Chet Holmgren made his return to the court on Monday night in the 2023 Summer League. The former No. 2 overall pick spent the entire 2022-23 season recovering from a Lisfranc injury to his right foot.
Eleven months later, he returned to action in OKC Thunder’s 95-85 win over the Utah Jazz. The 21-year-old finished the game with 15 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and two assists.
NBA Twitter said a few things about Holmgren and his first game back after a devastating injury.
There were several times tonight Chet Holmgren slipped a screen but wasn’t thrown the ball,
Could’ve easily had some more easy buckets. SGA and Giddey will make those plays.
— Derek Parker (@DParkOK) July 4, 2023
Evan Mobley, Chet Holmgren, and Victor Wembanyama in consecutive draft classes. Not sure we will see that many all-time great defensive prospects in consecutive draft classes again.
— Pranav Sriraman (@PranavSriraman) July 4, 2023
Chet Holmgren refuses to do his postgame interview without his teammates, just like last year.
They were asked what it was like to have him back.
JDub: “It’s a blessing.”
Mann: “Reaall good. Especially down at the rim.”
JWill: “Great. It was great sharing the court with him.”— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) July 4, 2023
Chet Holmgren getting overrated chants in Summer League after dropping 15-9-2 and 4 blocks in his first game back in a year and getting the win convincingly is crazy hating lol.
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) July 4, 2023
If he kept these constintely, he’d be average bam bam number. What a player he is even with all of the rust. Wait until he gets his momentum back, and in his zone
— professional improviser (@fanalyst_the) July 4, 2023
15 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast, 4 blk, 6/14 FG, 0/1 3pt, 3/6 FG, 3 TO. Good comeback.
— NBA Latest (@nba_latest_) July 4, 2023
first game of chet holmgren vs. victor wembanyama will be a movie
— jeff (@DedicationHoops) July 4, 2023
Holmgren is gonna get murdered against real NBA bigs. Murdered.
— Josh Chisholm (@jchizzy21) July 4, 2023
Chet Holmgren looked like a guy who hadn’t played in a year for most of the first quarter and like a guy who can make an impact for the Thunder this season since.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 4, 2023
Chet holmgren is different
— year 21 (@johnrivers131) July 4, 2023
Welcome back, Chet Holmgren. Really, really want him to stay healthy because he’s so much fun to watch.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) July 4, 2023
Chet Holmgren big lanky self looks incredible for his first game back
— Clique Productions (@ImClique_) July 4, 2023
In terms of Chet Holmgren, this game is 99% about just getting back on the court and back into game action and 1% about his performance
— Brett Usher (@UsherNBA) July 4, 2023
