Several players from the 2021 class got a payday on Monday, which will start to be a trend for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the coming seasons.

This article has been updated to add new information.) After a summer of anticipation and a preseason of promise, the Oklahoma City Thunder begins its 17th season on Thursday night.

The NBA season returns this week, with the first pair of games on Tuesday and the Thunder tipping off on Thursday night. There are high expectations for Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder, how far will they go?

The survey dishes out 50 different questions on several topics heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. General managers were not allowed to pick their own team as the answer. Each vote-getter percentage reflects the pool of GMs who participated in that question, not necessarily the full 30 GMs.

There are skilled passers such as Denver's Nikola Jokic and Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis. There are 3-point shooters such as New York's Karl-Anthony Towns and OKC's Chet Holmgren. And of course, there are still dominant rim protectors such as Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Minnesota's Rudy Gobert.

Here, we’ll do our best to rank its physical assets. That’s not to say these players should hit the trade block any time soon, we’re only assessing which might be the most valuable from an outside perspective.

Williams served as a reliable second scoring option behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, especially in big moments. He ranked 27th in the NBA in total clutch points (82), and he shot 68.3% from the field (58.3% from deep) in those situations.

Last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder were one of the best defensive teams in the league. With the third best defensive rating at around 111.0 and the third best field goal percentage defense at 45.5%,

The NBA season is right around the corner, the Oklahoma City Thunder have seen their hype train gain steam as we inch closer to Thursday's season opener in what