Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topic is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, general manager Sam Presti announced on Thursday, October 30.
“[Topic] didn’t want to make this information public until he had begun the actual treatments, which he has,” Presti, 47, told reporters. “He’s been in here, he’s training, he’s working out through this entire process. As we all know, this would be a challenging treatment process to go through.”
The Thunder selected Topic, 20, with the 12th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft before a torn ACL sidelined him for the entire 2024-25 season.
The team then announced in early October that he would miss four to six weeks to start this season after undergoing a “testicular procedure,” but did not provide further details. P

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