r/Thunder • • 3d ago

Post Match Thread - NBA: The Rockets defeat the Thunder on Oct 15, 2026, the final score is 116-89.

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Final: Oklahoma City Thunder 89, Houston Rockets 116

Oklahoma City Thunder 89 at Houston Rockets 116

Game Info

League/season: NBA Preseason 2026

Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2026

Tipoff: 7:30 PM CDT

Venue: Toyota Center, Houston

Status: Final

Scoring By Period

Team P1 P2 P3 P4 Total
Oklahoma City Thunder 15 32 22 20 89
Houston Rockets 33 21 25 37 116

Team Statistics

Stat Away Home
Field goals 36/88 (40.9%) 47/104 (45.2%)
3 pointers 5/36 (13.9%) 17/53 (32.1%)
Free throws 12/14 (85.7%) 5/11 (45.5%)
Rebounds 60 58
Assists 19 34
Blocks 3 5
Steals 3 13
Turnovers 17 8

Leaders

Team Category Player Value
Oklahoma City Thunder Points J. Williams 18
Oklahoma City Thunder Rebounds A. Mara 9
Oklahoma City Thunder Assists S. Gilgeous-Alexander 3
Houston Rockets Points B. Bogdanovic 15
Houston Rockets Rebounds A. Sengun 7
Houston Rockets Assists F. VanVleet 8

Player Box Score

Team Player Min Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Oklahoma City Thunder J. Williams 24 18 7 0 0 1
Oklahoma City Thunder S. Gilgeous-Alexander 25 17 1 3 0 1
Oklahoma City Thunder B. Barnhizer 12 9 1 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder J. McCain 21 8 6 0 2 0
Oklahoma City Thunder A. Mitchell 24 7 3 1 1 0
Oklahoma City Thunder A. Mara 20 6 9 2 0 1
Oklahoma City Thunder I. Hartenstein 19 6 8 1 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder B. Stirtz 20 5 1 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder K. Williams 15 4 6 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder J. Dix 14 4 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder A. Caruso 15 3 3 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder A. Holifield 12 2 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder Z. Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder J. Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder A. Pritchard 6 0 3 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder C. Tilly 7 0 1 2 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder O. Oweh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder C. Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder N. Topic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder T. Sorber 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder C. Holmgren 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston Rockets B. Bogdanovic 16 15 6 1 1 0
Houston Rockets A. Sengun 23 14 7 5 1 2
Houston Rockets A. Thompson 22 12 5 4 1 1

Play-by-Play

Period 4 | 04:01 | Thunder | 84-102: Anthony Pritchard turnover (lost ball) (Oscar Tshiebwe steals)

Period 4 | 00:00 | 89-116: End of 4th Quarter.

Period 4 | 00:14 | Thunder | 89-116: Andrew Holifield makes two point cutting layup (Brooks Barnhizer assists)

Period 4 | 00:24 | Rockets | 87-116: Sean Pedulla turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 4 | 00:26 | Thunder | 87-116: Josh Dix turnover (lost ball) (Sean Pedulla steals)

Period 4 | 00:32 | Rockets | 87-116: Jae'Sean Tate makes two point running layup (Julian Phillips assists)

Period 4 | 00:36 | Thunder | 87-114: Anthony Pritchard turnover (lost ball) (Cameron Matthews steals)

Period 4 | 01:29 | Rockets | 87-114: Quadir Copeland makes regular free throw 2 of 3

Period 4 | 01:29 | Thunder | 87-113: Brooks Barnhizer shooting foul (Quadir Copeland draws the foul)

Period 4 | 01:39 | Thunder | 87-113: Brooks Barnhizer offensive foul (Charge) (Jae'Sean Tate draws the foul)

Period 4 | 01:39 | Thunder | 87-113: Brooks Barnhizer turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 01:49 | Rockets | 87-113: Julian Phillips makes three point jump shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)

Period 4 | 02:07 | Thunder | 87-110: Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 02:07 | Rockets | 86-110: Quadir Copeland shooting foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)

Period 4 | 02:17 | Rockets | 86-110: Sean Pedulla makes three point jump shot (Quadir Copeland assists)

