It is a good summer to be the Oklahoma City Thunder. After winning the 2025 NBA championship over the Indiana Pacers, the time to invest in this core has come. The stars in Oklahoma City are getting their due.

The Thunder grew from upstarts to champions in the blink of an eye. Now, their stars' bank accounts are growing, too. Chet Holmgren agreed to a fully guaranteed five-year maximum rookie extension worth up to $250 million. It comes shortly after Oklahoma City signed Shai Gilegous-Alexander to a four-year, $285 million extension.

Chet Holmgren doesn't give up many good looks at the basket. The 7-foot-1 forward specializes in swatting shots on the NBA champion OKC Thunder. But Holmgren made an exception Monday when he held his annual youth basketball camp at Oklahoma Athletic Center.

ESPN’s Shams Charania recently reported that Oklahoma City Thunder star Chet Holmgren has agreed to a fully guaranteed five-year maximum rookie contract extension, which could total up to $250 million.

Indiana lost center Myles Turner in free agency, who agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Bucks. Huff joins a depth chart at center that currently includes Tony Bradley. Isaiah Jackson and James Wiseman, both returning from a torn Achilles, are free agents, as is Thomas Bryant from last season's roster.

Before his monster $250 million contract extension, the Oklahoma City Thunder star was hilariously picking on a kid who tried to defend him one-on-one.

An Oregon judge on Wednesday sentenced former NBA player Ben McLemore to more than eight years in prison, a week after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman in 2021.