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Remember that one time when OKC had the 12th pick and then this 👇 happened and then Chet didn’t work out for Houston and left his Orlando workout early cuz he only wanted OKC then OKC took him and J-Dub then they both made the ASG and then they...

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OKC drafted Kevin Durant in 2007. Russell Westbrook in 2008. James Harden in 2009. Three top picks. Three future MVPs. One small market team. In 2012 they reached the NBA Finals together. The greatest young core in basketball history. Then they lost all three. First Harden. OKC refused to pay him $4.5 million more per year. Traded him to Houston for role players and picks. Harden went on to win MVP in 2018 and score more points than anyone in the NBA over the following decade. Then Durant. Left for Golden State in 2016, joining the team that just beat them in the playoffs. Thunder fans never forgave him. Then Westbrook. His supermax became unmovable. Six teams. Six years. Never worked anywhere. Three MVPs. All gone. Most franchises never recover from losing one superstar. OKC lost three. But Sam Presti kept drafting. Kept developing. Kept accumulating picks. He used assets from those departures to build an entirely new dynasty. He drafted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Drafted Chet Holmgren. Developed Jalen Williams. SGA just won NBA MVP averaging 32.7 points per game then signed a $285 million extension. Holmgren signed $250 million. Jalen Williams signed $287 million. $822 million committed to three players built entirely from scratch. OKC won the NBA championship in 2025 - the youngest team ever to do it. Tonight they beat LeBron James in Game 1 of the Conference Semifinals. They lost Durant. They lost Harden. They lost Westbrook. And built something better than all three. Is OKC the greatest rebuild in sports history?

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