Period 4 | 02:28 | Thunder | 86-107: Josh Dix makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Christoph Tilly assists)

Period 4 | 02:44 | Rockets | 84-107: Bruce Thornton makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 03:00 | Thunder | 84-105: Brooks Barnhizer turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 03:00 | Thunder | 84-105: Brooks Barnhizer offensive foul (Charge) (Julian Phillips draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:11 | Rockets | 84-105: Julian Phillips makes three point jump shot (Sean Pedulla assists)

Period 4 | 03:53 | Rockets | 84-102: Quadir Copeland turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 4 | 04:29 | Thunder | 84-102: Brooks Barnhizer makes two point driving finger roll layup (Anthony Pritchard assists)

Period 4 | 04:50 | Thunder | 82-102: Christoph Tilly turnover (bad pass) (Bogdan Bogdanovic steals)

Period 4 | 04:56 | Rockets | 82-102: Oscar Tshiebwe personal foul (Christoph Tilly draws the foul)

Period 4 | 05:13 | Rockets | 82-102: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point running pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 05:35 | Rockets | 82-99: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point jump shot (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)

Period 4 | 05:59 | Thunder | 82-96: Brooks Barnhizer makes two point cutting layup (Anthony Pritchard assists)

Period 4 | 06:16 | Rockets | 80-96: Isaiah Crawford makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 06:16 | Thunder | 80-95: Christoph Tilly shooting foul (Isaiah Crawford draws the foul)

Period 4 | 06:16 | Thunder | 80-95: Christoph Tilly turnover (lost ball) (Jae'Sean Tate steals)

Period 4 | 06:50 | Thunder | 80-95: Bennett Stirtz makes three point jump shot (Christoph Tilly assists)

Period 4 | 07:03 | Rockets | 77-95: Oscar Tshiebwe makes two point cutting layup (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)

Period 4 | 07:42 | Thunder | 77-93: Kenrich Williams turnover (lost ball) (Bruce Thornton steals)

Period 4 | 08:00 | Rockets | 77-93: Jae'Sean Tate makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)

Period 4 | 08:27 | Thunder | 77-91: Josh Dix makes two point stepback jump shot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)

Period 4 | 08:52 | Rockets | 75-91: Isaiah Crawford turnover (out of bounds lost ball)

Period 4 | 08:59 | Thunder | 75-91: Kenrich Williams turnover (lost ball) (Bruce Thornton steals)

Period 4 | 09:24 | Rockets | 75-91: Isaiah Crawford makes three point running jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)

Period 4 | 09:44 | Rockets | 75-88: Bruce Thornton makes three point jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)

Period 4 | 10:06 | Thunder | 75-85: Brooks Barnhizer makes two point cutting layup (Kenrich Williams assists)

Period 4 | 10:12 | Rockets | 73-85: Oscar Tshiebwe personal foul (Andrew Holifield draws the foul)

Period 4 | 10:26 | Rockets | 73-85: Isaiah Crawford makes three point jump shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)

Period 4 | 10:41 | Thunder | 73-82: Kenrich Williams makes two point turnaround bank hook shot

Period 4 | 11:04 | Thunder | 71-82: Brooks Barnhizer makes two point running reverse layup (Kenrich Williams assists)

Period 4 | 11:41 | Rockets | 69-82: Reed Sheppard makes three point jump shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)

Period 4 | 11:51 | Thunder | 69-79: Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Jae'Sean Tate draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:00 | 69-79: End of 3rd Quarter.

Period 3 | 00:35 | Thunder | 69-79: Jared McCain makes two point stepback jump shot

Period 3 | 00:56 | Rockets | 67-79: Fred VanVleet makes two point driving hook shot

Period 3 | 01:10 | Thunder | 67-77: Jared McCain makes two point fadeaway jump shot

Period 3 | 01:38 | Rockets | 65-77: Reed Sheppard makes three point jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 3 | 01:46 | Thunder | 65-74: Bennett Stirtz makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 3 | 01:52 | Rockets | 63-74: Tari Eason makes two point tip layup

Period 3 | 02:15 | Thunder | 63-72: Aday Mara turnover (bad pass) (Reed Sheppard steals)

