The Oklahoma City Thunder are sitting on a scenario that almost never happens in the NBA: four players making the same All-Star team.
It’s happened only nine times in league history, and the Golden State Warriors were the last team to pull it off. In today’s NBA, with the salary cap making it harder to stockpile elite talent, that kind of group achievement is even tougher to pull together. Still, Oklahoma City is one of the few teams with a real path to it.
The Thunder already have three players who have earned All-Star recognition over the past two seasons. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made it in 2025, Jalen Williams joined him that year, and Chet Holmgren got the nod in 2026. For Oklahoma City to get to four in 2026-27, all three would need to stay healthy through the season.
That part alone is no small ask. Williams dealt with injuries throughout the 2025-26 season, while Holmgren played only 32 games in 2024-25.
Then comes the fourth name, and the most likely candidate is Ajay Mitchell. In his second season, Mitchell put together a strong line: 13.6 points, 3.6 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, while shooting 48.5% from the field and 34.7% from 3-point range.
He kept rolling in the postseason, too. Against the Los Angeles Lakers, Mitchell averaged 22.5 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game, and shot 56.3% from the field in four games.
With Lu Dort no longer in Oklahoma City, Mitchell could move into the starting lineup and get a bigger scoring runway. If his production takes another jump, the former second-round pick could at least push himself into the All-Star conversation.
But even if Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams, Holmgren and Mitchell all produce at that level, the Thunder would still need to be one of the NBA’s best teams for all four to get the call. The scoring would have to be shared, the numbers would have to stack up, and the team would have to stay elite.
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