The Thunder understood the risk in drafting Holmgren. But they also saw the upside, all of which was on display on Tuesday.
SALT LAKE CITY — At first glance you can’t believe it. Oklahoma City hitched its wagon to him? Chet Holmgren, all 7' 1", 195-pounds of him, isn’t skinny for an NBA player. He's skinny for anyone, a gangly mess of limbs, a stick figure brought to life. If there is such a thing as a prototypical NBA body, Holmgren’s is the opposite of it.
On second look—and third, and fourth—you think man, Oklahoma City has hitched its wagon to him.