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• Chet Holmgren isn’t afraid to say what the Thunder’s goal is this season

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images The Oklahoma City Thunder have one goal in mind this season. The Oklahoma City Thunder are making the race for the top seed in the Western Conference look a bit like a joke. At the time of this writing OKC has a 12.5-game lead on the “challengers” for the top spot in the West in the Houston Rockets. Given that the Thunder have won 4 in a row, have won 9 of their l...2025
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• NBA Notes: Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Celtics, Payton Pritchard, Rockets

Thunder The Thunder appear to be heating up during their season of dreams, playing even better than before in recent weeks. “Oklahoma City has won 10 of its past 11 games, scoring a league-high 122.7 points per 100 possessions during that span despite Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren each missing four games,” wrote ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “Seven […] The post NB...2025
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• NBA Looking At Thunder, Sixers For Possible Player Participation Policy Violations
The NBA is investigating the Thunder and the Sixers for possible violations of the league’s player participation policy, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN. According to Charania, the NBA is looking specifically at the Thunder’s March 7 game vs. Portland, in which the team sat its entire starting five: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (rest), Chet Holmgren (lower […]...2025
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• NBA Investigating Thunder, Sixers For Potential Player Participation Policy Violations

The Oklahoma City Thunder are being investigated by the NBA for potentially violating the league's player participation policy. The game under review came on March 7th when the Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers despite sitting out their entire starting five of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort and Isaiah Hartenstein. Cason Wallace also sat out the game. The NBA ...2025
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• Sources: NBA looking into OKC sitting 5 starters
The NBA is investigating a March 7 game in which the Thunder rested starters Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Luguentz Dort and Isaiah Hartenstein as well as Cason Wallace....2025
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• Thunder Clinch Playoff Berth With Win Over Celtics

The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a playoff spot following a 118-112 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. The Thunder won both their games against the Celtics this season. "It's huge. Because [the Celtics have] done it, because they've done what we're trying to do, the games against them are always going to be heightened. They're always going to be a little bit more exciting. They, lik...2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Week 18 Key Injuries

Domantas Sabonis, Chet Holmgren and Norman Powell are among the key players on the injury report for Week 18....2025
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are the most disappointing teams in men’s college basketball so far. Expectations are a slippery slope in this new era of college basketball. With every player in the country essentially on a one-year deal, coaches face the monumental task of keeping their top players on campus, surrounding them with the right fits in the transfer portal, and addin...2025
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• Injury Report: Chet Holmgren, Austin Reaves, Joel Embiid, Jalen Suggs & More
There are some rising NBA stars that have gone down with injury, as well as seasoned veterans. JOEL EMBIID Sixers big man Joel Embiid has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to his ongoing knee issues. The 76ers could reportedly consider medically retiring Joel Embiid, according to NBA Insider Keith Smith. […] The post Injury Report: Chet Holmgren, Austin Reaves, Joel Embiid, Jalen...2025
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• Thunder's Chet Holmgren makes franchise history

Holmgren is making his presence felt now that he has returned from injury....2025
• Nets center suspended by NBA for actions in latest game

It’s bad timing, as the Nets will have a much more difficult time keeping Oklahoma City’s big man duo of Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein under control....2025
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• Thunder's new super-big lineup is terrorizing the NBA

It wasn't long ago when the Thunder were forced to start 6-foot-5 Jalen Williams at center, owing to early season injuries suffered by Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein and Jaylin Williams....2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Only a handful of teams can realistically win the 2025 NBA championship. Let’s rank ‘em. The NBA is in its parity era, and it’s made the race of the championship more wide open than it’s been at any point in the league’s existence. NBA history is littered with dynasties, but those days might be over: no team has won back-to-back championships since Kevin ...2025
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
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• Thunder's Chet Holmgren off Thunder injury report, expected to return Friday

The Thunder are 40-9 and have yet to play Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein together. That changes Friday....2025
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• Thunder injury update: Chet Holmgren to return on Friday after missing 39 straight games
On Wednesday evening, the Thunder were at home to face the Suns. Oklahoma City won the game 140-109 and improved to 40-9 in 2024-25. That is the best record in the Western Conference. Since November 10, the Thunder have been without starting center Chet Holmgren. He suffered a significant hip injury and had to miss […] The post Thunder injury update: Chet Holmgren to return on Friday after ...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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"The NBA is investigating a March 7 game in which the Thunder rested starters Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Luguentz Dort and Isaiah Hartenstein as well as Cason Wallace."

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"Thunder star Chet Holmgren exited with a right hip injury Sunday against the Warriors."

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"said that when the Thunder selected Chet Holmgren instead, Smith Jr."

