Fresh off a truly historic NBA Championship run in 2024-25 and amid an even more dominant start to 2025-26, this OKC Thunder team is already viewed as the odds-on favorite to take home this year's Larry O'Brien Trophy as currently constructed.
As a result, there's really no need for them to even consider making any in-season trades or signings.
Excitingly enough, even while abiding by these principles, Oklahoma City is still destined to make perhaps the biggest addition the league will see this year via the return of All-Star forward Jalen Williams.
Top-ranked Thunder bound to get even better with Jalen Williams return
After putting forth a career-best campaign and serving as a key figure in claiming the franchise's first title of the Sooner State era just last season, Williams underwent offseason surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right shooting wrist.