{"id":5537,"date":"2025-05-30T07:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:17:07","slug":"is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Is OKC trying to build a dynasty? Future drafts suggest that the final appearance could be the first for many"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many\/#OKCs_young_team_advances_to_the_2025_NBA_Finals\" >OKC&#8217;s young team advances to the 2025 NBA Finals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many\/#Drafts_may_lead_to_OKC_dynasty\" >Drafts may lead to OKC dynasty<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/is-okc-trying-to-build-a-dynasty-future-drafts-suggest-that-the-final-appearance-could-be-the-first-for-many\/#Thunder_Draft_Picks\" >Thunder Draft Picks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Oklahoma City Thunder cruised only twice in history to the NBA Finals this season, but this could only be the beginning of one of the league&#8217;s youngest teams. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OKCs_young_team_advances_to_the_2025_NBA_Finals\"><\/span>OKC&#8217;s young team advances to the 2025 NBA Finals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thunder was the best team in the NBA this year, and after finishing the regular season at the Western Conference, they continued to dominate deep into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of continued success, OKC is the first NBA Finals since 2012 thanks to a comfortable victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder took just four games to dismantle Minnesota, and the Timberwolves remained one of five teams that never played the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>League MVP Shay Gilleus Alexander has played a major role in team Joy this year, but his younger teammates have shown experience beyond the years this season.<\/p>\n<p>OKC has the youngest team in the league this season, with the average age of its roster at just 25.6 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did they have the youngest team in the league, but the Thunder became the youngest team to reach the finals from 1976 to 77.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Oklahoma City Thunder is the second youngest team in NBA history to play the NBA Finals during the Shot Clock era <\/p>\n<p>They average age 25.6 years old \u26c8\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mMeuP1aoSt\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mmeup1aost<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The weak (@underdog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Underdog\/status\/1927922779237584909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Drafts_may_lead_to_OKC_dynasty\"><\/span>Drafts may lead to OKC dynasty<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Thunder already has a youthful team, but they can add even more young superstars to their already talented roster, with some great draft picks coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Following some of the most underrated deals in NBA history, OKC holds the keys to a potential dynasty.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thunder_Draft_Picks\"><\/span>Thunder Draft Picks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 2nd pick, 1st round<\/li>\n<li>2026: 2nd pick, 1st round pick<\/li>\n<li>2027: 2nd round pick, 2nd round pick<\/li>\n<li>2028: 1st round pick, 3rd round pick<\/li>\n<li>2029: 1st round pick, 5th round pick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The majority of OKC&#8217;s upcoming draft topics came from one deal. This could potentially go down as one of the best in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Thunder traded Paul George for the Clippers for Gilgauss Alexander, and exchanged historic draft picks to rebuild the team.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, George has struggled in the league, preventing the nine-time All-Star from reaching the height he made at OKC in 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gilgeous-Alexander has evolved into one of the league&#8217;s biggest superstars, earning MVP over the past 20 years and one of four players to make the finals in the same season.<\/p>\n<p>OKC&#8217;s first round pick in 2024 is scheduled to debut in 2025, with 6&#8217;6 guard Nicolatopic not playing in the NBA following a season-ending ACL injury prior to the draft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder cruised only twice in history to the NBA Finals this season, but this could only be the beginning of one of the league&#8217;s youngest teams. OKC&#8217;s young team advances to the 2025 NBA Finals Thunder was the best team in the NBA this year, and after finishing the regular season at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-5537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}