According to ESPN's summer forecast panel, the Oklahoma City Thunder will not be back-to-back NBA champions. In a vote of 15 to 11, the panelists did not believ

The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to enjoy their NBA championship. They had one of the greatest seasons ever with a 68-14 regular-season record and brought home the Larry O'Brien trophy. They had a quiet offseason as they will run it back with mostly the same roster.

After 17 years, the OKC Thunder won its first NBA championship last season. OKC then brought back all of its rotation players. It also added two rookies in Thomas Sorber and Brooks Barnhizer, and second-year guard Nikola Topić is ready to make his debut after missing all of last season due to a partially torn ACL in his left knee.