According to the source, NBA champion Tristan Thompson said sports-focused prediction markets are coming, signaling potential attention to on-chain prediction infrastructure and oracles that already support sports outcomes (source: public statement by Tristan Thompson referenced in the user-shared post dated Nov 15, 2025). For crypto traders, existing primitives include Augur (REP) for decentralized markets on events including sports results (source: Augur documentation), Omen built on Gnosis with GnosisDAO governance exposure via GNO (source: Omen and Gnosis documentation), UMA’s Optimistic Oracle used by several prediction markets for outcome resolution (source: UMA documentation), and Chainlink (LINK) feeds and Any API framework commonly used to verify sports data and scores in decentralized apps (source: Chainlink documentation). U.S. regulatory precedent remains a key risk: the CFTC’s January 2022 settlement with Polymarket required the platform to cease offering event-based swaps to U.S. users and pay a civil penalty (source: U.S. CFTC Order 22-03, Jan 3, 2022). Market size tailwinds exist if compliant products emerge, as the U.S. legal sports betting handle surpassed $100B in 2023, highlighting sizable demand for sports outcomes wagering (source: American Gaming Association 2023 industry report). Actionable takeaways: watch protocol announcements and listings tied to sports outcomes on Augur/Omen and oracle integrations on UMA and Chainlink for near-term catalysts, while tracking regulatory updates that determine U.S. market accessibility (sources: Augur documentation; Omen and Gnosis documentation; UMA documentation; Chainlink documentation; U.S. CFTC Order 22-03; American Gaming Association 2023 report).