Two days after being eliminated from this season of Dancing With the Stars, Dwight Howard already pitched himself to return to the NBA, this time playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Howard last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chet Holmgren suffered a hip fracture in OKC's loss to the Golden State Warriors. He will miss at least two months because of the gruesome injury. This is a devastating development. The Thunder looked prime to win 60-plus games this season.

The red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder face off against the struggling New Orleans Pelicans tonight. While both teams are missing key players, the Pelicans are far more severely shorthanded. New Orleans is on a five-game losing streak and in desperate need of a win.

How not having Alex Caruso against the Pelicans adds more problems for the Chet Holmgren-less Thunder. Competing without Chet Holmgren became more complicated for the Oklahoma City Thunder as Alex Caruso was ruled out before their matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans.

With 6:50 remaining in the first quarter of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s game against the Golden State Warriors, star center Chet Holmgren suffered a right iliac wing fracture on a hard fall following an Andrew Wiggins layup that Holmgren contested.