Oklahoma City’s 24–1 record ties the best 25 game start in NBA history, matching the 2015–16 Warriors and putting the defending champions on an early pace that screams dynasty.

They are not just stacking wins but overwhelming opponents, owning an average margin of victory around 17 points per night after already setting the all time record last season.​

Their recent 138–89 dismantling of Phoenix in the NBA Cup quarterfinals underlined that gap, giving them a 16 game winning streak and another primetime reminder that they rarely even need four quarters from their starters. Yet players and staff continue to frame this run less as a joyride and more as another step in a broader process.​

Jalen Williams and the Memory of Rock Bottom

Asked if constant blowouts were getting dull, Jalen Williams pushed back with a message that resonated well beyond one soundbite. He insisted that “winning is never boring” and pointed to the franchise’s not so distant history of being on the wrong end of lopsided scorelines.

Several current Thunder, including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort, were part of the team that suffered a record 73 point loss to Memphis in 2021, the largest defeat in league history.​

Williams himself arrived in 2022, when Oklahoma City was fresh-off a 24-win season and still searching for a way out of the rebuild wilderness. That context fuels his insistence that the group cannot get “bored with the process,” a mentality that shows in the way the Thunder nitpick their own performances even in comfortable wins.​

Locked In on More Than Just Wins

Inside the organization, there is a clear sense that this is only the beginning. The Thunder already have a championship, a young core featuring Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Williams, and a future lottery level pick coming from the Clippers that could extend their window even further.

That combination of present dominance and future flexibility is why analysts are increasingly labeling them the NBA’s next great dynasty in waiting.​

For now, the focus remains narrow. Oklahoma City heads to Las Vegas eyeing the NBA Cup as another trophy to grab, with Williams insisting that the team welcomes ugly wins and pretty ones alike as long as they reveal new ways to improve. If boredom ever sets in, it is hard to see it from the way the Thunder keep showing up, stacking statement victories and treating every night like proof they are still climbing rather than already at the top.