Finals are about to start, Thunder Chet Holmgren talks about the cruel recovery of hip injury

How Thunder forward Chet Homgren was honest about his regular season hip injury before the NBA Finals.

Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Homgren suffered a hip injury after 10 games in the regular season and was unable to walk for two months. It was a cruel blow to Homegren, who had originally shown an All-Star level but eventually missed 50 regular season games before his comeback. When making his NBA Finals debut in November, Chet talked about his comeback process.

Homegren was interviewed by the media for the first time after beating the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals, revealing that the monotonous life in the early stages of recovery was not easy.

"When I wake up, I will do my best, but I don't have much time. I can eat healthy, but when I'm in that state, I really don't want to watch basketball," said Homegren. "So I'll wake up, play with my phone, eat, and sleep for a very long time. Then, I'll wake up and repeat the same process. Then, I'll keep sleeping again. I have to keep doing this until I can walk. So, it's too cruel. It's too cruel."

When asked why Homegren wasn't in the mood to watch basketball, he specifically explained what the ugly thing that time had been for him.

"I wouldn't say watching basketball. I mean watching the game live, which is certainly necessary. I have to take a few weeks off for a while," said Homegren. "At that time, I was watching basketball games and mixtapes on YouTube, watching whatever I wanted - pull-ups and so on. But when it came to the live broadcast of the game, I had to take a step back."

After playing three games before the All-Star Game, Chet gradually returned to the same state we saw in the first month of the regular season.

Chet Homgren talked about the Thunder's hip injury after winning the Western Conference Finals

Thunder head coach Mark Degno called his team "brainless" in his speech after winning the Western Conference Finals. Thunder forward Chet Holmgren then talked about the challenges he faced this season, including a devastating hip injury, which was another setback for the sophomore big man who just turned 23.

Still, Homgren rebounded strongly and talked about this at the awards ceremony.

"I won't say it's satisfying," Homegren said of entering the NBA Finals. "It's just one step in the journey. We have to enjoy it all. But we still have a series of games to play. So, we're not over yet, but I'll never take it for granted."

In the Western Conference Finals against the Timberwolves, Homegren averaged 18.0 points per game, shooting 56.7% from the field, plus 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.