The Oklahoma City Thunder were hit with some potentially bad news today after it was announced that 2nd overall pick Chet Holmgren could be injured.
Chet played in a Seattle pro-am over the weekend and hurt his foot while defending Lebron James. It didn’t seem that serious at the time, and most thought it was an ankle injury, but it was announced today that the team now fears that he has a torn ligament in his foot.
Nothing substantial has really been announced other than the team fears there could be an injury, but they say where there’s smoke, there’s fire. It seems that they know something is wrong but want to get a second opinion to confirm.
Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren is undergoing tests for a possible right foot injury suffered in a pro-am game Saturday in Seattle, a team spokesperson told ESPN.
“Chet is in the process of undergoing evaluation, and when we have an update, we will communicate,” the spokesperson told ESPN.
Holmgren, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, suffered the injury early in the CrawsOver Pro-Am event while defending LeBron James on a fast break.
The game was canceled in the second quarter because of the condition of the court. The unusually humid day in Seattle combined with a full crowd caused repeated wet spots and condensation.
The 7-foot-1, 195-pound Holmgren averaged 14.0 points and 8.4 rebounds in five games for the Thunder earlier this year at the Las Vegas Summer League.
The play were it looks like he hurt his foot doesn’t even look that bad which kind of makes it worse because it was kind of a non contact thing.
Expect the Thunder to be very cautious with him, not only because he’s the 2nd pick and will be one of the faces of their franchise but also because we’ve seen these types of injuries derail players that tall.
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