On the 10th, the US media reported that the new champion Thunder has completed a 5-year, $250 million maximum salary contract extension with Holmgren, who is still on a rookie contract. Not long ago, the Thunder just completed a 4-year, $285 million super maximum salary contract extension with the Finals MVP Alexander. Next, the Thunder will also complete the contract extension with 2022 player Jaylen Williams. It can be seen that the Thunder wants to keep the championship lineup for as long as possible to build their own dynasty.
Although the Thunder is a small market team, they have also had a super lineup. Durant + Westbrook + Harden was the super talent combination in the West. Since then, Paul George + Westbrook is also a superstar combination, but the Thunder has never won the championship before. In 2019, George applied for a trade, which was the beginning of the Thunder's thorough reconstruction. The Thunder obtained a lot of draft picks by trading superstars. And they have also selected very talented young players in the past few years, such as Holmgren, the second pick in the first round of 2022. Although he has been adversely affected by injuries many times in the past three years, and his regular season appearances are far less than that of the No. 1 pick in the same year, Banchero, once a healthy Holmgren appears on the court, he will bring a great improvement to the team. Just like in the 2025 Finals, Holmgren directly helped the Thunder in defense and blocking, and had a strong output on the offensive end in some games. This helped the Thunder finally win the first championship in team history.
Entering the offseason, the Thunder began the contract renewal work. The Thunder first completed an early contract renewal with the Finals MVP Alexander. Although Alexander's annual salary in his last year did not exceed 80 million US dollars, the annual salary of more than 70 million US dollars is also the highest salary in the league. Subsequently, the Thunder signed a maximum salary contract with Holmgren in advance-a total of 250 million US dollars for 5 years.
Compared with the Magic's recent five-year, $239 million contract with Bankero, Holmgren's salary is higher. But in fact, the two are different. Although Bankero's contract is $239 million, there is a trigger mechanism in the contract. Once Bankero gets relevant honors in the following season, such as entering the All-Star Game or the All-NBA Team, he can get a super-max contract of up to $287 million. More importantly, the last year of Bankero's contract is a player option, which was a rare case before.
After the Thunder and Holmgren completed a five-year maximum salary contract extension, Jaylen Williams forwarded the news on social media with the text "Chet paid for dinner today". Next, the Thunder is expected to soon complete a big contract extension with Jaywe, who is also a 2022 rookie. Although Jaywe is not as good as Holmgren in the draft pick, he is the second in command of the Thunder and played an important role in the 2025 playoffs.
It seems that the Thunder want to keep the championship lineup for as long as possible, and they hope to build their own dynasty. The Thunder did not pay the luxury tax when they won the championship in 2025. This is mainly because most of their players are still on rookie contracts, and they have enjoyed "bonuses" in this regard. But with the early renewal of the maximum salary contracts of many main players, the Thunder may also face the pressure of luxury taxes in the future. At the same time, the pressure of the small market always accompanies the Thunder. If this lineup cannot achieve satisfactory results, it is not ruled out that the team will break up these players in the next few years.
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