Got all that? Good. As the Thunder have neither paid the tax nor gone above the second apron yet, this means they are still four taxpaying seasons away from the repeater penalty and three second apron seasons away from seeing a first-round pick drop to No. 30 overall. This begs the question of when that cycle will actually start for them.

Cason Wallace, Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, and Jaylin Williams were all key contributors. Now, Presti has added 2025 first-round pick Thomas Sorber, a promising two-way center, to prepare for a potential Hartenstein exit after 2026.

After a memorable seven-game NBA Finals, this Thunder team is young and capable of bucking Silver’s push toward parity

Sam Presti put Oklahoma City's first NBA championship team together in an unconventional way. The Thunder general manager didn’t make any splashy trades or break the bank in free agency.

The Oklahoma City Thunder became the first team in the NBA this season to win 60 games with a victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

During his time suiting up for the Thunder, McGary wore only jersey No. 33 and put up 4.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

With the recent extensions of Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder are going to run into the second apron. OKC still have to extend Jalen Williams as well, and he will presumably get the max.