Chet Holmgren done for the year in NBA
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Add Greg Oden and Shawn Bradley to the list of 7-ft+ teenagers whose bodies started breaking down even before their pro careers got going.
I realize he wants to play but would bet he is very happy that he declared for the draft. Per Spotrac:
Chet Holmgren signed a 4 year / $44,889,248 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, including $44,889,248 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $11,222,312. In 2022-23, Holmgren will earn a base salary of $9,891,240, while carrying a cap hit of $9,891,240 and a dead cap value of $9,891,240.
Chet Holmgren signed a 4 year / $44,889,248 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, including $44,889,248 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $11,222,312. In 2022-23, Holmgren will earn a base salary of $9,891,240, while carrying a cap hit of $9,891,240 and a dead cap value of $9,891,240.
Hate to see anyone have tgat type of thing happen.
First 2 that come to mind for me are Sam Bowie and Bill Walton.
I hate Walton doing games now but he would have been so much better if not for the issues with his feet
It was almost physically painful watching Bowie go down when his legs broke.
First 2 that come to mind for me are Sam Bowie and Bill Walton.
I hate Walton doing games now but he would have been so much better if not for the issues with his feet
It was almost physically painful watching Bowie go down when his legs broke.
bad news ...hope he heals....foot problems like this for guys built like him, they tend to linger and keep popping back up. He can spend the winter counting money but this sure does shine a dimmer light on what was an unlimited future for the kid.
Saw a medical expert on ESPN at lunch discussing the injury. They said that the good news with the Lisfranc injuries is they typically heal up very well. She stated that it's not a re-occurring type of injury. The bad news, is they do take a while to rehab. Sounds like it's a very boring and monotonous type of recovery. That's much better than some of the lower body injures bigs have had in the past.
Honestly if he heals up fully as they say these type of injuries do then it could actually be a blessing in disguise for OK City. They weren't going to be great this season anyway and if they flat out suck again then they will likely land another extremely high draft pick.
for his sake I hope so. For all the hype he's received, he seems pretty even temp on the court, not a lot of flash, look-at-me going on. It's just that some of us old guys have seen this with Bowie, Walton, Ming, Bradley, others....tall lanky dudes who get a bumb wheel and it just never seems to go away. And yeah, sounds like rehab involves a fair about of sit-on-your-ass-all winter plans, just marking days off the calendar. Not easy for a 20 yr old superjock.
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