On Sunday, October 25, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams suffered a devastating injury when he fractured his leg and dislocated his ankle after taking a hard spill on a Kris Dunn flagrant foul against the Los Angeles Clippers.
“There isn’t a timetable for Williams’ return, and one won’t be set until after the surgery. ‘Dub,’ as everybody knows, is as tough as they come. He’s an elite competitor. Even last night, just miraculous in terms of his outlook and the way he’s looking forward to attacking this. We’re going to be with him the entire way,” Thunder GM Sam Presti said at a press conference on Monday, where he revealed the injury diagnosis.
While Williams has not been officially ruled out for the season, there is a good chance that he has suited up for the final time this year for Oklahoma City.
It’s also possible he could have played his last game for the Thunder, given he may be the team’s salary-cap casualty next summer when they are forced to deal with the realities of the second apron.
The Thunder are below the second apron this season, but next season, they are projected to be far above it, which means the team’s owners will have to pay hundreds of millions in l...