Thunder fans sound off on games they already have 'circled' on their calendars

Last week, the NBA released the official 2024-25 regular season schedule for the OKC Thunder, and it's quite evident that they're being viewed as quite a hot ticket heading into the campaign.

As far a nationally broadcast contests are concerned, Oklahoma City finds itself slated to take part in 25 of such contests, tying them for the 10-most in the entire league.

What makes this figure all the more impressive is the fact that this is a 12-game bump compared to their nationwide allotment from this time last year, making it the second-largest jump behind only the 15 more that the Minnesota Timberwolves were bestowed.

This increase in easily accessible broadcasts directly correlates with an increase in intrigue when it comes to watching this Thunder team take to the hardwood, and, while there are a slew of games that could be viewed as must-watch events, the franchise's faithful followers recently gave their two-cents on which outings from the upcoming 82-game slate they're most excited to tune in for.

Thunder fans share which games they're most excited to see in 2024-25

In response to an August 15 post by the Thunder's official X (formerly Twitter) account asking "what games are circled on your calendar," the team's enviably loyal fanbase flooded the comments section with all different kinds of dates.

One fan seemingly is too excited to think of any games too far down the line, as they simply noted the October 24 opener out in Denver as the one they're circling in.

Another fan quickly highlighted each one of the team's four matchups against the Dallas Mavericks, noting that OKC still has "some unfinished business" after being eliminated by the club in six games during the 2024 Western Conference Semifinals.

Unsurprisingly, a user pointed out the club's March 31 match against the Chicago Bulls, as it will mark the first time former lottery pick Josh Giddey will make his return to Loud City after being traded for Alex Caruso this past June.

Of course, more often than not, many went about preaching the sentiment that this title-hungry Thunder team will hopefully be looking at all of their games with a "0-0 mentality," thus making no matchup more or less important than another -- they're all important.

Oklahoma City has been quite productive this summer as they've attempted to and, at least on paper, successfully fill some of the primary weaknesses within coach Mark Daigneault's rotation.

From addressing their lacking size in the frontcourt with the signing of Isaiah Hartenstein to the acquisition of Caruso to help improve their backcourt shooting, Sam Presti and company have made this top-seeded Thunder team from last year even stronger heading into the campaign, and their second-ranked title-odds are only indicative of such a notion.

It is because of this that NBA fans are so eager to see this team return to the court as they look to pursue banner number one.

While there are certainly games throughout the upcoming regular season that are bound to draw in more attention from a media and tabloids perspective, at least when it comes to their ultimate goal of winning a title, every game is one fans should be tuning in for in 2024-25.