No franchise in the NBA better exemplifies the old "basketball is a team sport" adage than the Indiana Pacers.

Thunder vs. Pacers predictions, odds and NBA picks for Thursday, October 23. Pascal Siakam is front and center with Tyrese Haliburton sidelined.

With a new NBA season finally here, our experts are here to make some bold predictions, pick the next MVP, and more.

Zo Frost and The Champions Collective, a Jostens company, worked together to design the 2025 NBA Championship ring for Oklahoma City Thunder. The masterpiece is a symbol of unity, creativity, and victory with its over 800 gemstones,

The Thunder would like to be the ones to put at least a temporary halt to parity, and with basically everyone back from a 68-win team that won the crown last season, it's easy to see why BetMGM Sportsbook lists the Thunder as favorites to win the 2026 title.

Can the Oklahoma City Thunder become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships since the Golden State Warriors? They're talking about it.

Every offseason provides a chance to reset and reload, though, and plenty of teams have done just that in hopes of stopping OKC from going back to back. Ahead of the 2025-26 season, here are four teams who are the biggest threat to dethrone the Thunder and call themselves NBA champions when all is said and done:

Nuggets-Knicks: After pushing the Thunder to Game 7 in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, this time around it is Nikola Jokić and the bolstered Nuggets that prevail in seven games in the Western Conference Finals to dethrone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and OKC and guarantee an eighth straight season with a new NBA champion.