THE Oklahoma City Thunder The New Zealand team players are heading into the 2024-25 season with huge expectations. With the success they have achieved, from awards to records, everyone is putting pressure on them to do more. To achieve this, the players need to improve.
Fortunately, general manager Sam Presti was able to sign Isaiah Hartenstein from the Knicks and trade Josh Giddey for savvy defender Alex Caruso. Add in the retention of key role players like Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe, and the Thunder look to be in pretty good shape.
However, as many Thunder and NBA fans know, the Western Conference is extremely competitive and to be competitive and have a chance at winning a title, you need stars.
The Thunder of course have one in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, where he finished second in MVP voting last season, and was recently ranked as the fourth best player to start a franchise withBesides SGA, what other stars does OKC have to offer?
According to Dan Favale of Bleacher ReportChet Holmgren and Jalen Williams are sure to place their names among the league’s biggest names:
“Limit Holmgren’s second-year options at your peril,” Favale said. “Pretty much everything — All-Defense, All-Star, All-NBA, Most Improved Player, whatever — is on the table.
“Jalen Williams fills the spot that Tyrese Maxey occupied at the start of last season: the kind of star who’s already there and seems destined to become undeniable by the end of the year.”
It will only be a matter of time before the Thunder become a true super team.
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