Chet Holmgren Out 8-10 Weeks With Patellar Tendon Tear
Underdog NBA reported the injury and timeline.
Just when the Oklahoma City Thunder looked like they were settling into a rhythm, the injury bug decided to collect its tax. According to Underdog NBA, is set to miss 8-10 weeks after undergoing biological treatment for a small patellar tendon tear.
Biological treatment sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie where a guy gets frozen in a pod, but in NBA terms, it just means the Thunder are losing their defensive anchor until at least January.
Missing your starting center for two months is the kind of news that sends futures markets into a blender. You do not just replace a seven-footer who shoots threes and blocks everything in sight, which means the nightly prop markets for the rest of this roster are about to look completely unrecognizable.
Holmgren already proved he could bounce back after missing the entire 2022-2023 season with a Lisfranc foot injury. But this is a brutal speed bump for a team that just handled the Los Angeles Clippers and before getting blown out by the Dallas Mavericks 120-96 earlier this week.
Now, Oklahoma City has to figure out how to survive the winter without their man in the middle. We will see exactly what this makeshift rotation looks like when they travel to play the Houston Rockets on November 1, but expect a whole lot of small ball and a very stressed-out coaching staff.