Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topic, who was a part of OKC’s NBA Championship team last season, has been diagnosed with cancer.

Thunder General Manager Sam Presti revealed on Thursday that Topic has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. He is only 20 years old.

“So, I want to give a health update on Nikola Topic. I think, as everybody’s aware, he had a testicular procedure at the very beginning of training camp,“ Sam Presti said . “That procedure was necessary and done at MD Anderson in Houston to determine if Nikola was dealing with a case of testicular cancer.

“The procedure was necessary in order to biopsy, and the results of the biopsy have been returned, and he is dealing with a case of testicular cancer.”

According to Presti, doctors are optimistic that Topic can beat the

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