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The Oklahoma City Thunder raised their 2025 NBA championship banner on opening night of the 2025-26 season. It’s the first championship in franchise history for OKC if you don’t count the Seattle Supersonics’ 1979 championship, and the Thunder busted out some of the gaudiest championship rings in sports history to commemorate the occasion. The Thunder’s rings are 14-karat white and yellow gold with blue and orange sapphires. The ring has diamonds with each player’s number, and features the team’s 68-14 regular season record on the side. There’s also something I’ve never seen before: another ring inside the Thunder’s championship ring. Here’s a first look: The ‘ring inside the ring’ concept makes these Thunder rings special. Here’s a team employee showing Alex Caruso how to access it. The Thunder announced their players one-by-one to receive the rings. Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got the loudest pop: Here’s Oklahoma City’s championship banner going up: You knew the Thunder were going to keep their group photo/interview concept going at the ring ceremony. The whole squad posed in front of the banner as it went up. This could be the first of multiple championships for the Thunder. The first one is usually the hardest. OKC has some serious hardware to remember their accomplishment.
