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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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NBA Preview 2025: The Strongest Teams Emerging from Pre-Season Action

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Preseason is not always the right time to judge a team’s performance for the regular season. These are times when teams rest players, try out different formations, and getting into sync is more important than results. Nevertheless, the 2025 preseason provided some indications on the teams that may start the season already on the right

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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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Is It True That NBA Refs Ignore Travels to Lift the Game’s Appeal?

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If you’re a regular follower of the NBA, then it’s likely you will have noticed something curious about the action. Many times throughout matches, and therefore the entire season, the well-known offence of “travelling” goes unpunished by the officials. According to the official NBA rules, only two steps are allowed, and any further movement requires

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2025-26 NBA Power Rankings – Where Every Team Stands After This Exciting Offseason

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Well, NBA Fans, we are officially two months away from the NBA season starting. It is right around the time when the offseason moves have settled down and the NBA schedule is finally being released. It will be the start of a new era for the NBA’s 80th season. For starters, it will be the

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Which NBA Teams Are Poised to Improve for the 2025-26 Season?

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Ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season, there is little doubt that the Oklahoma City Thunder are the heavy favorites to repeat as champs. Not only is the core of the team intact, but the Thunder also added two first-round picks, making OKC’s roster even deeper. Of course, the Thunder isn’t the only team that has

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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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The Celtics’ NBA Season Shows How Quickly Narratives Change

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In June 2024, sports journalists were tripping over themselves to talk about the supremacy of the Boston Celtics. It was understandable, as the Celtics had breezed through the NBA regular season with a 64-18 record, made light work of anyone who came up against them in the Playoffs and generally looked like a team that

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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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