2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season

The 2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the 17th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach	Mark Daigneault
General manager	Sam Presti
Owners	Professional Basketball Club LLC Clay Bennett (Chairman)
Arena	Paycom Center
Results
Record	7–1 (.875)
Place	Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 1st (Western)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Griffin Media
Radio	KWPN and WWLS-FM

Previous season

The Thunder finished the 2023–24 season 57–25 to finish first in the Northwest Division, first in the Western conference and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2020. The Thunder won its first round series, sweeping the New Orleans Pelicans before losing to the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks in six games.

Previous three seasons

Season	Record	Seeding
2021–22	24–58	14th
2022–23	40–42	10th
2023–24	57–25	1st

With the return of Chet Holmgren from injury, the Thunder again exceeded their win expectations behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, and second-year forward Jalen Williams. Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in MVP voting behind 30.1 points on a career high 53.5% field goal percentage.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club
1	12	Nikola Topić	PG	Serbia	Crvena Zvezda
Dillon Jones and Ajay Mitchell were later traded to the Thunder

The Thunder had one first-round pick entering the draft. This would be first NBA draft since the draft was first trimmed down to two rounds back in 1989 that the event would take place in multiple days instead of just one day. The pick – originally acquired from the Houston Rockets – had a 1.50% chance to win the first pick, acquired through the Russell Westbrook trade in 2019. With an 85.2% chance at staying at twelfth, the Thunder ended the night with the 12th overall pick.

On the first night of the draft, the Thunder selected Nikola Topić out of Crvena Zvezda in Serbia with the 12th pick. Coming out of Crvena zvezda, Topić averaged 15.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 5.9 assists, being named the ABA League Top Prospect Award winner. In the 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship, Topić led Serbia to the gold meal, scoring 24 points in the championship game. Listed as 6'6", Topić drew comparisons to Josh Giddey and Goran Dragić as a big guard with excellent pace when driving to the basket and a great distributor. The Thunder then traded five future second-round picks to the New York Knicks in exchange for the draft rights to Dillon Jones, the 26th overall pick. A four-year senior out of Weber State, Jones averaged 20.8 points on 48.9% shooting, 9.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.0 steals, finishing fifth in school history in points, third in rebounds, second in assists, and first in steals. In his last season, Jones led the Big Sky Conference in total points, defensive rebounds, and assists per games, being named the Big Sky Player of the Year. In a series of trades made during the second day of the draft, the Thunder acquired the draft rights to Ajay Mitchell, the 38th overall pick, from the New York Knicks in exchange for the draft rights to Oso Ighodaro and cash considerations after first acquiring the draft rights to Quinten Post from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Lindy Waters III and then acquiring the draft rights to Ighodaro from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for the draft rights to Post and cash considerations. Mitchell played three seasons for UC Santa Barbara, averaging 20.0 points on 50.4% shooting, being named to the All-Big West First Team and second in the Big West Conference in points per game last season. Described by having a solid frame, Mitchell is seen as a project player needing to work on his shooting form.

The Thunder ended 2024 NBA draft night with Serbian guard Nikola Topić, Weber State guard Dillon Jones, and UC Santa Barbara guard Ajay Mitchell.

Free agency

See also: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions § Free agents

For this offseason, free agency began on June 30, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EST. Bismack Biyombo, Gordon Hayward, Mike Muscala were set to hit unrestricted free agency while two-way players Keyontae Johnson and Olivier Sarr were set to hit restricted free agency. In addition, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins had an upcoming team option heading into the season. On June 29, the Thunder declined Isaiah Joe's and Aaron Wiggins's team option in order to work on long-term deals with Joe and Wiggins. On July 1, it was reported that Isaiah Joe agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract to re-sign with the Thunder, which he later signed on July 7. In two seasons, Joe averaged 8.8 points on 41.2% three-point shooting, ranking 18th in the league in three-point shooting. On the same day, it was reported that Aaron Wiggins agreed to a five-year, $47 million contract to re-sign with the Thunder, which he later signed on July 7. Originally from the 2021 NBA draft, Wiggins averaged 6.9 points, shooting a career-high 56.2% from the field and 49.2% from three-point range.

On July 1, it was reported that Isaiah Hartenstein agreed to a three-year, $87 million contract with the Thunder, which he later signed on July 6. Beginning his career with the Houston Rockets, Hartenstein developed with the Los Angeles Clippers and spent the last two seasons with the New York Knicks, starting 49 games for the Knicks following Mitchell Robinson's injury. During the 2023–24 season, Hartenstein averaged 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds. 1.2 steals, and 1.1 blocks on 64.4% shooting. With Hartenstein, the Thunder addressed their rebounding issues after ranking 28th in the league in rebounding percentage.

