{"id":115393,"date":"2024-10-18T02:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115393"},"modified":"2024-10-18T02:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:11:14","slug":"thunder-to-begin-season-without-isaiah-hartenstein-after-left-hand-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115393","title":{"rendered":"Thunder to begin season without Isaiah Hartenstein after left hand fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"hjMEcIELScZcAVNC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/player\/isaiah-hartenstein-hjMEcIELScZcAVNC\/\">Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> will have to wait to make his <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"80\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/team\/thunder\/\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> regular-season debut.<\/p>\n<p>One of the organization\u2019s newest additions has sustained a small, non-displaced fracture in his left hand, the team announced Thursday. Doctors will re-evaluate him in five-to-six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old suffered the injury during the second half of Tuesday\u2019s exhibition against the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"82\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/team\/nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>. The Thunder will be without him until at least the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>Hartenstein signed a three-year, $87 million contract (which included a team option on the final season) with the Thunder this past summer, hoping to aid a group that could have used his size and defensive chops during a run to the second round of the playoffs in 2024. The 7-footer had established himself as one of the league\u2019s most physical rebounders and rim protectors as a member of the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/team\/knicks\/\">New York Knicks<\/a>. Oklahoma City will have to wait to see how that translates to a new squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder had used Hartenstein in various roles throughout the preseason, running him alongside fellow big man <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"sbpm1Ty4vmeY5sa9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/player\/chet-holmgren-sbpm1Ty4vmeY5sa9\/\">Chet Holmgren<\/a> to create jumbo lineups that could scare away any dribblers or cutters hoping to get to the basket. It wasn\u2019t just the defense that made Hartenstein into a valuable option. OKC used him as a facilitator in its second unit, finding creative ways to get him the basketball around the elbows and watching him slice passes to cutters and spot-up shooters in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Five weeks from the date of the injury announcement is Nov. 21. If Hartenstein didn\u2019t return until then, he would miss the Thunder\u2019s first 16 regular-season games. If he didn\u2019t return for six weeks, that would mean missing 18 regular-season games. Also, \u201cre-evaluated\u201d in five to six weeks doesn\u2019t mean that Hartenstein is out for only five to six weeks; it just means the team will provide another update around then.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder have high hopes heading into this season after becoming the youngest team in league history to earn a No. 1 seed in 2023-24. OKC returns most of its young core and added Hartenstein and defensive pest <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"CvhS8hRgdDIq3u6T\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/player\/alex-caruso-CvhS8hRgdDIq3u6T\/\">Alex Caruso<\/a>, who it traded for this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Hartenstein averaged 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 blocks for the Knicks last season.<\/p>\n<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo: Ronald Cortes \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5850412\/2024\/10\/17\/thunder-isaiah-hartenstein-hand-injury\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah Hartenstein will have to wait to make his Oklahoma City Thunder regular-season debut. 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