Q. Thomas, can you speak to the injury you went through and fought through when the injury happened that made you sit out your rookie year?
THOMAS SORBER: Yeah. It was awfully disappointed. Yeah, I see it as like a blessing as well. I get to come into the league for a year just to learn, just to learn the league and learn a lot from the guys that are going to be my teammates next year.
Q. Obviously there's a history with the Thunder having star rookies having to miss their first year due to injury. But what have you learned from Chet and Topic from their own experiences?
THOMAS SORBER: Yeah. Those guys have been telling me just to stick to rehab, just to keep your head down, keep to listening to what the trainers have to tell you. So that's what I've been doing and I feel I've been doing pretty well at that.
Q. You got so many good centers in front of you. What can you learn watching and being around Isaiah and Chet and Jay Will?
THOMAS SORBER: I can learn a lot. Those guys have been in the league for quite some time now. I can say I can learn pretty much anything I need to know about how to be in the league, how to present myself and how to ask them how to get on the court. So I feel like they can help me in situations like that.
Q. What does it mean to continue that legacy of great Georgetown big men?
THOMAS SORBER: Just to stay positive. I keep in touch with some of those guys, like Roy Hibbert. Just to be me, just to stay positive and keep working.
Q. Before the injury, how was your offseason going?
THOMAS SORBER: The offseason was going pretty well. I was working out every day, getting to what I need to get to, doing what I need to do. The injury was unfortunate, but now I see it as a blessing. I get to have a full year just to get my body right just to get back to where I need to be, to be at my best spot next year.
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