The Oklahoma City Thunder achieved everything they set out to do last season: from dominating the regular season to winning their maiden NBA championship in their new city. Now, it’s September, and after a pretty quiet offseason outside of renewing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, and Chet Holmgren to maximum contracts, they are all set to defend their crown in a stacked Western Conference.

However, despite almost the entire conference leveling up its game, Mike Daigneault’s men are still without a doubt the favorites to win the Larry O’Brien once again. However, before they tip off their title defense against Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets at Paycom Center on October 21st and raise their championship banner, they’ll have to take care of their media duties.

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