Lisfranc injury

The worse fears for Chet Holmgren's foot injury became reality after the Thunder announced that Holmgren would miss this season due to a lisfranc injury.

Holmgren is the latest lottery pick to lose their rookie season due to an injury, joining a list of bigs and forwards that includes Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and Blake Griffin. “We know Chet has a long career ahead of him within our organization and the Oklahoma City community.” 2 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, suffered the injury in a Pro-Am game in Seattle on Saturday.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)

The No. 2 overall pick suffered a Lisfranc injury to his right foot and will not play in 2022-23.

The Thunder have not won a playoff series since Durant left and have missed the playoffs the past two seasons. 12 and Arkansas’ Jaylin Williams with the 34th overall pick in the Draft. Collison went on to spend his entire career with the Thunder, getting his No. And some lottery selections never get to the league at all: Orlando chose Fran Vazquez at No. It even happened previously to the Thunder franchise: Nick Collison was the No. Dario Saric and Ricky Rubio were lottery picks who played with their overseas clubs for two more years before coming to the NBA. 1 overall in 2016 and missed the following season with a foot injury. 6 selection in 2013 and missed what would have been his first season with a knee problem, and Michael Porter Jr. A versatile 7-footer who was a second-team Associated Press All-American in his only college season, Holmgren averaged 14.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game and ranked fourth nationally with 3.7 blocks per game for the Zags. He is one of several key pieces for the Thunder, who are led by guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (24.5 ppg in 2021-22) and Josh Giddey (the No. 3 pick in 2014 and missed his first two seasons with foot issues. One of the things that most impressed us during the process of selecting Chet was his determination and focus.

Holmgren ruptured the tendon in his right foot while competing in a pro-am game in Seattle last weekend and will now require surgery, pushing his NBA debut back ...

• Holmgren's absence for the upcoming season should open up more playing time in the frontcourt for the Thunder's other young bigs, namely Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Aleksej Pokusevski and Darius Bazley. Foot injuries are particularly problematic for big men compared to guard and wing players, but the Thunder are hopeful that Holmgren's youth and slighter build will allow him to navigate the lengthy rehab process without any major setbacks to his long-term development.

Thunder executive vice president Sam Presti expressed his disappointment for Holmgren but is confident he will come back better than ever. The team expects him ...

He suffered the injury during a workout prior to the start of training camp and eventually missed his entire rookie season recovering from surgery. He is healthy again and will have the opportunity to compete for playing time in training camp. He announced his retirement in October 2021 and joined the Rockets as a player development coach. The Rockets eventually traded him to the Denver Nuggets and he was later waived. He was contemplating entering the NBA draft but, knowing he couldn’t perform to expectations in workouts with his foot injured, he instead used that summer to recover and get back to 100%. Green suffered a Lisfranc fracture in his left foot in the preseason ahead of the 2019-20 season. He used that offseason to return to form and played in all but two games during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 campaign. However, Martin managed to play through the injury and would miss minimal time that season. Korkmaz sustained a Lisfranc fracture playing in the NBA G League during his rookie campaign. He was seen attempting to defend a layup attempt by LeBron James, but came up limping after the play and eventually left the game. Haslem tore the Lisfranc ligament just 13 games into the 2010-11 season and eventually underwent surgery to repair it. [injuries occur](https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/lisfranc-midfoot-injury) if bones in the middle of the foot are broken or if ligaments in the area are torn.

Chet Holmgren is believed to have sustained the injury at a Jamal Crawford CrawsOver Pro-Am game that had to be stopped due to unsafe court conditions.

2 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Thunder, proceeding No. Holmgren was selected with the No. "We know Chet has a long career ahead of him within our organization and the Oklahoma City community.“