Oklahoma City Thunder Star and the NBA 2025 champion Chet Holmgren accepted a maximum full-guaranteed five-year recruit contract extension that could reach $ 250 million, Bill Duffy from Basketball WME said on Wednesday morning.
After missing three months during the season due to a hip injury, Holmgren returned in February and returned stronger to help the Thunder and his young nucleus under the NBA. Oklahoma City officials will now move to locking in the NBA superstar, Jalen Williams, who has momentum in his recruit extension talks.
Second team in the history of the NBA to win a championship, the Thunder has now locked Holmgren and MVP from League and MVP of the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finals to long-term extensions. Tuesday, Gilgeous-Alexander officially signed a contract extension of $ 285 million over four years during the 2030-31 season. The Holmgren agreement – guaranteed of $ 239 million – has mechanical staircases to bring the extension to $ 250 million.
Holmgren, 23, is part of a united thunder to play with each other and to face an NBA championship for several years to come.
Holmgren underwent the second major injury of his career in the NBA after having broken his basin in early November. He also missed all of his recruit season due to a ligamentary tear in his right foot.
Holmgren came back from the pool injury shortly before the stars break in February and finished the season with an average of 15 points, eight rebounds and 2.2 blocks while pulling 49% in the field and 37.9% from the 3 -point beach. He continued to play in the 23 games in the title of the title of Oklahoma City, and his plus-169 Plus-Moins was the best brand of all the players of the 2025 season, according to ESPN Research.
A 7 -feet tumbled center 1 inch known for elite instincts and winning attributes, Holmgren is a key element of the great defense of Thunder. He challenged 93% of the opponent’s shooting attempts as the nearest defender, the second highest rate of the League since the start of last season, and led the NBA in the percentage of goals on the authorized field on the Layups and the Dunks last season among players to challenge more shots, according to Geniusiq. He also granted the percentage of goals on the lowest field (33%) of anyone who defended at least 40 shots in the NBA final of this year, by ESPN follow -up.
Holmgren blocked only 11 shots in the final only, including five in match 7 – most by all players in a match 7 of the NBA final, because the blocks became official in 1974. He is one of the three players of all time with 150 facts at 3 points and 250 blocks in the first two seasons of the NBA, as well as Victor Wembanyama and Kristaps Porzingis.
