As shirts and hats were handed out, the Oklahoma City Thunder briefly enjoyed the fruits of their labor. After a historic 68-14 season, they were a buzzsaw through the Western Conference. They beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games to punch their ticket to the 2025 NBA Finals.
It’s the first time the Thunder will be in the NBA Finals since 2012. 13 years and several iterations later, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlined OKC’s journey back to the championship round.
Considering the entire sports world paid attention to the Thunder, several former OKC players chimed in on the achievement. Here’s what several said about their former franchise being back in the NBA Finals:
Im not big on hypotheticals so idk but this 2025 thunder team, they are historically great. Great shooting all across the board, efficient go to scorer in deuce, size and athleticism all across the board, versatility, shooting big and bruiser big, great coaching. Just a flat out…
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) May 29, 2025
Man I’m Happy for OKC making the Finals fr…great team and organization, they deserve it!
The growth has been amazing to watch…Can we retire the 2022 end of year starting lineup pic now? 😂 stop tagging me
— Isaiah Roby (@roby_isaiah) May 29, 2025
Eric Maynor was on the 2012 finals team & now he’s going back as an assistant coach with the organization.
Very cool. pic.twitter.com/N5BSyf7ljk
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) May 29, 2025