How Holmgren's childhood laid the path to NBA success
Chet Holmgren is a young power forward/center representing the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. The 23-year-old has been quite a revelation for the franchise ever since joining them in 2022. He was the second overall pick and arrived with a strong reputation built through college basketball.
Holmgren has become a central figure for the OKC Thunder throughout their standout 2024-25 campaign. His team has been thoroughly dominant in the West and managed to continue the steam coming into the playoffs. Holmgren also led several dominant performances, anchoring the paint on both ends.
Chet Holmgren has averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists this season with a 49.0 FG percentage. In the game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers, he scored 15 points with 6 rebounds to his name. The youngster is turning out to be a massive cornerstone of the current roster.
Players with 25+ threes and over 30 blocks in a playoffs:
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 9, 2025
— Draymond Green
— Rasheed Wallace
— Al Horford
— Myles Turner (this year)
— Chet Holmgren (this year)
Chet is the youngest player in NBA history to do it. pic.twitter.com/SqiC1nHYb5
Chet Holmgren was born to Dave Holmgren and Sarah Harris on May 1, 2002. Both Dave and Sarah have been a steady presence in the life of the 23-year-old. Besides Chet, the duo also have two daughters. Chet Holmgren is the middle child, growing up between an older and younger sister.
Dave Holmgren is the father of Chet Holmgren. He has been a major influence on his son’s basketball career. Dave himself was a college basketball player and played for the University of Minneapolis. It was him who nudged a young Chet towards basketball.
The 7 feet proud dad also used to carry a camcorder to capture the early footsteps of junior Holmgren on the court. Dave Holmgren reportedly holds a collection of tapes documenting his son’s overall basketball journey. This eventually helped Chet Holmgren to showcase his growth during the college basketball trials as well as the NBA ones.
Sarah Harris is the mother of Chet Holmgren. She isn’t as publicly visible as Dave Holmgren. Sarah keeps a low profile and works quietly in the real estate sector. Though little information is available about her current professional role, but Sarah Harris recently completed her tenure as the Executive Vice President at Aeon, a premier real estate agency based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chet’s parents, Sarah Harris and Dave Holmgren are American Nationals. They are based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both were born and brought up in the United States of America.
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