Heading into the 2025-26 campaign, the number of OKC Thunder players who qualified for recognition as top 100 players in the league was truly remarkable. From Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's second-overall rank to seeing three members fall as high as the top 25 in ESPN's assessment, Oklahoma City's representation was already an exciting sight to see.
Now, it appears there's a case being made that yet another one of the club's players deserves to be entered into these kinds of debates, as pundits Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe both recently placed second-year guard Ajay Mitchell into their updated ranks during a recent episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast.