Tag: Oklahoma City Thunder
Reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the 2025 NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder have reached a four-year, $285 million super max contract extension, sources informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Now Has Richest Annual Salary Gilgeous-Alexander, who turns 27 on July 12, now has the richest annual salary for a player in NBA […]
Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Jalen Williams will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist and will be ready for the start of the 2025-26 season, general manager Sam Presti announced Monday. “It’s not an injury that people have a problem recovering from,” Presti said at his end-of-season news conference Monday. […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed forward/center Jaylin Williams to a multi-year contract extension, Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced Sunday. Jaylin Williams’ New Deal Carries An Average Annual Salary Of $8 Million According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Williams is signing a new three-year, $24 million contract extension with the Thunder after […]
A moment 17 years in the making finally happened on Tuesday as the Oklahoma City Thunder held their championship parade. The agony and misery of falling short in the Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook era is now replaced with the pure ecstasy of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren leading the Thunder to the promised land. […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA champions for the first time in franchise history. As much as this team has tried to give off a calm, collected vibe throughout the regular season and playoffs, the inexperience and exuberance of youth was on full display after beating the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 to clinch the […]
Much was made of the Jalen Williams/Shai Gilgeous-Alexander screening action the Oklahoma City Thunder used to close out Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Down the stretch of that soon-to-be immortal victory over the Indiana Pacers, Williams simply received ball-screens from Gilgeous-Alexander, who then had a much easier time scoring (or drawing fouls) on Aaron […]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s clutch time heroics rescued the Oklahoma City Thunder from falling into a 3-1 series deficit and instead head back home with the NBA Finals knotted at two games apiece against the Indiana Pacers. In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, the new league MVP poured in 15 points to help the […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder tried to hire ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst over a decade ago. This is according to ESPN’s own Pablo Torre. Currently two wins away from hoisting its first NBA championship, GM Sam Presti saw value in protecting information. “The reason that Sam Presti considered hiring Brian Windhorst — kicked the tires on […]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, MVP of the NBA, hunched over with the edge of his shorts clamped between his palms and tightly gripping fingers, pressing down into his knees. If the Indiana Pacers do go onto to win the 2025 NBA Finals, that should be the defining image of their Game 3, 116-107 victory over the Oklahoma […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder, Brooklyn Nets, and Orlando Magic are the teams most likely to move up in the 2025 NBA draft, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer. Thunder, Nets, And Magic Could Trade Up In 2025 NBA Draft The Thunder, Nets and Magic have been “mentioned by rival executives as teams to monitor for […]