Josh Giddey was traded to the Chicago Bulls after three seasons with the Thunder.

Trades

See also: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions § Trades

On June 21, the Thunder acquired Alex Caruso from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Josh Giddey. Caruso, who started his professional career for the Oklahoma City Blue in the NBA G League, has been a two-time All-Defensive Team member, averaged a career-high 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.0 blocks on 46.8% shooting and 40.8% three-point shooting last season. Being honored the 2024 NBA Hustle Award, Caruso led the league in deflections per game and was the only player in the league to record 130-plus threes, 100-plus steals, and 70-plus blocks last season. With the emergence of Jalen Williams, Giddey averaged a career-low 12.3 points in only 25.1 minutes per game. Despite improving his three-point shooting, Giddey was inconsistent, resulting in defenses sagging off of him that led to head coach Mark Daigneault benching him during the 2024 NBA playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks. Thunder general manager Sam Presti quoted that the Thunder planned to bring Giddey off the bench next season, however Giddey revealed he wasn't "overly eager."

Summer League

Salt Lake City

The Thunder participated in the 2024 Salt Lake City Summer League alongside the Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies and the Philadelphia 76ers. This marked the third straight year the Thunder participated in the round-robin showcase. On July 7, the Thunder announced their summer league roster for Salt Lake City which notably featured Ousmane Dieng, Keyontae Johnson, Adam Flagler, Dillon Jones, and Ajay Mitchell.

Schedule

ESPN

Day 1 – July 8

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder 92, Philadelphia 76ers 102
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 25–32, 18–18, 23–26
Pts: Flagler (18) Rebs: Jones (10) Asts: Jones (7)		Pts: Council (29) Rebs: Aluma & Council (8) Asts: Dowtin & Hampton (4)

Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 0 Referees: Italo Araujo, Gina Catanzariti, RJ Johnson

ESPN2

Day 2 – July 9

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder 98, Utah Jazz 75
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 29–24, 19–14, 21–21
Pts: Jones (21) Rebs: Kelley (8) Asts: Mitchell (10)		Pts: Lofton Jr. & Sensabaugh (18) Rebs: Bazley (8) Asts: Lofton Jr. (4)

Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 8,583 Referees: Gina Catanzariti, Cam Garber, Kastine Evans

NBA TV

Day 3 – July 10

Box Score

Memphis Grizzlies 77, Oklahoma City Thunder 80
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–15, 18–18, 26–28
Pts: Jemison (20) Rebs: Jarreau & Jemison (8) Asts: Pippen Jr. (5)		Pts: Mitchell (21) Rebs: Johnson (7) Asts: Dieng (8)

Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 0 Referees: Cam Garber, Italo Araujo, Julian Scott

Las Vegas

The Thunder participated in the 2024 Las Vegas Summer League following a 2–1 record in the Salt Lake City Summer League. Head coach Daniel Dixon announced that Ousmane Dieng will sit out in Las Vegas after playing three games in Utah, averaging 15.7 points on 34.6% shooting.

Roster

Oklahoma City Thunder roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 9 Caruso, Alex 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1994-02-28 Texas A&M F 13 Dieng, Ousmane 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 2003-05-21 France G/F 5 Dort, Luguentz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1999-04-19 Arizona State G/F 88 Ducas, Alex (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2000-12-11 Saint Mary's G 14 Flagler, Adam (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-12-01 Baylor G 2 Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-07-12 Kentucky C 55 Hartenstein, Isaiah  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1998-05-05 Germany F/C 7 Holmgren, Chet 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 2002-05-01 Gonzaga G 11 Joe, Isaiah 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-07-02 Arkansas G/F 3 Jones, Dillon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2001-10-29 Weber State F 17 Leons, Malevy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-09-23 Bradley G 25 Mitchell, Ajay (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-06-25 UC Santa Barbara G 44 Topić, Nikola  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 2005-08-10 Serbia G 22 Wallace, Cason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2003-11-07 Kentucky G 21 Wiggins, Aaron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1999-01-02 Maryland G/F 8 Williams, Jalen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2001-04-14 Santa Clara F/C 6 Williams, Jaylin  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 2002-06-29 Arkansas G/F 34 Williams, Kenrich  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994-12-02 TCU

