The Oklahoma City Thunder 's 127-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets ensured they'd have the best record at the 2025 All-Star break. This means Mark Daigneault joins the weekend festivities with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and possibly Jalen Williams.

“OKC is gonna fall because they can’t afford their team because their team is too good and too young,” Arenas said on his podcast Gil’s Arena. “The fact that they’re all playing well, they have to be paid. Somebody has to pay them and OKC can’t afford all of it. This is what happened to OKC the first time.”