In keeping with Presti, Subject has begun chemotherapy and there’s no timeline for his return to the courtroom. Nevertheless, Presti added that medical doctors are “extraordinarily optimistic” in regards to the 20-year-old’s prognosis, noting that testicular most cancers is the “most cured” amongst males.
“Our solely expectation of him is to deal with this,” Presti instructed reporters on Thursday (Twitter video link through Rylan Stiles of SI.com). “That is his most necessary precedence. He’ll be again enjoying basketball when he’s in a position to, however we’re not placing any kind of expectations on that, clearly. He has our whole help, encouragement and love.”
The twelfth total decide within the 2024 draft, Subject missed the Thunder’s championship season because of a torn ACL. He performed 31 minutes in Oklahoma Metropolis’s preseason opener, then was ruled out for not less than four-to-six weeks after present process a testicular process. Presti stated Thursday that the process was vital to find out whether or not or not Subject had most cancers.
As Jeff Stotts of In Road Garments factors out (via Twitter), veteran NBA heart Nene was recognized with testicular most cancers and missed 76 days through the 2007-08 season after present process chemotherapy. Nene spent one other decade within the league after that.
Regardless of Subject’s analysis and the truth that he has but to play an NBA recreation, all indications are that the Thunder proceed to view the younger level guard as part of their future — Oklahoma Metropolis exercised its 2026-27 possibility on Subject previous to the beginning of the season, locking in his $5.43M wage for subsequent season.
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