Basketball Intelligence For 6/23/25
The day's best news and reporting.
NBA FINALS
This Isn’t the Thunder’s Moment—It’s Their Era
Howard Beck, The Ringer
At the Buzzer: R4G7 — Thunder 103, Pacers 91 | Haliburton Exits in 1st, OKC Crowned Champions
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files With Scott Agness
The NBA Won’t Forget About the 2024-25 Pacers
Michel Pina, The Ringer
For NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, balance leads to brilliance
Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic
Tyrese Haliburton’s injury obscures the Pacers’ magical run — and their future
David Aldridge/Sam Amick/Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton boost legacies with NBA playoffs success
Zach Harper, The Athletic
The Unprecedented Coronation of the Oklahoma City Thunder
Danny Chau, The Ringer
Thunder’s road to 2025 NBA title: A series of ahead-of-schedule jumps
Anthony Slater, The Athletic
13 Thoughts on the Thunder
Jard Dubin, Last Night, In Basketball
OKC Thunder secures first NBA championship with Game 7 win over Indiana | 5 takeaways
Justin Martinez, The Oklahoman
The Copycat Aftermath of the NBA Finals
Iztok Franko, Diggin Basketball
The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA Champions | HOOPS, 6/23/2025
Dustin Brewer, Hoops Daily
Two sides of the coin
Tom Ziller, Good Morning It’s Basketball
How Alex Caruso, Thunder won Game 7 — and how the NBA might copy it
Kelly Iko, The Athletic
(PODCAST) Thunder cap off historic season with championship
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball, She Wrote
Built, Not Bought: The Thunder's Homegrown Championship
Smayan Srikanth, Sports Square Alt&Business
Player grades: Thunder win NBA championship with 103-91 Game 7 win over Pacers
Clemente Almanza, OKC Thunder Wire
Pacers lose their star, then its shot at NBA championship in Game 7 loss to OKC Thunder
Dustion Dopirak, Indianaoplis Star
Thunder take Game 7, cap historic season with first title
Tim Bontemps, ESPN
Pacers lose Haliburton, then Game 7 as Thunder claim championship
Tom Lewis, Indy Cornrows With Tom Lewis
The Thunder Finally Struck
Neil Paine, Neil’s Substack
The Thunder are the NBA's new champions
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
KEVIN DURANT TRADE
Kevin Durant Trade Grades ('25 edition)
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Jalen Green breakdown: What Suns can expect from Devin Booker’s new backcourt partner
Gerald Bourguet, Go PHNX
KD on the move
Kelly Dwyer, Kelly Dwyer On Hoops
Amen Thompson's Breakout Paved The Way For Rockets' Kevin Durant Trade
Bryan Toporek, Forbes
Kevin Durant Trade Mechanics and Where the Rockets and Suns Go From Here
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
Heat again comes up empty in pursuit of Kevin Durant. Suns trading Durant to Rockets
Anthony Chiang/Barry Jackson, Miami Herald
Sunday Best: Kevin Durant is Houston-bound, how we arrived at the NBA's second blockbuster deal in June ... and the not-so-small matter of a Finals Game 7
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
Houston Just Became a Problem With Kevin Durant
Michael Pina, The Ringer
Leaguewide, Team News, NBA Draft, and WNBA for paid subscribers