Will the champion Thunder's legacy next season be their Royal Rumble defense?
Or will OKC's unselfish offense or front-office patience be what sets the style?
It took the Thunder a long time to make it happen, but the team stolen from the basketball fans in Seattle finally got its championship Sunday night. Without Paul George, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. And with young stars and draft picks in their back pocket that those former players transformed into.
Sure, Oklahoma City still has its own star, that guy with a hyphenated name. But the Thunder won by sharing the ball and playing a brand of defense hijacked from a WWE Royal Rumble.
Like all over forms of sports and entertainment, the world is full of copycats. Which parts of the OKC success will be the most imitated by other teams in the league?
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