Chet Holmgren signs max contract extension with OKC Thunder in NBA

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Oklahoma City Thunder and centre Chet Holmgren hold to declaration hold worthy up to a 4th of a cardinal dollars.

Published On 9 Jul 2025

Chet Holmgren and the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a five-year rookie-maximum declaration hold worthy up to $250m, ESPN reported connected Wednesday.

The declaration is afloat guaranteed and comes connected the heels of Oklahoma City’s landmark declaration with NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who agreed to a four-year, $285.4m ace maximum declaration hold done 2031 to go the league’s highest-paid subordinate astatine much than $71m per season.

The 7-foot-1-inch (2.16m) Holmgren, 23, has been impactful erstwhile he’s connected the court. Injuries constricted him to 32 regular-season games aft a hep wounded past season. He besides missed his rookie play with a ft injury.

With vocation averages of 16.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, Holmgren proved to beryllium a captious portion for the team’s tally to a rubric successful 2025. He had 8 double-double performances successful 23 postseason games successful 2025.

The 2nd wide enactment successful the 2022 draft, Holmgren entered the NBA alongside Jalen Williams, the fig 12 prime that year. Williams is besides eligible for the rookie supermax extension. He’s entering the last play of a four-year rookie woody with a $6.6m basal wage successful 2025-26.

He’s besides conscionable the 3rd subordinate successful past to marque 150 three-pointers and 250 blocks done the archetypal 2 NBA seasons.