Before Sam Presti took questions, Oklahoma City Thunder fans were handed a gift. For the sickos that watch Summer League, the OKC GM revealed that Nikola Topic will play and Thomas Sorber won’t.
The Thunder will play at least eight 2025 Summer League games between Utah and Las Vegas from July 5-16. This will give Topic his first chance to suit up for OKC after he was drafted with the No. 12 pick of the 2024 NBA draft. He missed all of last season recovering from a partially torn ACL.
Meanwhile, it looks like Sorber will continue to recover from his turf toe that required surgery in February. The 19-year-old was taken with the No. 25 pick of the 2025 NBA draft. He spent a sole college season at Georgetown before he left.
“We’ll see when he gets out there playing in Summer League. He hasn’t played 5-on-5 with, like, scoreboard, referees, people in the stands. We’ve got to give him some grace on that,” Presti said about Topic. “But certainly excited to see him and what he offers to the team.”
It’ll be exciting to watch Topic suit up. He had a high draft pedigree before his knee injury plummeted his draft stock. The 19-year-old will be one of the top players to watch during the summer extravaganza.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Sam Presti update Summer League status for Nikola Topic, Thomas Sorber