Oklahoma City Thunder rookie center Thomas Sorber will miss the entire 2025-26 NBA season after suffering a torn right ACL during an offseason workout, the team announced Friday afternoon.
Sorber was drafted 15th overall by the Thunder in June's draft as a young building block for the future of the team's frontcourt alongside Chet Holmgren. He will now begin his first NBA season on the sidelines rehabbing this knee injury, which occurred during an offseason workout in Oklahoma City on Thursday.
This is the second straight year that the Thunder's first-round pick in the NBA Draft has suffered an ACL injury.
Nikola Topic, the 12th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, suffered a partially torn ACL in his left knee while playing overseas for KK Mega Basket before he was drafted. He underwent s