Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.

So long as the Jazz are able to get a top-10 pick, they’ll keep their own pick in 2025 (if it falls out of the top 10, the pick goes to the Oklahoma City Thunder). But, it’s not just their own pick that the Jazz will be playing with in the 2025 draft.

The Thunder have plenty of options. None will equate to Hartenstein but enough to survive this upcoming stretch. OKC has flexed its rubber-band-esque ability to stretch and transform its identity. It will be asked to do so again.

The NBA is creeping to the halfway point of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder have played 38 games with three more on the docket this week to take them to t

The OKC Thunder set a franchise record for longest winning streak this season. Here's a look back at OKC's impressive 15-game winning streak. 🏀

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The Knicks offense can be as scary as it gets. Anyone can get you at any time. At halftime, every starter except Towns had double-digit points, and he went into the locker room with 8 points and 13 rebounds. Nothing to sneeze at.

Every Knicks starter logged at least 40 minutes in the 117-107 loss to the Thunder — the first time that’s happened for the franchise in the regular season since 2013.

For the fourth straight game, the Western Conference-leading Thunder won after trailing by at least a dozen points. Read more at straitstimes.com.