Celebrating an NBA championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder have made very few moves to their roster this offseason. It’s tough to blame that approach. They had one of the greatest seasons ever with a historic 68-14 regular-season record. Why mess with that?

The Thunder hope to be a rare repeat winner. Seldom do NBA champions get a chance to run it back with the same roster. That’s what OKC will get to do for the 2025-26 season, minus some changes at the bottom of the depth chart.

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Instead of making changes, the Thunder spent their short offseason doubling down on the core that brought them their first championship. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren all received contract extensions this summer worth nearly $1 billion to keep them together in OKC for the rest of the 2020s.

As the calendar is about to flip to August, ESPN’s Kevin Pelton handed out a grade for all 30 NBA teams for their 2025 offseason. All the big moves have been made, as most rosters are settled two months before training camp kicks off.

For the Thunder, Pelton graded them with a B-plus. Not bad. Maybe it should be a little higher. He discussed how they handled their business by signing Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams and Holmgren to new contracts. That’s not always guaranteed. Especially in Gilgeous-Alexander’s case as he signed his third contract.

“The defending champs return every player who saw at least 50 minutes of action during the 2025 playoffs, so the real work for the Thunder front office was securing long-term extensions for stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams,” Pelton wrote. “A supermax deal for Gilgeous-Alexander and max deals for Holmgren and Williams will force tough choices for Oklahoma City, but the Thunder did well to sign Holmgren to a deal locked in at 25% of the 2026-27 cap and avoid giving Williams a player option on his extension.”

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You could argue the Thunder merit at least an A. After all, being able to lock down your three franchise cornerstones to long-term deals should warrant celebration. Especially when you win a championship with two-thirds of those players still making relative pennies on their rookie contracts. But Pelton is a tough grader when you look through the rest of the league.

Nonetheless, the Thunder enter the 2025-26 season as the championship favorite. They have all the star power and tools to keep their title window open for the foreseeable future. This could be the start of a special run the NBA hasn’t seen in the last decade.

This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: What grade did ESPN hand out to OKC Thunder for quiet 2025 offseason?