This was on Tw*tter, so I always struggle on how to make these posts.

Since being picked 12th in the 2024 draft, Topić has played 10 total games in the NBA. He won an NBA championship before ever touching the floor due to coming into the draft with a torn ACL. Just 10 games after he finally recovered, it was discovered that he had testicular cancer. During his recovery and treatment for cancer, he injured his back.

He’s played several games on the Thunder’s G-league squad, the Blue, and put up reasonable numbers while only playing a half at a time. (Our G squad is kinda terrible this year because all our 2-ways are playing with the main squad)

Headlesshorsman02 | OKC

17 | 10 hours ago

Hopefully sorber is back soon as well the more the merrier lol 😂

darnclem [OP] | OKC

4 | 10 hours ago

Sorber seems like he’s in the final run up before a g-league stint. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him activated there in the next month.

Edit: a date was just floated by ESPN, Nov 20th. Not sure how reliable that is.

royalewlthcheese | Australia

22 | 10 hours ago

At this point I’m convinced Sorber is AI

Headlesshorsman02 | OKC

8 | 9 hours ago

He is the friends we made along the way lol

keljinBLEVINScousin | NBA

2 | 9 hours ago

Don’t worry he’ll be back before GTA7

chicubsn01 | OKC

3 | 9 hours ago

Sorber isn’t real. He’s like a chupacabra

CottonDrifter | SAS

3 | 8 hours ago

?? Chupacabras are real

idontlikethisai

0 | 5 hours ago

I think he meant ManBearPig.

CorneliusGunt | BOS

30 | 10 hours ago

Hell yea i’ve always thought he had potential to be excellent

darnclem [OP] | OKC

46 | 10 hours ago

well….we’ve decided to not pick up his option. So idk how much potential he’s still got at this point.

WD51 | SAS

5 | 10 hours ago

In the unlikely event he actually shows out this year somehow OKC will be at a disadvantage in re-signing him since the 4th year option was declineddeclined

Mobile-Entertainer60 | OKC

3 | 9 hours ago

Yeah, the maximum the Thunder can offer is the amount of his declined option. However, I can’t think of a single case where that happened (declined rookie option, re-signed with original team).

thedrcubed | MEM

2 | 9 hours ago

Yeah same thing happened to us with LaRavia. He was constantly injured so we declined the option and he played really well. We ended up shipping him to Sac for a late 2nd or something to just try to salvage some value

ShotgunStyles | SAC

4 | 10 hours ago

He has the potential to get 6 hard fouls on the other team’s best player.

Jonny_Stranger | OKC

5 | 7 hours ago

What would a top 1% commentator who is a Kings fan & not toxic as hell even look like? We will surely never know.

Skank_hunt42 | OKC

6 | 9 hours ago

He’s just had terrible luck, but when he finally did come back you could tell that there was soooo much rust that idk if he can ever get back to what he was before the initial ACL injury he had before he was drafted. Which was 3-4 years ago…and he’s only 21.

IMO since he’s been away from competition for so long, then suddenly expected to perform against the best players on Earth…. it’s kind of an unreasonable ask when you think about it. But I hope I’m wrong!

dacrookster | OKC

75 | 10 hours ago

Finally, a guy who can shoo-

uco-b | OKC

38 | 9 hours ago

No a guy who can freaking lob to a 7’4 guy. He has improved his shooting though.

Kertia

12 | 10 hours ago

Man. The thunder are really injury plagued. Totally forgot they had him and sorber sidelined since their rookie years

itsnotgoinghome

9 | 10 hours ago

Better to get real touches in competitive situations than warm the pine and sub in for 20 secs of garbage time. Player development would drop off if he did the latter

helgestrichen | DAL

2 | 9 hours ago

The Thunder HAVE

darnclem [OP] | OKC

3 | 9 hours ago

egregious mistake by Andy there

revisioncloud | OKC

7 | 9 hours ago

League fucked. I used to pray for times like these

PixelBy_Pixel | DET

1 | 8 hours ago

Season saved

J5Bench | OKC

1 | 8 hours ago

AnkitPancakes | OKC

1 | 7 hours ago

we just need bodies and even playing garbage time mins means jared and kenrich don’t have to play those.

incredibleamadeuscho | LAL

1 | 9 hours ago

I mean they should be better if their former 12th pick is playing with them.

Comfortable_Cup5107 | OKC

7 | 8 hours ago

Former 12th pick who had an ACL injury and then testicular cancer and then an injured back lol bro has barely played in 3 years man

incredibleamadeuscho | LAL

0 | 8 hours ago

i think it’s earlier in the G League, but if he’s on a court, he has to better than the G league players. That’s what his draft position dictates, and his team didnt do his team option for a reason. He’s running out of time.

xzadetechnoHD | OKC

1 | 8 hours ago

Tbf I’d take little stock in his g league stats this season our g league roster is horrible same bunch that made aday Mara look awful in summer league

darnclem [OP] | OKC

1 | 8 hours ago

He’s also only played a couple first halves. Not like he’s been active the whole time.

RedditUsersCrying | OKC

1 | 10 hours ago

Someone just push my shit back pls.

Crayondy | MIN

-11 | 9 hours ago

r/okc we really need 2way call ups posted to the main sub..?

darnclem [OP] | OKC

9 | 9 hours ago

Well first of all, he’s not a 2-way.

Second, he was a guy that was projected as a top pick in his draft initially that only fell to the Thunder because of his ACL. He’s definitely had more interest among ball knowers than your standard 2-way call-up, especially with his unique history.

Crayondy | MIN

-8 | 9 hours ago

Disagree. If you disregard the ball cancer, he is a pretty traditional euro-flop that can’t keep up with the pace or physicality of the league.

darnclem [OP] | OKC

5 | 9 hours ago

well I think you’re wrong and kind of an ass, but the phrase “if you disregard the ball cancer” got a chuckle out of me.

ChromedUpCrimson | OKC

5 | 8 hours ago

Lol who are you? This is actual news as opposed to the millionth “is x player finally washed?” thread. Are you complaining in those too?

Crayondy | MIN

-3 | 8 hours ago

A fan of the NBA team with the best net rating? Maybe let’s keep the roster changes for play-in teams to the team subreddits.

We should be seeing more Mavs news here after that loss last night.

OwnVisual5772 | OKC

4 | 9 hours ago

it’s r/thunder noob get it right before you yap

Per Andrew Schlecht: “The Oklahoma City Thunder has recalled guard Nikola Topić from the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League.”