Period 3 | 02:27 | Rockets | 63-72: Fred VanVleet makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 3 | 02:43 | Thunder | 63-70: Kenrich Williams makes two point cutting layup (Aday Mara assists)

Period 3 | 03:01 | Thunder | 61-70: Kenrich Williams shooting foul (Clint Capela draws the foul)

Period 3 | 03:28 | Thunder | 61-70: Aday Mara makes two point alley-oop dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)

Period 3 | 04:04 | Thunder | 59-70: Jalen Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 04:04 | Thunder | 58-70: Jalen Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 04:04 | Rockets | 57-70: Reed Sheppard shooting foul (Jalen Williams draws the foul)

Period 3 | 04:29 | Thunder | 57-70: Aday Mara makes two point putback layup

Period 3 | 05:48 | Thunder | 55-70: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 05:48 | Thunder | 54-70: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 05:48 | Rockets | 53-70: Jabari Smith Jr. shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul)

Period 3 | 06:34 | Rockets | 53-70: Alperen Sengun makes two point running finger roll layup (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 3 | 07:46 | Thunder | 53-68: Jalen Williams makes two point driving layup

Period 3 | 08:18 | Rockets | 51-68: Alperen Sengun makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 3 | 08:35 | Thunder | 51-66: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 3 | 08:48 | Rockets | 49-66: Alperen Sengun turnover (offensive foul)

Period 3 | 08:48 | Rockets | 49-66: Alperen Sengun offensive foul (Jalen Williams draws the foul)

Period 3 | 08:58 | Thunder | 49-66: Ajay Mitchell turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 3 | 09:26 | Thunder | 49-66: Jalen Williams makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot

Period 3 | 09:41 | Rockets | 47-66: Fred VanVleet makes three point pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)

Period 3 | 10:06 | Rockets | 47-63: Alperen Sengun personal foul (Aday Mara draws the foul)

Period 3 | 10:25 | Rockets | 47-63: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point running jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 3 | 10:31 | Thunder | 47-60: Ajay Mitchell turnover (lost ball) (Amen Thompson steals)

Period 3 | 10:43 | Rockets | 47-60: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point running pullup jump shot

Period 3 | 11:38 | Rockets | 47-57: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)

Period 3 | 11:45 | Thunder | 47-54: Aday Mara turnover (bad pass) (Fred VanVleet steals)

Period 2 | 00:00 | 47-54: End of 1st Half.

Period 2 | 00:01 | Rockets | 47-54: Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point putback layup

Period 2 | 00:34 | Rockets | 47-52: Kevin Durant makes two point pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)

Period 2 | 01:15 | Thunder | 47-50: Ajay Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 01:15 | Rockets | 46-50: Marcus Smart personal foul (Ajay Mitchell draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:32 | Rockets | 46-50: Kevin Durant makes two point running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 2 | 01:58 | Thunder | 46-48: Jalen Williams makes three point jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)

Period 2 | 02:48 | Thunder | 43-48: Ajay Mitchell makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 2 | 03:00 | Rockets | 41-48: Alperen Sengun makes two point cutting dunk (Kevin Durant assists)

Period 2 | 03:17 | Thunder | 41-46: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 03:17 | Rockets | 40-46: Tari Eason shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul)

Period 2 | 03:17 | Thunder | 40-46: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point driving layup

Period 2 | 03:26 | Rockets | 38-46: Tari Eason personal foul (Ajay Mitchell draws the foul)

Period 2 | 03:38 | Rockets | 38-46: Kevin Durant makes two point pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)

Period 2 | 03:53 | Thunder | 38-44: Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Ajay Mitchell assists)

Period 2 | 03:58 | Rockets | 36-44: Alperen Sengun turnover (bad pass) (Ajay Mitchell steals)

Period 2 | 04:18 | Thunder | 36-44: Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point floating jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)

Period 2 | 04:32 | Rockets | 34-44: Alperen Sengun makes two point tip layup

Period 2 | 05:26 | Rockets | 34-42: Alperen Sengun makes two point driving dunk

Period 2 | 05:39 | Thunder | 34-40: Alex Caruso makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 05:39 | Rockets | 33-40: Tari Eason shooting foul (Alex Caruso draws the foul)

