To the rest of the OKC Thunder, Thursday's bout against the Minnesota Timberwolves may just be another matchup on their 82-game schedule. However, for Chet Holmgren, it's his final opportunity to prove that he belongs in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. Chet Holmgren has one more game to make his case for All-Star nodIt goes without saying that Holmgren is amid a career-best campaign here in 2025-26. Through the halfway point of the season, Holmgren is widely considered to be the favorite to take home this year's Defensive Player of the Year award. With Thursday's game against the T-Wolves serving as their last before Sunday's reserves announcement, expect Holmgren to try and make his final on-court argument for why he's deserving of his first-ever selection.