The Oklahoma City Thunder recently learned that their opening night opponent for the 2025-26 NBA season will be the Houston Rockets. This means that the Thunder will be raising a banner and receiving their championship rings in front of former franchise cornerstone Kevin Durant , who was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Rockets this summer.

One debate that has been brewing in NBA social media circles recently is whether or not Durant should have number 35 his jersey eventually retired by the Thunder organization.

Recently, Durant himself took to X, formerly Twitter (as he has been known to do), to weigh in on the debate.

“U don’t want me to answer this but what I will say, muse pages and Stan accounts don’t make none of these decisions…” replied Durant to a fan who asked him if

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