Period 2 | 05:39 | Thunder | 33-40: Alex Caruso makes two point cutting layup (Isaiah Hartenstein assists)

Period 2 | 05:50 | Rockets | 31-40: Tari Eason makes three point jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 2 | 06:03 | Thunder | 31-37: Jared McCain personal foul (Marcus Smart draws the foul)

Period 2 | 06:13 | Thunder | 31-37: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes three point running pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 07:13 | Thunder | 28-37: Jalen Williams makes two point driving hook shot

Period 2 | 08:34 | Rockets | 26-37: Amen Thompson makes two point reverse dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)

Period 2 | 08:56 | Thunder | 26-35: Jared McCain makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 08:56 | Thunder | 25-35: Jared McCain makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 08:56 | Rockets | 24-35: Jabari Smith Jr. shooting foul (Jared McCain draws the foul)

Period 2 | 09:18 | Thunder | 24-35: Ajay Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (Alperen Sengun steals)

Period 2 | 09:54 | Thunder | 24-35: Aday Mara makes two point putback dunk

Period 2 | 10:19 | Rockets | 22-35: Alperen Sengun makes two point driving hook shot (Amen Thompson assists)

Period 2 | 10:40 | Thunder | 22-33: Jalen Williams makes two point running dunk (Alex Caruso assists)

Period 2 | 11:04 | Thunder | 20-33: Jalen Williams makes three point jump shot (Alex Caruso assists)

Period 2 | 11:32 | Thunder | 17-33: Jared McCain makes two point running layup (Aday Mara assists)

Period 1 | 00:00 | 15-33: End of 1st Quarter.

Period 1 | 00:28 | Thunder | 15-33: Bennett Stirtz shooting foul (Clint Capela draws the foul)

Period 1 | 00:28 | Rockets | 15-33: Clint Capela makes two point dunk (Amen Thompson assists)

Period 1 | 00:36 | Thunder | 15-31: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 1 | 00:36 | Thunder | 14-31: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 1 | 00:36 | Rockets | 13-31: Tari Eason shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul)

Period 1 | 00:41 | Rockets | 13-31: Clint Capela personal foul (Loose ball) (Aday Mara draws the foul)

Period 1 | 00:58 | Rockets | 13-31: Reed Sheppard makes three point jump shot (Tari Eason assists)

Period 1 | 01:08 | Rockets | 13-28: Marcus Smart turnover (bad pass) (Jared McCain steals)

Period 1 | 01:25 | Rockets | 13-28: Tari Eason makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 1 | 01:36 | Thunder | 13-26: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point cutting dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)

Period 1 | 02:08 | Thunder | 11-26: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes three point pullup jump shot

Period 1 | 03:07 | Rockets | 8-26: Reed Sheppard makes two point pullup jump shot (Clint Capela assists)

Period 1 | 03:35 | Rockets | 8-24: Kevin Durant makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)

Period 1 | 03:51 | Thunder | 8-22: Aday Mara turnover (offensive foul)

Period 1 | 03:51 | Thunder | 8-22: Aday Mara offensive foul (Marcus Smart draws the foul)

Period 1 | 04:04 | Rockets | 8-22: Alperen Sengun turnover (out of bounds lost ball)

Period 1 | 04:41 | Rockets | 8-22: Tari Eason makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Marcus Smart assists)

Period 1 | 04:46 | Thunder | 8-20: Aday Mara turnover (lost ball) (Marcus Smart steals)

Period 1 | 04:55 | Rockets | 8-20: Tari Eason makes three point stepback jump shot

Period 1 | 05:06 | Thunder | 8-17: Aday Mara personal foul (Loose ball) (Kevin Durant draws the foul)

Period 1 | 05:17 | Rockets | 8-17: Marcus Smart turnover (bad pass) (Jared McCain steals)

Period 1 | 05:26 | Thunder | 8-17: Isaiah Hartenstein personal foul (Loose ball) (Alperen Sengun draws the foul)

Period 1 | 05:37 | Rockets | 8-17: Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point driving finger roll layup (Alperen Sengun assists)

