“Chet Holmgren is the summer league Kevin Durant”: OKC’s 7’1 rookie with 23 pts, 7 rebs, and 6 blocks in 24 mins on his debut sends NBA Twitter into a frenzy

Akash Murty | 06/07/2022
“Chet Holmgren in the summer league Kevin Durant”: OKC’s 7’1 rookie with 13 pts and 3 blocks in the 1st quarter of his debut sends NBA Twitter on a frenzy

Chet Holmgren made his Summer League debut and started dominating the opposition on both ends of the floor.

Since the 2022 NBA Draft was closing in, there has been a lot of talks against Chet Holmgren being among the top prospects because of his slander personality. Experts were and are still in doubt that the 7’1, 196-pound man wouldn’t thrive in the NBA as he did in college.

Holmgren played just a single season of college basketball at Gonzaga. He was the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and an All-American. The Minneapolis forward/center averaged 14.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.6 blocks, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 60.7% from the floor and 39% from behind the arc.

That is the ideal big man for an NBA team, and Oklahoma City Thunder, with all its young talent, most probably wouldn’t regret choosing him with their #2 overall pick. His debut in the Summer League is just a trailer for the goods things that are to come for OKC.

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Chet Holmgren might be the answer for Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s success

Following a 24-58 regular season last term, the Thunder might have a go at the Play-ins in the upcoming season, at least now that they have another big-time player to support SGA.

Holmgren showed on Tuesday with his and OKC’s debut in the Summer League against the Utah Jazz that why he is the most skilled prospect of this draft who has the potential to change the course of his franchise.

He put up 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 blocks, in 24 minutes in a 98-77 win, shooting 67% from 3 and 78% from the field.

NBA Twitter is impressed with the 20-year-old being able to do what he did in college against the players who either play in the league or have been on the roster and have played against top players for a long time.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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