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How the Ascension of Ajay Mitchell Solves a Fatal Offensive Flaw for the Thunder

How a second-round pick from UC Santa Barbara has risen into the spotlight. What does Ajay Mitchell’s breakthrough mean for the Oklahoma City Thunder moving forward? We’re a week into the 2025-26 NBA season, and we’ve been blessed with high-level hoops —from multiple 50-point games to the birth of something this game has never seen: […]

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3 Crucial Factors That The Thunder Must Overcome To Repeat

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Today, the Oklahoma City Thunder begins their quest to defend their title. With the spotlight on them, expectations have risen as they are now the hunted, not the hunters. As Shai Gilgeous-Alexander himself said, the expectation and focus is to win the 2026 NBA Championship. Adam Silver has created a “parity era” during his tenure

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4 Thunder Burning Takes for the 2025-26 season

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With media day here and several weeks before the start of the season, as we hear from the team, here are four burning takes for the 2025-26 season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Oklahoma City Thunder Predictions Heading Into the Season Chet Holmgren Will Be An All-Star Over the summer, the Thunder signed Chet

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Sparks Must Prove Recent Breakthrough Isn’t a Fluke Before It’s Too Late

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After a rough start to the season, the Los Angeles Sparks are right back in the playoff mix, due to their recent surge, winning seven of their last nine games, including a five-game winning streak before losing to the Las Vegas Aces. The Sparks are now a game and a half behind the eight seed

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How Kayla Thornton’s Unique Journey Became An Inspiration

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You rarely see someone who’s been in the league for 10 years and a 32-year-old become an All-Star for the first time in her WNBA career. Having the opportunity to learn and reflect on her journey en route to becoming an All-Star is a story that needs to be told. Here’s Kayla Thornton‘s insight on

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What We Learned About the OKC Thunder from the 2025 Summer League

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Summer league has officially come to an end, as the Oklahoma City Thunder played a total of eight games. The reigning champs rolled out a talented roster (even without Thomas Sorber), although the availability of players decreased as the summer league progressed. The NBA Summer League provides younger and inexperienced players with the opportunity to gain experience

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Why the Oklahoma City Thunder: Are the most equipped to handle the New CBA

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Fresh off winning the NBA championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are making significant financial commitments. Extending Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to a four-year supermax worth $285 million, Chet Holmgren to a five-year rookie-max worth potentially $250 million, and Jalen Williams to a five-year rookie-max that could pay him up to $287 million. All in all, the Thunder have committed up to $822 million to their

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Ideal Draft Targets for the Oklahoma City Thunder

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Three days after winning the 2025 championship, the 2025 NBA Draft is officially here. The Oklahoma City Thunder have two first-round picks (Nos. 15 via Miami Heat and 24 via Los Angeles Clippers) and a second-round pick (No. 44). Over the last couple of days, there has been much talk that the Thunder will consolidate

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Oklahoma City Captures Its 1st Title: What It Means

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Relocating from Seattle to Oklahoma City in 2008. To the KD-Westbrook-Harden trio. To losing in the 2012 Finals to Miami’s “Big Three”. From the 2016 Western Conference collapse to the 73-win Warriors. To Kevin Durant’s departure. To Damian Lillard’s shot—which led to one of the greatest rebuilds in NBA history—to this iteration of the Oklahoma

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Thunder vs Pacers: NBA Finals Series Preview

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The 2025 NBA Finals matchup is set, with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers facing off against each other with the opportunity to secure its first NBA championship for their respected franchises. For the seventh consecutive year, there will be a new champion. The Pacers got here by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in five

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