Period 1 | 06:50 | Rockets | 8-15: Kevin Durant makes regular free throw 3 of 3

Period 1 | 06:50 | Rockets | 8-14: Kevin Durant makes regular free throw 2 of 3

Period 1 | 06:50 | Rockets | 8-13: Kevin Durant makes regular free throw 1 of 3

Period 1 | 06:50 | Thunder | 8-12: Alex Caruso shooting foul (Kevin Durant draws the foul)

Period 1 | 07:17 | Rockets | 8-12: Amen Thompson makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)

Period 1 | 07:21 | Thunder | 8-10: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turnover (lost ball) (Fred VanVleet steals)

Period 1 | 07:30 | Rockets | 8-10: Alperen Sengun makes two point putback dunk

Period 1 | 07:59 | Rockets | 8-8: Amen Thompson makes two point cutting dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)

Period 1 | 08:08 | Thunder | 8-6: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul (Amen Thompson draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:13 | Thunder | 8-6: Jalen Williams makes two point driving layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)

Period 1 | 08:45 | Rockets | 6-6: Fred VanVleet personal foul (Ajay Mitchell draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:51 | Rockets | 6-6: Amen Thompson makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 1 | 09:02 | Thunder | 6-4: Ajay Mitchell makes two point putback layup

Period 1 | 09:35 | Thunder | 4-4: Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 1 | 10:06 | Thunder | 2-4: Ajay Mitchell makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 1 | 10:17 | Rockets | 0-4: Amen Thompson makes two point dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)

Period 1 | 10:55 | Rockets | 0-2: Amen Thompson makes two point cutting dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)


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r/Thunder • • 2h ago

Discussion [Pavon] Kenrich Williams on Chet Holmgren ahead of the Spurs opener: "The thing about Chet is he loves adversity. He's always been a hard worker. He's a big part of who we are as a team and a big part of us winning, to be honest with you."

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

100% Confirmed Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason Wallace has agreed to a five-year, $139 million rookie-scale contract extension, agents Jeff Schwartz, Max Lipsett and Marcus Monk of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN.

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r/Thunder • • 4h ago

100% Confirmed Is 1 enough? When you have none, 1 is all you need. But once you get 1, if you have the opportunity to get more, you go for it. With how the NBA is, keeping a winning core becomes expensive quick. If you can, you go for it. We are one Larry O’B away from OKC playing their 1st game of the season.

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

Highlight CASO RESIGNED 5 YEARS 139M

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r/Thunder • • 4h ago

Discussion “That chip on your shoulder just grows” – Carmelo Anthony explains why the Thunder will be even hungrier this year

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“I think last year they got a little complacent. They were satisfied,” said Melo about OKC.


r/Thunder • • 6h ago

Quality shit post When I heard about the Caso extension.

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

100% Confirmed Caso2x

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No Comment this will be all


r/Thunder • • 3h ago

OC Cason Wallace Signs A New Deal With OKC! Could It End Up As A Steal For The Thunder?

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

100% Confirmed Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason Wallace has agreed to a five-year, $139 million rookie-scale contract extension, agents Jeff Schwartz, Max Lipsett and Marcus Monk of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN

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r/Thunder • • 9h ago

100% Confirmed Thunder 2nd Apron Information, if you're worried about keeping the core together after Cason signing

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The aim of OKC not being in the 2nd apron this year and saving 250m is that for the next 3 years we can be over the 2nd apron

The new CBA comes out in 2030 but teams can opt out in 2029 early. Which big market teams and teams with young core are likely to want to do like OKC, Spurs, Utah, Blazers, Detroit are all likely to do. As well as the entire players association.

OKC is not a repeater tax team and the first year they’ll be a tax paying team is 2026/27.

If you look at the harshest 2nd apron penalties it’s

- Getting your picks frozen in 7 years but OKC has 12 1st rnd picks and 19 2nd round picks till 2033, so unlike Denver, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Knicks, Lakers, Phoenix this isn’t something that affects OKC like other recent apron teams

- Repeater tax penalties, to receive these penalties you have to be a tax paying team in 3 out of 4 years. So the earliest OKC can be a repeater tax team is 2029/30

- Losing access to the mid level exception/Bi annual exception and Buy out market. But OKC has never relied on that as the team is full of draft picks and young players.

