Nikola Topic, choice n ° 12 of Oklahoma City Thunder in the draft of the NBA 2024, has now finished its first summer league of the NBA after its long recovery of one year and more of its torn ACL – an injury which was known to the director general Sam Presti on the evening of the draft.
The subject saw the year, similar to the way in which Chet Holmgren did because he was sidelined for all of what would also have been his recruit season, but the subject saw it in a very different way. NBA championship fashion, if you want. He established the foundation, and with the first choice of Oklahoma City in 2024, not even seeing the ground for its range of title, The Thunder has a lot to wait in the 19 -year -old leader in Serbia.
This was obvious in the performance of the Oklahoma City summer league, where the subject showed lightning of what it could bring to the Thunder at the highest level of basketball, not just the summer league. Although it is not all at the Cup, a precise and error -free game – which makes sense, he did not participate in competitive basketball from his tear, and he was only 19 years old – but he highlighted some of his strengths, and they could certainly have a good increase for Oklahoma City this coming season.
An 18 -point performance, six assistants and four reimbursements against the Brooklyn Nets saw it as a good faith playmaker in all the teams of Summer League in Las Vegas. He has shown that he can make things happen, and that could translate into the real Thunder range in due time and with experience.
For Subs and Oklahoma City to get the most out of his game, he will have to be effective, and he will have to be set up with weapons around him that will be able to shoot open sweaters, navigate to an open floor space, reduce effectively and know how to get around a real playmaker. It should not be a problem for a team that defends a championship and has not lost a task of his list – and of course, these guys complete one of the best. The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander League.
Associated with players like Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins and Jalen Williams on the perimeter would be paradise for a beginner entering a new situation, having hard and intelligent slashers who can also strike the Trey ball each time called. As for the Bigs, you cannot be mistaken by choosing Chet Holmgren or Isaiah Hartenstein to accompany the subject in a pick-and-roll, where the goalkeeper can do damage to feed his big low men.
The subject will have to find comfort in some players to update it and feel comfortable at this level, but it must also have a well -balanced approach to repair well with the rest of his teammates. He will have a difficult battle, but it will be a little attenuated with the caliber of the players that his teammates are.
