What happened to Nikola Topic? Oklahoma City Thunder guard reveals health scare
Posted on: Oct 31, 2025 00:43 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Nikola matter, Oklahoma City Thunder guard, has been diagnosed with testicular cancer, and his treatment is already underway. As per ESPN, this information was provided by the Thunder’s general manager, Sam Presti, to reporters on Thursday.
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The 20-year-old underwent a procedure at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston earlier this month for a biopsy. Presti revealed that the diagnosis had been revealed some days later, but the Serbian player asked his team not to make it public until his treatment began.
The Thunder general manager also added that doctors are “extremely positive” about Topic’s treatment and expect him to make a full recovery.
“Our only expectations for him are to focus on this,” Presti said, per ESPN. “This is his most important priority. He'll be back playing basketball when he's able to, but we're not putting any time length or expectations on that, obviously. He has our total support, encouragement and love.”
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While he is likely to make a full recovery, the emergence of cancer is another blow to the young career of Nikola Topic. He missed the entire last season due to a torn ACL, AP reports. He did feature in the summer league and also started in a preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets, which his team won 135-114.
The Serbian guard is yet to make his debut in the NBA. He was picked in the first round of the 2024 draft – 12th overall – but had to wait till this year to don the Thunder jersey, albeit for a preseason game.
In that contest against the Hornets, he spent 31.5 minutes on the court and recorded 10 points, seven assists, four rebounds, three turnovers and one steal. He had a field goal percentage of 44.4, as per the NBA’s official website.
With the diagnosis of cancer, the youngster is set to miss most, if not the whole, of this season.
Topic is a Serbian basketball player who was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA Draft.
He is yet to make his debut in the NBA.
He was the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2024 draft.
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