Chet Holmgren suffers injury defending LeBron James in pro-am game
All the stars were in Seattle Saturday night for the pro-am basketball game hosted by former NBA star and Timberwolf Jamal Crawford, but The CrawsOver game was canceled in the second quarter due to condensation on the court – and Chet Holmgren didn't even make it that far after suffering an apparent injury in the opening moments of the game.
Holmgren was backpedaling in transition defense against LeBron James and he came up limping after the play at the rim. No word yet on the severity of the injury.
Here's the play where Chet Holmgren got hurt tonight. He was guarding @KingJames one-on-one. It's hard to tell how he got hurt. He might have just stepped weirdly. @ChetHolmgren @thecrawsover #thunder pic.twitter.com/AzUBYUgnyV
— Nathan Thompson (@NathanDThompson) August 21, 2022
Holmgren, a Minneapolis native who starred in high school at Minnehaha Academy and was the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2021, is set to make his NBA regular season debut Oct. 19 at Target Center when the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Timberwolves.
Holmgren was the third overall pick in this summer's NBA Draft.
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LeBron, Holmgren, Dejounte Murray, Jayson Tatum, Paolo Banchero and Isaiah Thomas all played in the pro-am.
Few things..
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) August 21, 2022
1) I’m sorry for those who couldn’t get in. Truly…
2) I had to make the decision to stop the game to protect the players. Tough, but right decision.
3) Thank you to all of the stars showing our city love!!!!
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