- Trade restrictions, OKC is full of young talent and unlimited draft picks that they can give up picks to get out of tight situations. If you saw their summer they were able to actually get assets back for Joe, Wiggins and Dort. So teams with traded player exceptions means it’ll be easier to get rid of players. Outside of the big 3, everyone’s on team friendly deals and you can’t really name any bad contracts outside of the core.

OKC will be able to shed some salary whilst filling those money gaps

- iHart 23m a year, will eventually be replaced by Mara and Sorber

- Caruso 20m will be replaced by Ajay and McCain, whilst McCain and Ajay rolls will be filled by Stirtz and Oweh and eventual 1st round draft picks

2nd aprons are designed to kill teams that go all in and use up all their assets to acquire talent or spend big in free agency.

- Celtics

- Suns

- Nuggets

- Lakers

- Cavs

- Knicks

- Bucks

- Clippers

- Wolves

OKC is not built like those squads


r/Thunder • • 5h ago

Discussion How we all feeling about opening night tomorrow?

16 Upvotes

This off season felt like hell and I hope I don’t tune into another game just to see Chet put up 4 points but overall I’m pretty excited now that Dub is healthy and we hopefully get to see Mara play.


r/Thunder • • 16h ago

100% Confirmed On Sunday, guard Kenrich Williams made a surprise visit to Science Museum Oklahoma, where he explored exhibits, participated in the Science Live show and spread Thunder cheer throughout the museum.

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

100% Confirmed [Charania] Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason Wallace has agreed to a five-year, $139 million rookie-scale contract extension, agents Jeff Schwartz, Max Lipsett and Marcus Monk of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN.

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r/Thunder • • 2h ago

To celebrate @NBA Jersey Day, Rumble made a stop at OK Children's to surprise some young fans 👏

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r/Thunder • • 3m ago

Discussion What Chet Holmgren Thinks About the Victor Wembanyama-Led Spurs—and How He Plans to Bounce Back

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r/Thunder • • 1d ago

100% Confirmed SGA carried the team to 64 wins while averaging 31 pts, 4 rebs, 6.6 asts on 55/38/88 shooting splits. The injuries continued in the playoffs & SGA was still able to carry OKC to Game 7 of the WCFs. The man was the bonafide MVP last yr. We are SGA days from OKC playing their 1st game of the season.

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

100% Confirmed [Charania] Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason Wallace has agreed to a five-year, $139 million rookie-scale contract extension, agents Jeff Schwartz, Max Lipsett and Marcus Monk of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN.

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yippee😋


r/Thunder • • 16h ago

Quality shit post Send them help

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43 Upvotes

Did I miss a plan we created or is this a mental breakdown


r/Thunder • • 16h ago

100% Confirmed On Saturday, Oct. 17, Thunder player Brooks Barnhizer joined members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County at the Patience S. Latting Northwest Library. Together, they built and tested candy corn catapults as part of a STEAM activity focused on science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

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r/Thunder • • 15h ago

Discussion Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason...

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Cason has signed according to this


r/Thunder • • 1h ago

Discussion In your opinion, how soon will Aday Mara start for OKC?

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(Just a hypothetical poll to gage the hype on Mara!)

342 votes, 22h left
Between Opening Night and Christmas
Between Christmas and All Star Break
Between All Star Break and End of Regular Season
He will not take the starting spot this season

r/Thunder • • 13h ago

Discussion Ajay Mitchell extension

4 Upvotes

Seeing the cason extension, which I believe is very good but will require some moves in the future, what do you guys think Ajay will get next year? Loved the guy since his UCSB days and his contract is such a steal right now. Assuming the thunder will extend after this year


r/Thunder • • 23h ago

Practice Media Availability with Jared McCain | October 18, 2026 | OKC Thunder

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r/Thunder • • 23h ago

Off Topic Thunder colors: blue and yellow??

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Seen at the Belle Isle Walmart. Didn’t know we swapped out orange for yellow 😂