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"It’s something a little more concerning […] The post Doctor Fears Anthony Davis Could Have Same Injury As Chet Holmgren appeared first on Basketball Forever."

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"2022 NBA Mock Draft: Paolo Banchero to Thunder, Chet Holmgren to Magic among way-too-early projections"

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"Two of the country’s top prospects in Emoni Bates and Chet Holmgren had a showdown for the ages on Thursday in what was one of the most watched high school basketball games of recent memory."

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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images The Warriors centers can’t be placeholders if they’re to make another championship run The year is 2000. Planes haven’t fallen from the air, but people sure seem to be tumbling as the Indiana Pacers are facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. In Game 2, the Pacers’ starting Center Dale Davis fouls out. Backup center Sam Perkins fouls out. Thi...2025
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• Everyone Overlooked Ant’s Most Valuable Skill During the Draft Process

The Ringer’s annual draft guide before the 2020 draft listed Anthony Edwards as the second-best prospect in the draft. “Powerful driving to the rim,” they listed as his first strength. “When he initiates contact, defenders bounce off him. Finishes with athleticism and displays soft touch with either hand.” Chet Holmgren would agree after Thursday night’s game....2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• Thunder’s Chet Holmgren Set To Return On Friday

Even if the Thunder don’t complete any more trades before Thursday’s deadline, they’re set to make a major addition to their lineup this week. Big man Chet Holmgren, who has been sidelined for nearly three months due to a right iliac wing fracture, is no longer on the team’s injury report and is expected to […]...2025
• Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade grades for blockbuster of a lifetime from Lakers-Mavs

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Let’s grade the Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis blockbuster trade for all sides. The most mind-blowing trade in NBA history caught literally everyone involved off-guard, and still has the wider basketball world picking up the pieces at what just went down. Luka Doncic is now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony Davis has joined the Dallas Mavericks next...2025
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• Thunder Mindful Of Future Salary Obligations When Considering Any Deal

The Oklahoma City Thunder will consider the ramifications of their future payroll obligations on any potential trade, sources tell ESPN. For the 26-27 season, the Thunder will presumably have both Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren on rookie scale max contracts as they come off their first NBA contracts. Oklahoma City projects to have approximately $191 million in payroll for seven players that seas...2025
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• Isaiah Hartenstein To Return Sunday From Calf Injury

Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein will return to the lineup on Sunday night. Hartenstein has missed the Thunder's last five games with a strained left calf. The Thunder went 3-2 without Hartenstein. The veteran big man has been starting in place of Chet Holmgren, who is rehabbing from a pelvic injury. In 24 games, Hartenstein has averaged 11.8 points, 12.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1...2025
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• NBA Notes: Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Celtics, Payton Pritchard, Rockets
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• Thunder Clinch Playoff Berth With Win Over Celtics
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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• Nets let fourth-quarter lead slip away in 129-121 loss to Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points, Chet Holmgren had 22 points and 17 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rebounded from a stunning collapse with a game-changing blitz in the fourth quarter to beat the Brooklyn Nets 129-121 on Wednesday night....2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances
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• Holmgren enjoys 'amazing' return as OKC rolls
Chet Holmgren had four points, five rebounds, four blocks and two steals during the Thunder's 121-109 win over the Raptors....2025
• Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade grades for blockbuster of a lifetime from Lakers-Mavs
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced

Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s the full 2025 NBA All-Star roster, explained after the reserves were announced. The 2025 NBA All-Star Game feels like a ceremonial passing of the baton from one generation of basketball superstars to the next. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevi Durant were each voted as All-Star starters, but there’s so much more young talent h...2025
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• Chet Holmgren isn’t afraid to say what the Thunder’s goal is this season
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• Cooper Flagg is trending as one of the best NBA Draft prospects in modern history

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Cooper Flagg has somehow exceeded the stratospheric hype. The NBA had a premonition Cooper Flagg was bound for future superstardom long before he put on a Duke jersey. It was the NBA’s interest that convinced Flagg to reclassify, essentially skipping his senior year of high school to enroll in college at just 17 years old. It was at the NBA’s behest th...2025
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• The Thunder snatched the Celtics’ chain in possible NBA Finals preview

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images The Thunder ate the Celtics’ lunch and proved their ready to win the championship right now. The Oklahoma City Thunder are on a rocket ship to the top of the NBA. It feels like they’re speed-running the tanking-to-championship playbook in a way the league hasn’t really seen before, and the scary thing is they’re still at the very beginning of what shoul...2025
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• 7 young NBA players making the leap this season

