1984 — Phoenix over the Los Angeles Lakers in 1990; Indiana over Atlanta in 1994. The No. 1-seeded Thunder trails the No. 5-seeded Memphis Grizzlies 3-1 heading into Game 5 on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at Chesapeake Energy Arena. As you can see, history is not in OKC's favor. "This is obviously not the greatest position to be in, but we still have a chance to be a part of history,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said Tuesday. “There's not a lot of teams that have come back from 3-1, but we have the talent, we have the teamwork, we have the effort and the energy to do it.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Scott Brooks