Jalen Williams made his long-awaited return to the OKC Thunder lineup Monday night following a 16-game, injury-induced absence.
For the vast majority of the 2025-26 campaign, the forward has been marred by a number of ailments, most notably a surgically repaired right wrist that, at one point, he described as feeling like a piece of Laffy Taffy that was put in the freezer, "and then trying to bend it."
Fortunately, now roughly nine months since his operation, Williams is saying his wrist "has felt better than it ever has," which, not only suggests that the Thunder will have a full-health version of their All-Star for the first time this season, but will be heading into the 2026 postseason with him at full strength, something they didn't have at all during last year's title run.