Oklahoma City Thunder rookie center Thomas Sorber will miss the entire 2025-26 season after sustaining a torn ACL in his right knee, the team announced on Friday.
Sorber suffered the injury during an offseason workout on Thursday in Oklahoma City. He will become the third Thunder player in the past three years to miss his rookie season due to injury, joining Chet Holmgren (foot) and Nikola Topić (knee).
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The injury update comes after Sorber missed summer league due to a toe injury sustained last season as a freshman at Georgetown. He was limited to 24 appearances after going down with the injury on Feb. 15 against Butler.
Sorber was the 15th pick in the draft after averaging 14.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals on 53.2% shooting from the field last season. He became the first Hoya since Markel Starks (2012-13) to earn an All-Big East third-team selection.
The 19-year-old was expected to be ready for the start of training camp this month after recovering from his previous setback. He will now spend the upcoming season recovering with the team medical staff that just helped Topić through his injury.
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The injury was certainly an unfortunate setback for Sorber and the Thunder heading into the upcoming season. The organization will now look to rally around him as he begins a lengthy recovery process to return to the basketball court.
This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: Thunder news: Thomas Sorber to miss season after latest injury update