The NBA world collective attention was zeroed in on OKC on Monday night.
After waiting over a year, Monday marked the home debut of 2022 No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren. The seven-footer missed all of last season recovering from a Lisfranc injury.
Buy Thunder TicketsTo make it even more special, the San Antonio Spurs were in town and this contest also marked the debut of Victor Wembanyama.
The first duel between the talented seven-footers ended in a draw. The Thunder came away with the win, but both Holmgren and Wembanyama were magnificent.
In 16 first-half minutes, Holmgren finished with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting, nine rebounds and one block.
Let’s look at some of the best tweets/posts reacting to Holmgren’s home debut on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Chet’s Holmgren’s NBA debut highlights 🦄
— TF (@ThunderFocus) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren vs Victor Wembanyama for the next 20 years pic.twitter.com/u1Scr8yHNR
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) October 10, 2023
Twitter told me Chet would get bullied by everyone & anyone pic.twitter.com/Y8qdTIfqro
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) October 10, 2023
Respect between the rooks. #NBAPreseason@ChetHolmgren: 21 PTS, 9 REB, W@wemby: 20 PTS, 5 REB pic.twitter.com/yk9JrorOoY
— NBA (@NBA) October 10, 2023
Here’s Chet Holmgren on finally getting to play in front of the Oklahoma City fans,
“I’m looking forward to it for a long time,” pic.twitter.com/hxfCxRdpQi
— Derek Parker (@DParkOK) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren preseason debut
21 PTS
7-10 FG
2-2 3PT
9 RBD
1 AST
1 BLK
0 TO
16 minutes pic.twitter.com/X4rVnUJvRm— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) October 10, 2023
Love you OKC🧡💙🤍
— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) October 10, 2023
Chet flexed then hit the Shedeur 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7GkJWDwUXV
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren on the matchup with Victor Wembanyama: “I feel like Vic and myself did a good job of: it’s not the Vic vs Chet Show.”
Chet says it was Thunder vs Spurs and that’s what it was about to him. And he’s sure Victor felt the same way. pic.twitter.com/ooXq8CfG38
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) October 10, 2023
Victor Wembanyama 18 points, 2 steals & a block. Chet Holmgren 21 points, 9 rebounds. In their first half. There’s more than 20 scouts here in OKC, most I’ve ever seen for a preseason game. Everyone on benches is playing it cool but trust me some hearts are racing a bit.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren showed out in his #NBAPreseason debut 😤
21 PTS
9 REB
7/10 FGM
2/2 3PM…in just 16 minutes! pic.twitter.com/7pmQ91NDhe
— NBA (@NBA) October 10, 2023
CHET THROWS DOWN THE ALLEY OOP 🔨 pic.twitter.com/nM1lAcmhvd
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 10, 2023
Chet hit the Shedeur after his and-1 💪 pic.twitter.com/OLqQG3679z
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren is awesome
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) October 10, 2023
Chet Holmgren is really good
— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) October 10, 2023
The headbutt is an unstoppable move fasho https://t.co/Oaz7Mz8f57
— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) October 10, 2023
