Among the oddities of the Oklahoma City Thunder, With his peculiar formula to win the ring, there is that someone can be NBA champion without, in fact, never have played in the NBA. This is the case of Nikola Topicsomething never seen in the history of the best league in the world in a statistic revealed by Hoops Hype.
The Serbian was drafted last year in 12 by the Thunder but has not yet been able to play this season for the anterior cross ligament break that suffered in May 2024 with the Red star. He was already injured when OKC selected him.
Topic is an Oklahoma player for all purposes, as he signed a 4 -year and 23 million contract. The base of 1.98 and 19 years will have a lot Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.
However, Nikola Topic has been raised in the famous Serbian school that has given the triple MVP Nikola Jokic. Although in the Red Star during most of its formation stage, the base also passed through the Mega, from which Jokic and other players such as Vasilije Micic and Ivica Zubac have come out.
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To all this is added that Topic has a good reference in the Thunder as Chet Holmgrenwho also did not play in his first campaign after being drafted for injury to end up becoming a headline. With Oklahoma in a good position to be dynasty, now Nikola Topic will want to show that he can also win the ring on the track.
