Oklahoma City Thunder Game Schedule for NBA Season Info
NBA superstars will be visiting the Paycom Center all season, and fans are pumped. We'll dive deeper into the Oklahoma City Thunder's regular-season schedule, which is sprinkled with exciting storylines.
Who Are the Oklahoma City Thunder?
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball team in the NBA's Northwest Division in the Western Conference. The franchise joined the NBA in 1967 as the Seattle SuperSonics and enjoyed plenty of success for the better part of five decades in the Pacific Northwest. Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens and star center Jack Sikma led the Sonics to their only NBA Finals championship in 1979. Seattle lost in its other two NBA Finals, including a showdown with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in 1996. Stars like Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, and Dale Ellis shined in Seattle before the franchise was sold and moved to Oklahoma after 41 seasons in the Pacific Northwest. The franchise became the only major American professional sports team in Oklahoma when it relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008. The Thunder struggled in their first season before quickly becoming one of the most elite teams in the Western Conference. A team rich with rising young stars made a splash that culminated in a 2012 NBA Finals appearance. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden formed the best young nucleus in the NBA, but the trio never won the NBA Finals championship. Durant, Westbrook, and Harden fell to the Miami Heat's Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in the 2012 NBA Finals. OKC's stars ultimately went their separate ways and never hoisted the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy together. The Thunder had four consecutive first-round playoff exits from 2017 to 2020, prompting a rebuild.
Oklahoma City Thunder Schedule
The Oklahoma City Thunder will showcase a slew of young talent as they begin their rebuild in earnest this season. General manager Sam Presti is hoping to bring the Thunder back to relevance with a methodical plan of building through the NBA draft and cultivating unproven but skilled players. OKC Thunder budding star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and surprise gem Lu Dort are the building blocks for a franchise that missed the playoffs last season for just the second time in the past 12 years. The road back to the postseason will take time, so head coach Mark Daigneault must exercise patience for the upcoming season. Presti is hoping to replicate the blueprint that made OKC a force in the Western Conference not so long ago. Gilgeous-Alexander and Dort are the headliners, but Presti and Daigneault also have rookie first-round picks Josh Giddey, who didn't play in the Summer League, and Tre Mann to be excited about this season. The Thunder left little doubt they're rebuilding by parting ways with veterans Al Horford and Kemba Walker this offseason. Presti & Co. will give ample opportunities to Aaron Wiggins, Derrick Favors, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl as they chart a course for the future. The Thunder have the lowest payroll in the NBA, which will give plenty of flexibility for decision-makers moving forward. In the meantime, the Thunder will be focused on developing their intriguing young pieces in 2021-22. The Thunder will be challenged early this season with a string of games against some of the NBA's most formidable foes. Daigneault's team will play 10 of their 11 games against Western Conference opponents. The lone Eastern Conference opponent — the Philadelphia 76ers — won't be a walk in the park, either. Find out if the Thunder's young team will overachieve against these NBA stars using TickPick to get the best deals on live event tickets. TickPick makes it easy to save on NBA game tickets.
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