The 2024-25 NBA common season begins subsequent week. All 30 groups have recent hopes in what they hope is their yr. Preseason basketball begins on October 4 and ends on Friday, October 18. Final season, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder completed first within the Western Convention. Nevertheless, they have 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 last 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 about to overlook five-to-six weeks as a consequence of damage. He’ll miss the primary 20 video games of the season for the Thunder.
The Thunder can 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 can be re-evaluated in five-to-six weeks.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, 2024
Isaiah Hartenstein is about 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 large 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 difficulty. Nevertheless, the large man won’t be able to go straight away. Jaylin Williams and Kenrich Williams are each sidelined this preseason as a consequence of damage. Including Hartenstein to that record isn’t very best for the Thunder. If Jaylin Williams misses time, Chet Holmgren can 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 street subsequent Thursday vs. the Denver Nuggets.