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Here are 7 young NBA players who showing significant improvement this season. It’s not too early to overreact to what we’re seeing from the start of the NBA’s 82-game grind. Trends historically begin to stabilize around the 20-game mark. While it would be unwise to suggest the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers will continue to be among the worst teams ...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA for the 2023-2024 season This rookie class in the NBA will always go down in history as the year Victor Wembanyama made his grand entrance into the league. Wembanyama’s rookie season was so spellbinding, so sporadically brilliant that it overshadowed everything in its path, including his talented peers that were quietly forming one of the deeper groups of pro...2024
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• Victor Wembanyama is leveling up at a terrifying rate for Spurs

Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images Wembanyama’s rapid ascent is impossible to miss. The NBA was packed with exciting games on Thursday night that directly impacted its incredibly tight playoff picture. The Denver Nuggets knocked off the Miami Heat in an NBA Finals rematch, the surging Golden State Warriors picked up another win over the New York Knicks, Devin Booker went off ...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• Doctor Fears Anthony Davis Could Have Same Injury As Chet Holmgren
Anthony Davis got injured a week ago and nobody will say what his injury is. But the level of concern around the league certainly skyrocketed when Brian Windhorst had this to say: “It’s not good. It’s not a sprained ankle. It’s not a sprained foot from what I understand. It’s something a little more concerning […] The post Doctor Fears Anthony Davis Could Have Same Injury As Chet Holmgren ap...2022
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• Sources: NBA looking into OKC sitting 5 starters
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• ‘Almost In Tears’: Jabari Smith Jr. Claims OKC Broke Promise to Draft Him
Jabari Smith Sr. has revealed the Oklahoma City Thunder told his son they would select him second overall at the 2022 NBA Draft. Smith Sr. said that when the Thunder selected Chet Holmgren instead, Smith Jr. was deeply affected. “So, they called Chet Holmgren’s name, and he lost it,” Smith Sr. told Andscape. “Leg went […] The post ‘Almost In Tears’: Jabari Smith Jr. Claims OKC Br...2023
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• Holmgren to miss '22-23 season with foot injury

Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren will miss the 2022-23 season because of a Lisfranc injury to his right foot....2022
• Nikola Jokic Praises Chet Holmgren, But Says He Needs to Get Fatter

Nikola Jokic advised Chet Holmgren to bulk up after their first meeting in the NBA....2023
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• Chet dazzles in record summer league debut

Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren scored 23 points, blocked six shots and hit four 3-pointers in a sterling NBA summer league debut on Tuesday night....2022
• NBA offseason winners and losers: Knicks' star search incomplete; Spurs eyeing top pick; Thunder keep building
OKC scores with Chet Holmgren, while the Lakers are holding out for Kyrie Irving...2022
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• Thunder apply for disabled player exception due to Chet Holmgren injury

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• NBA Looking At Thunder, Sixers For Possible Player Participation Policy Violations
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• Thunder Clinch Playoff Berth With Win Over Celtics
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• Crucial non-call helps Thunder take down Nuggets

Oklahoma City's lineup featuring Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein helped slow down Nikola Jokic on Sunday. A huge non-call helped keep the two bigs on the court....2025
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Thunder's new super-big lineup is terrorizing the NBA
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• NBA Notes: Thunder, Chet Holmgren, Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, Hawks
Thunder The Thunder are listed at No. 2 in the latest NBA power rankings, behind only the Cavaliers. And there’s no shame in that — as Oklahoma City’s amazing season is marching on. Now, it appears the Thunder have reinforcements, too. “Chet Holmgren struggled in Monday’s loss to the Nuggets, but the fact that he […] The post NBA Notes: Thunder, Chet Holmgren, N...2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren throws another seven-block party as DPOY buzz continues to grow

Holmgren is the first rookie since Tim Duncan in 1998 to register two straight seven-block games...2023
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• Chet Holmgren, Chris Paul and more buzz from Vegas

Our NBA insiders have the latest from Vegas, including Chet Holmgren's return, the in-season tournament and Chris Paul's fit on the Golden State Warriors....2023
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• Chet Holmgren, the in-season tournament and other buzz from Vegas

Our NBA insiders have the latest from Vegas, including Chet Holmgren's return, the in-season tournament and Chris Paul's fit on the Golden State Warriors....2023
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• NBA mock draft 2023: Latest projection with perfect picks for every selection
Photo by Christian Bonin/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s our latest NBA mock draft. There are a few things we know for sure about the 2023 NBA Draft. Victor Wembanyama is going No. 1 overall to the San Antonio Spurs. The New Orleans Pelicans want G League Ignite point guard Scoot Henderson, but they would have to trade into the top-three to get him. Damian Lillard would probably like the Port...2023
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