Over the last few months, the Oklahoma City Thunder have begun to receive their flowers from the national media.
After three years of rebuilding, it appears Thunder general manager Sam Presti has done it once again. The Thunder’s young core was voted as the most promising in the league by executives by a wide margin, and it’s hard to fault that judgment when reviewing the roster.
Buy Thunder TicketsShai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the way. He blossomed into one of the best players in the league last season. Chet Holmgren was the 2022 No. 2 pick. Jalen Williams finished No. 2 in Rookie of the Year voting. Josh Giddey is expected by some executives to be a breakout candidate this year.
That doesn’t even include other recent lottery picks Ousmane Dieng and Cason Wallace. Both have shots to develop into real rotation pieces for OKC.
The overwhelming amount of young and promising talent has national media across the league expecting a promising future and present for the Thunder. Add ESPN’s NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski to the list.
In a recent television appearance, Wojnarowski said he believes the Thunder could possess several future All-Stars on their current roster.
“I think there are four potential All-Stars in that lineup down the road and maybe Holmgren’s a potential MVP candidate certainly,” Wojnarowski said.
Woj: "I think there are 4 potential All-Stars in (OKC’s) lineup down the road and maybe Holmgren's a potential MVP candidate certainly."
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 11, 2023
This is certainly high praise by Woj, who’s known as arguably the best news breaker in the business. If he’s right, the Thunder have set themselves up for another lengthy window of title contention once again.
