{"id":93409,"date":"2022-08-01T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/the-thunder-s-7-foot-195-pound-rookie-looks-like-he-might-break-a-leading-sports-scientist-explains-why-he-won-t"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:56:46","slug":"the-thunder-s-7-foot-195-pound-rookie-looks-like-he-might-break-a-leading-sports-scientist-explains-why-he-won-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/the-thunder-s-7-foot-195-pound-rookie-looks-like-he-might-break-a-leading-sports-scientist-explains-why-he-won-t","title":{"rendered":"The Thunder&#8217;s 7-foot, 195-pound rookie looks like he might &#8216;break.&#8217; A leading sports scientist explains why he won&#8217;t."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chet Holmgren. Alex Goodlett\/Getty Images Chet Holmgren was drafted with the second overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder. At 7 feet, 195 lb, Holmgren&#8217;s unique, lanky frame has some concerned that he&#8217;ll get injured in the NBA. Marcus Elliott, founder of P3 Sports Science, says Holmgren&#8217;s advanced biomechanics testing leaves no cause for concern. Rarely are the risks of an NBA draft prospect so pronounced, so plain to see as they are with Chet Holmgren. Whereas the concerns with some future NBA players revolve around their shooting touch, defensive ability, or work ethic, with Holmgren it was: Can his body hold up? The 20-year-old from Gonzaga, who was taken with the second overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder this June, has one of the most unique frames in NBA history: 7 feet tall, just 195 lb, with a 7-foot-6 wingspan. He is rail-thin and likely even taller than his NBA profile lists him &#8212; NBA big men are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chet Holmgren has one of the most unique bodies in the NBA, but Marcus Elliott of P3 says he&#8217;s not an injury risk because of his elite mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[257,256,58],"class_list":["post-93409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}