The Oklahoma City rookie's first season has come to a close, and not in a fashion that's stomached easily.
What's been a historic season for both Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder has finally come to an end.
Of course there were other moves made from the Thunder front office to better this team from a season ago to now, but Holmgren virtually catapulted Oklahoma City from a Play-In team in 2022-23 to the first seed in the Western Conference and a near conference finals bid in 2023-24. Everybody improved, but the addition of the 7-foot-1 Gonzaga product fulfilled a hole that was missing, and he did everything in his power to leverage his play style for his team.
But on the other end is where he found himself in the red. With Dereck Lively II taking the reigns from Daniel Gafford and in a direct matchup with Holmgren, Lively II dominated, and it can't be put much different than that. 15 rebounds, four on the offensive, plus-26 in his time on the floor along with 12 points, his stat sheet was heavy, but the timing in which he increased those stats were immense.
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