Sure, there are franchises in the NBA that fate seems to have decided to take care of. The Thunder is one of them, and after Chet Holmgren’s injury that will miss the entire 2022-23 season, it’s the turn of the home franchise Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to find himself on the back. It starts well.
When Thunder fans saw the networks fire up yesterday, maybe they thought it was their turn to go through the mill of 30-day previews made in TrashTalk. Yes but no because yesterday we talked about the Pacers, yes but no because the name of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is therefore rather associated – once again – with an injury this morning. Damn, here we go again …
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 2021-22 season? Concussion protocol, ankle injury, we do the tank since March and thanks for coming. An incredible end to the season for the Oklahoma City team since the franchise had decided to leave SGA and its young teammate Josh Gddey on the floor, just to preserve them and be sure to be able to grab a great choice in the Draft. Mission accomplished my captain since the Thunder have recovered the unicorn Chet Holmgren in the case, but the latter will therefore miss all of his season 1 (which therefore will not be), news that prompted the franchise, already, to review his plans since August. The latest bad news? This is therefore the announcement of the whistle of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who suffers from a sprained left knee ligament and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.with a total absence imagined around four weeks.
Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a Grade 2 left MCL sprain and will miss the start of training camp, the team says.
– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 21, 2022
For information, this kind of sprain is the kind that Khris Middleton contracted during the last Playoffs, an injury that caused him to miss most of the Bucks postseason. Bad news then, for a guy who has already squatted a bit at the infirmary desks since the beginning of his career, and for a franchise that, definitely, is accumulating bad news despite their entire squad being clearly drooling, despite being a lot young. We expect a lot from the back-to-back duo composed of SGA and Josh Giddey, while Jaylin Williams, Jalen Williams, Darius Bazley, Tre Mann, Aleksej Pokusevski, Theo Maledon, Lu Dort, Ousmane Dieng or Chet Holmgren are still great guys and bring a nice project long-term on the card. Soon, however, we will have to do without Chet and we will have to do without Shai, who this summer indulged himself with Canada during the World Cup qualifiers but who unfortunately has resumed his connection with the NBA where he had it. left last spring, precisely between the doctor’s office and the bench to cheer on his friends.
The warning could remain on alert and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could be ready for recovery in late October. Anyway, OKC fans take a first (second) punch in the face even though we haven’t made it past the end of September. So come on gentlemen, come on ladies, some people don’t have the right to happiness and have to go get it for themselves, and you seem to be one of those people …
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