Thunder center Chet Holmgren fractures hip in fall after collision at rim, out at least two months [Video]

The Oklahoma City Thunder, already without center Isaiah Hartenstein at center due to a hand injury and big man Jaylin Williams with a hamstring strain, now have lost their other star center for at least two months and likely longer than that.

Chet Holmgren suffered a right iliac hip fracture, the team announced Sunday night. The iliac bones are the large, flat bones commonly called hip bones, ones that kind of look kind of like butterfly wings when looking at a skeleton. “A return to play protocol will be provided in 8 to 10 weeks,” the team statement said, suggesting Holmgren could be out beyond the All-Star break.

Holmgren sounded resigned to a familiar but long rehab process in this social media post later on Sunday night.

The injury occurred midway through the first quarter when Holmgren and Andrew Wiggins collided as the Warriors wing drove to the rim and …