Oct 5, 2025; North Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder guard Nikola Matter (44) drives up the court docket in opposition to the Charlotte Hornets within the first quarter at North Charleston Coliseum. Necessary Credit score: Arthur Ellis-Imagn Photographs
The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder mentioned guard Nikola Matter underwent a testicular process Monday and will probably be re-evaluated in 4 to 6 weeks.
That takes Matter out of the working for the regular-season opener, Oct. 21 in opposition to the Houston Rockets.
The Thunder chosen Matter twelfth general within the 2024 NBA Draft however he tore an ACL just a few weeks earlier than the draft and didn’t play as a rookie.
The 20-year-old from Serbia put up 10 factors and 7 assists in Oklahoma Metropolis’s preseason opener in opposition to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.
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