OKC Clicktown – August 7th, 2019

Everyday, there are plenty of articles about your favorite team on the internet. Whether they be pay sites like The Athletic, “free sites” like ESPN, local news sites like The Oklahoman, or blog sites like Daily Thunder, there is a plethora of information out there just waiting to be consumed. It can be a hassle to keep up with all this information at times. No one has time in the morning to visit website upon website or to scroll throughout your Twitter timeline looking for articles about your favorite team.

That’s where we come into play. OKC Clicktown (a play off of Bricktown….I know, punny) will help aggregate Oklahoma City Thunder links for your use every weekday morning. No longer do you have to surf the web for Thunder content. You just stop by here, say “Hi” to the door greeter, grab your cup of coffee (or beer for our Aussie and Kiwi brethren) and enjoy yourself. Thunder Up!

Erik Horne (The Oklahoman) profiles Thunder assistant coach Dave Bliss, who wants you to know he is more than his name: “I had some opportunities to get pretty good jobs coming out of there,” Bliss said. “I got to the end and realized I don’t want to be away from the game.” Bliss became a volunteer assistant at Georgia for the 2008-09 season, then, with Felton’s help, latched on as a graduate assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University the next season.

Maddie Lee (The Oklahoman) profiles Thunder assistant coach David Akinyooye: “When Akinyooye took a job with the Blue, a year after his departure overseas, head coach Mark Daigneault made it clear that Akinyooye wouldn’t be confined to the video room or the development team. He would be coaching. Akinyooye packed up the adaptability he learned in Lyon, the refusal to cut corners he absorbed in the Spurs organization, and tactics to get a group of individuals to put egos aside, which he gleaned from Cosgrove, and brought those skills to Oklahoma City.”

Continue reading