Head coach Mark Daigneault Assistant coach(es) David Akinyooye Dave Bliss Chip Engelland Grant Gibbs Connor Johnson Eric Maynor Mike Wilks Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: October 31, 2024

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Oklahoma City Thunder	7	1	.875	–	3‍–‍0	4‍–‍1	2–1	8
Minnesota Timberwolves	5	3	.625	2.0	3‍–‍1	2‍–‍2	1–0	8
Denver Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.0	3‍–‍2	2‍–‍1	2–2	8
Portland Trail Blazers	3	6	.333	4.5	1‍–‍3	2‍–‍3	0–1	9
Utah Jazz	1	7	.125	6.0	0‍–‍4	1‍–‍3	0–1	8

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Phoenix Suns *	7	1	.875	–	8
2	Oklahoma City Thunder *	7	1	.875	–	8
3	Golden State Warriors	7	1	.875	–	8
4	Houston Rockets *	5	3	.625	2.0	8
5	Dallas Mavericks	5	3	.625	2.0	8
6	Minnesota Timberwolves	5	3	.625	2.0	8
7	Sacramento Kings	5	3	.625	2.0	8
8	Denver Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.0	8
9	Memphis Grizzlies	5	4	.556	2.5	9
10	Los Angeles Lakers	4	4	.500	3.0	8
11	Los Angeles Clippers	4	4	.500	3.0	8
12	San Antonio Spurs	4	5	.444	3.5	9
13	Portland Trail Blazers	3	6	.333	4.5	9
14	New Orleans Pelicans	3	6	.333	4.5	9
15	Utah Jazz	1	7	.125	6.0	8

Game log

Preseason

During the preseason, the Thunder would play their final games under what was previously named the Bally Sports Oklahoma moniker. Bally Sports would rebrand itself as the FanDuel Sports Network before the start of the regular season.

2024 preseason game log Total: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
Preseason: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ San Antonio W 112–107 Ajay Mitchell (19) Isaiah Hartenstein (8) Isaiah Hartenstein (7) Frost Bank Center 15,393 1–0 2 October 9 Houston L 113–122 (OT) Jal. Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander (15) Isaiah Hartenstein (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Paycom Center n/a 1–1 3 October 10 New Zealand W 117–89 Adam Flagler (25) Dillon Jones (13) Ousmane Dieng (8) BOK Center n/a 2–1 4 October 15 @ Denver W 124–94 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (19) Chet Holmgren (7) Gilgeous-Alexander, Dieng (5) Ball Arena 17,022 3–1 5 October 17 Atlanta W 104–99 Isaiah Joe (16) Dillon Jones (10) Dillon Jones (5) Paycom Center n/a 4–1
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1)
October: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 24 @ Denver W 102–87 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28) Chet Holmgren (14) Chet Holmgren (5) Ball Arena 19,786 1–0 2 October 26 @ Chicago W 114–95 Jalen Williams (24) Chet Holmgren (16) Jalen Williams (8) United Center 20,923 2–0 3 October 27 Atlanta W 128–104 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 18,203 3–0 4 October 30 San Antonio W 105–93 Luguentz Dort (20) Jalen Williams (7) Jalen Williams (8) Paycom Center 17,136 4–0
November: 3–1 (home: 1–0; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 1 @ Portland W 137–114 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) Aaron Wiggins (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Moda Center 17,815 5–0 6 November 2 @ L.A. Clippers W 105–92 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25) Chet Holmgren (14) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Intuit Dome 16,827 6–0 7 November 4 Orlando W 102–86 Jalen Williams (23) Chet Holmgren (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 17,044 7–0 8 November 6 @ Denver L 122–124 Jalen Williams (29) Holmgren, Jal. Williams (10) Jalen Williams (9) Ball Arena 19,522 7–1 9 November 8 Houston Paycom Center 10 November 10 Golden State Paycom Center 11 November 11 L.A. Clippers Paycom Center 12 November 13 New Orleans Paycom Center 13 November 15 Phoenix Paycom Center 14 November 17 Dallas Paycom Center 15 November 19 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 16 November 20 Portland Paycom Center 17 November 25 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 18 November 27 @ Golden State Chase Center 19 November 29 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 December 1 @ Houston Toyota Center 21 December 3 Utah Paycom Center 22 December 5 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 23 December 7 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 24 December TBD TBD 25 December TBD TBD 26 December 19 @ Orlando Kia Center 27 December 20 @ Miami Kaseya Center 28 December 23 Washington Paycom Center 29 December 26 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 30 December 28 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 31 December 29 Memphis Paycom Center 32 December 31 Minnesota Paycom Center
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 L.A. Clippers Paycom Center 34 January 3 New York Paycom Center 35 January 5 Boston Paycom Center 36 January 8 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 37 January 10 @ New York Madison Square Garden 38 January 12 @ Washington Capital One Arena 39 January 14 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 40 January 16 Cleveland Paycom Center 41 January 17 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 42 January 19 Brooklyn Paycom Center 43 January 22 Utah Paycom Center 44 January 23 Dallas Paycom Center 45 January 26 @ Portland Moda Center 46 January 29 @ Golden State Chase Center
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 Sacramento Paycom Center 48 February 3 Milwaukee Paycom Center 49 February 5 Phoenix Paycom Center 50 February 7 Toronto Paycom Center 51 February 8 @ Memphis FedExForum 52 February 10 New Orleans Paycom Center 53 February 12 Miami Paycom Center 54 February 13 @ Minnesota Target Center 55 February 21 @ Utah Delta Center 56 February 23 @ Minnesota Target Center 57 February 24 Minnesota Paycom Center 58 February 26 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 59 February 28 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 61 March 3 Houston Paycom Center 62 March 5 @ Memphis FedExForum 63 March 7 Portland Paycom Center 64 March 9 Denver Paycom Center 65 March 10 Denver Paycom Center 66 March 12 @ Boston TD Garden 67 March 15 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 68 March 16 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 69 March 19 Philadelphia Paycom Center 70 March 21 Charlotte Paycom Center 71 March 23 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 72 March 25 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 73 March 27 Memphis Paycom Center 74 March 29 Indiana Paycom Center 75 March 31 Chicago Paycom Center
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 Detroit Paycom Center 77 April 4 @ Houston Toyota Center 78 April 6 L.A. Lakers Paycom Center 79 April 8 L.A. Lakers Paycom Center 80 April 9 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 81 April 11 @ Utah Delta Center 82 April 13 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

West Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Oklahoma City Thunder	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Phoenix Suns	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Los Angeles Lakers	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Utah Jazz	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	San Antonio Spurs	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: November 12, 2024. Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury	Games missed
	Start	End
Nikola Topić	July 7, 2024		Torn Left ACL Surgery
Kenrich Williams	September 17, 2024		Right knee surgery
Jaylin Williams	October 3, 2024		Right hamstring strain
Isaiah Hartenstein	October 17, 2024		Left hand fracture

G League assignments

Player	Duration
	Start	End
Dillon Jones	October 29, 2024	October 29, 2024

Transactions

See also: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Nikola Topić Via trade Alex Caruso Dillon Jones (Draft rights) Ajay Mitchell (Draft rights) Via free agency Alex Ducas Isaiah Hartenstein Alex Reese

Players Lost Via trade Josh Giddey Lindy Waters III Via free agency Bismack Biyombo Keyontae Johnson Olivier Sarr Via retirement Gordon Hayward Mike Muscala

Trades

June 21, 2024	To Oklahoma City Thunder Alex Caruso	To Chicago Bulls Josh Giddey
June 26, 2024	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Dillon Jones	To New York Knicks Five second-round picks
June 27, 2024	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Quinten Post (No. 52)	To Golden State Warriors Lindy Waters III
June 27, 2024	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Oso Ighodaro (No. 40)	To Golden State Warriors Draft rights to Quinten Post (No. 52) Cash considerations
June 27, 2024	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Ajay Mitchell (No. 38)	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Oso Ighodaro (No. 40) Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signings

Date	Player	Contract
July 7, 2024	Isaiah Joe	Multi-Year
July 7, 2024	Aaron Wiggins	Multi-Year

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former team
July 6, 2024	Isaiah Hartenstein	Multi-Year	New York Knicks
July 16, 2024	Alex Ducas	Two-Way	Saint Mary's (NCAA)
October 19, 2024	Alex Reese	Standard	Rip City Remix (G League)
In-Season Additions
October 31, 2024	Malevy Leons	Standard	Bradley Braves (NCAA)

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New team
June 30, 2024	Bismack Biyombo	Free Agent	TBD
June 30, 2024	Gordon Hayward	Retired	N/A
June 30, 2024	Keyontae Johnson	Free Agent	Greensboro Swarm (G League)
June 30, 2024	Mike Muscala	Retired	N/A
June 30, 2024	Olivier Sarr	Free Agent	TBD
In-Season Subtractions
October 31, 2024	Alex Reese	Waived	Rip City Remix (G League)