{"id":499152,"date":"2026-06-01T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=499152"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:32:45","slug":"chet-holmgrens-future-in-okc-questioned-by-kevin-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chet-holmgrens-future-in-okc-questioned-by-kevin-oconnor\/","title":{"rendered":"Chet Holmgren\u2019s future in OKC questioned by Kevin O\u2019Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Chet Holmgren\u2019s<\/strong> long-term role with the <strong>Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong> has become a topic of debate after comments from <strong>Kevin O\u2019Connor<\/strong>. The analyst highlighted Holmgren\u2019s struggles against <strong>Victor Wembanyama<\/strong>, saying he could not defend him and looked uncomfortable offensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">O\u2019Connor noted that this was not an isolated issue. Holmgren is shooting 30% from three over his first 48 career playoff games and has yet to show real signs of becoming a shot creator or a reliable postseason scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Still, O\u2019Connor made clear that the answer is not a definitive no. Holmgren finished second in <strong>Defensive Player of the Year<\/strong> voting, remains an excellent and versatile defender, and is only 24. But with his max contract about to begin and the Spurs viewed as OKC\u2019s main rival, O\u2019Connor believes the Thunder front office should at least debate his future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O\u2019Connor points to Holmgren\u2019s struggles against Victor Wembanyama and his offensive issues in the playoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-499152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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