While the Thunder did not receive the 76ers pick during the draft lottery, they still own the 15th, 24th and either the 44th or 45th pick in the upcoming 2025 draft. Because of this, Oklahoma City will have another opportunity to add more young talent to their team next season to make another deep playoff run.

The 2025 NBA draft lottery results have been revealed. Despite being in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder had an interest in the results. They owned the Philadelphia 76ers ' top-six protected pick.

Since they kept the pick, the Sixers will owe their 2026 first-rounder to OKC if it doesn’t fall in the top four picks.

Oklahoma City owns Philadelphia’s first-round pick, which is top-six protected. The 76ers have the fifth-best odds (10.5%) of landing the to pick in the draft and winning the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes, but they could also fall out of the top six, which would convey their pick to the Thunder.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder tied up its NBA playoff series against the Denver Nuggets with a 92-87 win in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals at Ball Arena.

According to Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, these are the growing pains the second-youngest first seed has to go through to have playoff success. The title favorite now faces a 2-1 series deficit and must split with Denver to avoid a dreaded 3-1 hole.