It’s rare for a player in his third NBA season to accomplish the list of accolades that Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams reached in 2024-25. From his first All-Star selection to All-Defensive Second Team and All-NBA Third Team honors,

Thunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo reflects on Oklahoma City’s historic NBA Finals run, the team’s maturity, and his unexpected viral fame during postgame celebrations.

Oklahoma City Thunder were a great basketball team, as they were the last team in franchise history to make the Western Conference Finals before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led his side to the NBA Finals this season.

There is something different about Oklahoma City Thunder fans and players aren’t afraid to say that. The crowd of 18,000 or so always arrives early. It stays late.

Chet Holmgren was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the second overall ... just through pop culture and everything,” Holmgren acknowledged. “But to say I had ever sung that song ...

It was also a battle of the Canadian players in the Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and the Thunder and Pacers made history.