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.

The 2025 NBA offseason is in full swing, and there has been a lot of player movement to date. With the Eastern Conference in flux due to Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard's Achilles injuries, many teams have been willing to take a chance. That could alter the power structure in the conference.

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The NBA announced the groups for the Emirates NBA Cup 2025, the league's annual in-season tournament, on Wednesday, July 9.

Fort Smith will welcome former local high school basketball standouts and current NBA champions Jaylin Williams and Isaiah Joe back to the city July 24 with a parade and a party. The event will celebrate the pair and their Oklahoma Thunder basketball team winning the NBA championship last month against the Indiana Pacers.

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.

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.