Mom calls out 7-foot-1 Chet Holmgren for breaking her poor son's ankles hilariously

Before his monster $250 million contract extension, the Oklahoma City Thunder star was hilariously picking on a kid who tried to defend him one-on-one.
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Chet Holmgren dunked on a little kid at his camp like he did on his massive $250 million extension.

Days before the Oklahoma City Thunder power forward-center signed the max five-year rookie extension, which is a questionable move given the new NBA realties of a pseudo hard cap, the former Gonzaga standout was hilariously picking on kids at his summer basketball camp held at the University of Oklahoma.

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Chet Holmgren/Instagram

At first it's all in good fun when the 7-foot-1 NBA champion is defended by a camper, that hilariously only goes up to his waist, and Holmgren pulls the old Harlem Globetrotters vanishing ball trick. But then a little hesitation move breaks the poor kid's ankles before hitting a little bunny jumper fall-away.

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Chet Holmgren doing a camper nasty with ankle break. | Chet Holmgren/Instagram

It all ended in good fun as the other campers surrounded the ankle-broken combatant, and Holmgren went over to give him a high five.

Chet Holmgren
Chet Holmgren/Instagram

Even the camper's mother, Carol, commented on it in the captions, writing, "Lol you didn’t have to do my son like that in the first slide! 😂😂😂 He’s going to remember getting his ankles broke by Chet for life! He had a great time! Thank you!"

You can watch the clip for yourself and decide whether you could fair any better. Hint, the answer is no.

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