Lu Dort only had 99 days to recover from a 105-game season.

It's a rare downside to winning an NBA championship, which the OKC Thunder accomplished for the first time by defeating the Indiana Pacers in the finals. And while Dort iced his body with champagne showers and stayed off his feet by cruising around victory parades in buses and Lamborghinis , he still found himself needing to conserve energy for the rapidly-approaching 2025-26 season.

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