For several months, when we wrote a paper on OKC Blue, Ousmane Dieng or Olivier Sarr, it was almost exclusively positive. The Frenchies were strong and even won the G League this year. But the bad news fell this Wednesday, Olivier Sarr is suffering from a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Olivier Sarr has been exemplary on both ends of the court for the OKC Blue this year. A true rebound machine, he played a key role in his team’s victory, until Game 3 of the finals where he scored 10 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.
With the Blue leading by 18 points in the third quarter, Sarr remained on the floor after a rebounding battle. Due to what was initially thought to be an ankle problem, he had to be carried to the locker room, where he watched his teammates’ success. The franchise finally announced a rupture of the left Achilles tendon, synonymous with several months away from the courts.
Thunder PR:
Olivier Sarr sustained a left Achilles tendon rupture during Monday’s G League Finals game pic.twitter.com/tKUnItIC0P
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) April 17, 2024
No projected schedule has been released by OKC, but the length of unavailability for injuries of this type is not measured in days. It’s impossible to imagine getting a few minutes at the end of the bench during the Playoffs, and the race to be in shape at the start of next season is already on.
Olivier Sarr appeared in around fifteen games with the Thunder this season, but was mainly an executive for the G League team. In the NBA’s little sister league where end-of-the-bench players take the opportunity to develop, he averages 14 points, 13.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per night.
Still in two-way in Oklahoma, the Frenchman will probably be operated on in the coming days before embarking on long months of rehabilitation. Finding parquet floors in 2024 would already be superb news. And it sucks.
2024-04-18 09:18:00
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