THUNDER WIRE - Now that it’s August, the NBA has gone on vacation. The next couple of months are usually the slowest part of the league’s calendar. The offseason is over as rosters are mostly set. Most front offices and players take the time to relax before getting back on the day-to-day grind with the 2025-26 season After winning the NBA championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder will enter next season as a popular title pick. Back-to-back champions rarely happen, but they’re better set up than most reigning winners to pull off the accomplishment as they run it back with basically the same roster.

But before the Thunder shift their focus, they’re still enjoying the ring they won. One common offseason activity is for NBA players to host a kids’ basketball camp in their hometown. We’ve seen it from a handful of OKC players already. Aaron Wiggins recently did the same.

Wiggins returned home to North Carolina and hosted his inaugural kids’ basketball camp. The 26-year-old is from Greensboro, NC. He spent three college seasons at Maryland from 2018-21. He went No. 55 in the 2021 NBA draft and the rest was history.

After averaging 7.3 points in his first three seasons, he jumped up to 12 points this past year.

Wiggins played a key role in the Thunder’s championship quest. He blossomed from just a spot-up guy to being one of their best on-ball creators. The rhythm scorer scored a career-high 41 points this past season and became an important part of OKC’s bench lineups as somebody who could create off the dribble.

Now, Wiggins is a local celebrity. Thunder fans have grown to love his journey from draft afterthought to being a solid role player. He was recently extended to a team-friendly deal. You always need draft success to become an NBA champion. He’s one of their better draft success stories in recent years.