The Oklahoma City Thunder enter the season as defending champions. Here are five teams that can deny them a repeat title.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are pushing to repeat as NBA champions, but a loaded Western Conference could extend the NBA's era of parity at the top.

As the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder look ahead to opening night on Tuesday, when the team will raise its first-ever championship banner and players will receive their rings, many familiar faces will be on the court.

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Oklahoma City brought back every major piece from last year’s championship team, plus added Nikola Topic with the 12th overall pick, Brooks Barnhizer with the 44th, and signed 2022 11th overall pick Ousmane Dieng. The Thunder are favored to win back-to-back titles by a wide margin, and it’s hard to argue against.

Oklahoma City fell short of a title last season. No, not the Larry O'Brien—they won that, and for the first time in franchise history. But before they got there

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.

The Thunder will be without Jalen Williams for their Opening Night game against the Houston Rockets as he continues to recover.