Ahead of his first All-Star appearance, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren explained how he took his game to new heights during Mayday on Saturday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander supported Holmgren’s first All-Star selection, calling it a no-brainer. Gilgeous-Alexander watches Chet work during practice, but the Thunder starting forward says it’s important to work overtime when no one is watching.
For Holmgren, it’s the extra time he puts into improving his game to the best of his ability that has led to him becoming the All-Star forward he is today.
“I would call that all work that’s not in the game,” Holmgren said. “It’s the preparation before games, the morning shoots, the work over the summer; all the stuff that no one sees – the rehab from injuries. If you didn’t do it, no one would know about it. But at the end of the day, once you get on the court, it’s right there in the air.”
Holmgren is averaging career bests in points per game (17.4), field-goal percentage (56%), and rebounds (8.7).
Chet Holmgren reacts to his first All-Star selection
Thunder forward Chet Holmgren is grateful for his first All-Star selection. Before All-Star weekend, Holmgren reacted to Chet’s move to Los Angeles after his first All-Star selection.
“It means a lot. I have a lot of people I have to be grateful for – the help they’ve given me along the way. From family friends, coaches, old teammates, current teammates, the Thunder, the opportunity they gave me and the situation they put me in. I’m just forever grateful for that,” Holmgren said.
“I always say I would never play or give a chance to things of that nature, but that doesn’t mean there’s gratitude for it, and there’s no understanding of the seriousness of it. I’m extremely grateful, and I just feel like I have to keep going, and I have a lot of [further] To go.”
Holmgren will play for Team USA Stars along with Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards, Suns’ Devin Booker, Raptors’ Scottie Barnes, 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey, Pistons All-Star tandem Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren and Hawks’ Jalen Johnson.
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