After steamrolling the NBA with 68 regular-season victories and a championship last season, the Thunder find themselves atop BetMGM’s preseason odds to win the NBA Finals. Thanks to a roster that mostly stays the same, Oklahoma City gets an honest crack at becoming the league’s first back-to-back champions since Golden State in 2017 and 2018.

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Well, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver rolled his eyes at the thought. Ahead of the 2025-26 Opening Night, where the Thunder handed out rings and unveiled their championship banner, he said there's zero correlation between market size related to TV ratings. He talked to ESPN's Pat McAfee.

The Thunder received their 2024-25 NBA championship rings. Here's what you need to know about the rings, including the special design.

Before the Oklahoma City Thunder began their quest for a second straight championship, they celebrated their first.

At the time, Silver admitted that the NBA did plan to revisit the concept of having logos painted on the court at a later date. The NBA did project digital images of the Larry O'Brien Trophy onto the court during last June's NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.

For the first time since 2009, the large Larry O'Brien Trophy logo and the NBA Finals script logo will be painted on the court, sources told ESPN.

Former Pacers point guard Travis Best, who stands at 5’11,” remembered having to guard Michael Jordan in a critical playoff game.