Barring any huge surprises, the rookie of the year will be played between Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama at the end of this season. Both players are having a fantastic campaign, but with a few hiccups. The first city was no exception this Sunday.

The NBA season is still long, but no one will want to cross paths with the Thunder in the playoffs. In front of its home crowd, Oklahoma City won with a score of 124-108 against the Nets, bringing their record to 22 wins and 9 losses. With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in MVP mode and a solid roster, OKC can naturally dream of a big run in the postseason. At least if everything goes correctly.

Chet Holmgren is still a hit at the Thunder

But with Lu Dort, Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams, the Thunder have the weapons to do some serious damage. And we’re not even talking about Chet Holmgren, who is having a fantastic start to the season for a rookie. He finished his game with 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Only problem ? A violent poster from Spencer Dinwiddie.

This is the risk when you absolutely want to block all shots: you can sometimes be punished violently in the circle. It will also happen to Victor Wembanyama, just like to Rudy Gobert. Except that on the web, with this war between Wemby and Holmgren for the title of rookie of the year, we forgive nothing.

Wemby would never have allowed this

How many times is he going to get dunked on it?

As we said, it’s the risk. We imagine that this will not change anything in Chet’s behavior, determined to protect his circle as best as possible with the Thunder. And so far, it is clear that he is doing an excellent job with an average of 2.7 blocks. It should also be noted that the rookie was able to take revenge a little later on another opponent.

No pity we must believe for the fans. A simple poster, and we can be sure that the defender will be entitled to some mockery, whether his name is Chet Holmgren or not. And yet, the rookie stands out as a future DPOY contender.