A month into the NBA season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are favorites to repeat as champions, with Denver and Cleveland next in line.

Last season, Williams became an NBA champion, an All-Star, a member of the All-NBA third team, a member of the NBA All-Defensive second team, and only the 30th player in history to score at least 40 points in an NBA Finals game. The feat was even more impressive.

The Minnesota Timberwolves face the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Durant Warriors with elite defense, extraordinary depth and a blistering 17–1 start, OKC is separating from the league and putting a historic regular-season mark firmly in play.

Oklahoma City has the potential to add three more players to its roster in the upcoming NBA Draft, bolstering a roster that already has plenty of depth.

Simply having Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the floor alongside a group of any Thunder role players is enough to win 90% of their games. Mark Daigenault is a phenomenal coach who has instilled great defensive principles and a culture of work ethic and energy for all 82 games, which allows OKC to win on the margins even when short-handed.

Even though the OKC Thunder could win a second straight NBA title, it's also in position to land up to four first-round picks in the 2026 NBA Draft.

Oklahoma City has arguably the best home-court advantage in the league, and that could easily come into play during its NBA Cup run. On Wednesday night, the Thu

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