The 2024-25 NBA common season begins subsequent week. All 30 groups have recent hopes in what they hope is their 12 months. Preseason basketball begins on October 4 and ends on Friday, October 18. Final season, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder completed first within the Western Convention. Nonetheless, they had been bounced within the second spherical of the playoffs by the Mavericks.
OKC comes into the 2024-25 season because the betting favourite (+310) to win the Western Convention. The Thunder are 3-1 this preseason and play their closing sport on Thursday night time vs. the Hawks. Throughout a win on Tuesday night time vs. the Nuggets, huge man Isaiah Hartenstein suffered a small, non-displaced fracture in his left hand. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Hartenstein is ready to overlook five-to-six weeks on account of harm. He’ll miss the primary 20 video games of the season for the Thunder.
The Thunder will probably be with out Isaiah Hartenstein for the primary five-to-six weeks of the 2024-25 season
Thunder say Isaiah Hartenstein suffered a small, non-displaced fracture in his left hand in Tuesday’s preseason sport in Denver and will probably be re-evaluated in five-to-six weeks.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, 2024
Isaiah Hartenstein is ready to play in his seventh skilled season when he makes his debut for the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder. That’s going to be a while after Hartenstein suffered a small hand fracture on Tuesday night time. The massive man was a free agent this offseason and left the Knicks to signal with the Thunder. Hartenstein acquired a three-year, $87 million deal. In 75 video games and 49 begins for New York in 2023-24, Hartenstein averaged (7.8) factors, (8.3) rebounds, (2.5) assists, (1.2) steals, and (1.1) blocks.
Oklahoma Metropolis had a small rebounding downside in 2023-24 and Hartenstein was introduced in to assist resolve that challenge. Nonetheless, the massive man is not going to be able to go immediately. Jaylin Williams and Kenrich Williams are each sidelined this preseason on account of harm. Including Hartenstein to that listing will not be splendid for the Thunder. If Jaylin Williams misses time, Chet Holmgren will probably be relied upon closely to start out the 2024-25 season. That can possible be the case regardless with Hartenstein set to overlook time. The Thunder open their season on the highway subsequent Thursday vs. the Denver Nuggets.