The Oklahoma City Thunder used one of the deepest rotations in the NBA to secure the franchise's first championship. With the start of the 2025-26 regular season on the horizon, the Thunder are favored to go back-to-back. Thanks to the addition of Nikola Topic to a crowded bench mob featuring Isaiah Joe and Cason Wallace , the size of their roles could change quickly.

Topic missed the first season of his NBA career with a torn ACL . However, the young guard impressed the Thunder at NBA Summer League, showing a lot of promise as a playmaker. For a team that depended so heavily on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as a facilitator, Topic could answer all of their offensive questions. However, he is not the only player who could take a big jump.

Wallace established himself as one of the best o

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