There is no denying that the Oklahoma City Thunder are the favorites to win another championship entering the 2025-26 NBA season. What Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , Jalen Williams , and Chet Holmgren accomplished, leading this young Thunder squad to a title, was remarkable, but now comes the challenging part of it all: attempting to defend this championship.

As soon as a team captures their first championship, the narrative always turns to whether they can do it again.

In the Thunder's case, there is no doubt that this group has the talent to win at least 68 games again and be the top team entering the 2026 playoffs, but former NBA coach and current NBA on Prime broadcaster Stan Van Gundy is letting Oklahoma City and head coach Mark Daigneault know nothing will be easy for them t

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