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Kevin Durant leads the Warriors in points, steals and blocks (bleacherreport.com) Kevin Durant leaving OKC was a huge disappoint to me. As a fan of small market teams, seeing Durand and Russell Westbrook having success in the NBA was refreshing to watch. With LeBron "allegedly" creating superteams, OKC has primarily built their team off of draft picks. In 3 consecutive years the Thunder drafted Durant, Westbrook and Houston Rockets point guard James Harden and in 2012 lost to the Miami Heat in 5 games. Questionable roster moves followed including trading James Harden to the Rockets for Kevin Martin and others; to clear cap space to keep rim protector Serge Ibaka. With season-lingering injuries to Kevin and Russell, the Thunder's window to win a championship were steadily declining The Oklahoma City front office received mostly negative criticism after the firing of coach Scott Brooks. Brooks who lead the Thunder to the playoffs each of his first 5 season was let

 Demitry Johnson Curry scores 23 points in the 3rd quarter Tuesday night (youtube.com) Somewhere between Game 7 of last year's NBA Finals and last night's game between Portland and Golden State it seemed the league forget about "The Assassin" also known as Steph Curry. Early season MVP candidates include Lebron, Westbrook, Lillard, Anthony Davis, even Kawhi Leonard but no Steph. With Kevin Durant joining the Warriors it will make it almost impossible for him to win the award but not mentioning him has to be a slap in the face to the only unanimous MVP in league history. In the 1st half of last night game Curry scored a total of 5 points while Damian Lillard filled it up with 22. Not going lie; I was one quick to judge that Lillard may have surpassed Steph but in a blink of an eye this assassin came out and killed all doubt. 23 points in the 3rd and we seen Steph get into one of those zones where he can shoot from the parking lot and we are surprised i

Demitry Johnson Nick Saban coached LSU from 2000-2004 No folks I'm not talking about none of his ex-girlfriends. I'm talking about his ex team the LSU Tigers. A lot of fans and boosters still to this day hold a grudge against Nick Saban; not only because he left them but how well he's doing without them. It's like that ex-girlfriend who says "that should be me" or who hate to see you doing better without them. Nick Saban success at Alabama is making LSU very salty and I believe secretly wishing he would come back. LSU is so focused on what their ex is doing that they never fully appreciated just how good of a coach they had in Les Miles. And until they turn their attention off Nick Saban and really appreciate the coach whoever it may be in the future, that relationship will never last. The Tigers and Tide square off this Saturday in Death Valley with both teams coming off a bye week. LSU seem to have found new life since the firing of Les M

25.Houston   24.Washington state   23.W.Michigan 22.Boise State   21.North Carolina   20.Utah   19.Va Tech   18. Colorado   17.Florida State   16.Penn State   15.West Virginia   14.Baylor 13.LSU 12.Oklahoma 11.Auburn 10.Nebraska 9.Wisconsin 8.Ohio State 7.Florida   6.Louisville- Lamar Jackson has been absolutely sensational this year and definitely the favorite for the Heisman Trophy at this point. Louisville has look very suspect at times this year, especially against Duke and Virginia. In order to be among the elite teams you have to take care of lesser competition, in fashion. 5.Texas A&M- I believe they are good really good. Unfortunately they had to play Alabama and to their credit led 14-13 in the second half. Alabama scored the next 20 to bury them, but if Kevin Sumlin wants a shot at the National title all he has to do is win out in my opinion. 4.Clemson- Yes they are undefeated but I think this tea