Fresh off of their NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are poised to be repeat winners next season. They’ll be returning the same core that dominated through most of the 2024-25 campaign, and the oddsmakers at the sportsbooks have no reason to believe that the coming season will be any different.
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During the regular season, the Thunder finished with a record of 68-14. It was one of the best marks overall in NBA history, and they out scored their opponents by an average of 12.87 points per game, the highest mark ever.
The Oklahoma City Thunder open with a 2025-26 win total of 62.5, the highest since the 2018-19 Golden State Warriors (62.5)
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) July 7, 2025
They did end up showing at least some vulnerability during the postseason, as they were taken to a 7th game on two different occasions. But that hasn’t tempered the expectations for next season, as evidenced by the lines that the oddsmakers have provided.
When it comes to winning the championship, no other team really comes close. DraftKings has OKC listed at +260, easily the best mark in the NBA, with the Houston Rockets next on the list at +700. That gives the Thunder implied odds of 27.8%, with the Rockets as the next-highest at 12.5%.
Thunder have locked up their Big 3 💰🔥 pic.twitter.com/QSJeY78hHv
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) July 10, 2025
They’re projected to dominate the regular season, as well. The over/under win totals have been released, and the Thunder have a designation that is 7 full games better than any other team. Their projection of 62.5 wins is the highest that we have seen since 2018, when the Golden State Warriors had an over/under of a whopping 67.5. Since 1994, there have only been 11 teams that have had win projections of more than 60 games.
It is something that NBA fans should probably get used to. The Thunder spent the last few days making sure that their core three players will be around for a while, as they signed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams to long-term extensions. OKC spent a total of $822 million to keep them around, and committed a combined 14 years to the trio.
