The 2024 #12 overall draft pick Nikola Topic missed his entire rookie season due to a torn ACL. This season the twenty year old Oklahoma City Thunder guard is battling a more serious obstacle following a training camp diagnosis of testicular cancer.
OKC's president Sam Presti says doctors are "extremely positive" about Topic's health outlook and he should eventually be able to begon his NBA career. Prayers to Topic as he battles through this.
Sam Presti gives an injury update on Nikola Topic who has found out he has testicular cancer. Topic’s treatment plan is chemotherapy, which he has started.