There is no shortage of attention being paid to the Oklahoma City Thunder. But that spotlight is more about them winning the championship and signing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to a supermax extension. This team’s offseason includes more victories than just the routine Ws.<\/p>\n
Sure, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams were always going to sign extensions. But the Thunder locked them up for five years without either getting a player option and with limited escalator language<\/a> on the latter’s deal. That’s not a given. Just ask the Magic, who included both a player option and full-on 30-percent escalation language in Paolo Banchero’s extension.<\/p>\n Oklahoma City also busted out new contracts for Ajay Mitchell and Jaylin Williams that are going to age absurdly well. The former’s three-year, $8.7 million deal will never be worth even 2 percent of the salary cap. The latter’s own three-year, $24 million deal takes up, on average, under 4.9 percent of the cap.<\/p>\n