CHAMPIONSHIP. YEAH, THE CITY MEANS A LOT TO ME. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DEFINITELY STARTED THE EMBRACING FIRST. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN I GOT OUT HERE AND THEY WERE REALLY COOL ABOUT JUST LIKE ACCEPTING ME. IT’S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE SOME OF THESE, LIKE, PLAYERS LIKE HIM. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT’S GOING TO TAKE BEFORE YOU GET UP THERE AND GET YOUR ARMS AROUND, LIKE ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF, AN HOUR AND A HALF? YEAH. ARE YOU WILLING TO WAIT? YEAH, I JUST LOVE THE WHOLE GAME, MAN. THEY’RE JUST SO THEY’RE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOOD PEOPLE. CRAZY, HONESTLY. LIKE THE INTERACTIONS I GET TO HAVE DURING THE GAME HAS BEEN REALLY COOL. LIKE WHEN I’M YELLING AT THE FANS AND THEY’RE BARKING AND. IT JUST CAN’T BE REPLICATED. OKLAHOMA APPRECIATES THEM A LOT. WE GOT HERE AT 11:11 P.M. LAST NIGHT. YEAH, THE CITY HAS A DIFFERENT VIBE TO IT NOW AND IT’S JUST REALLY COOL. SPECIAL FANS HERE. LIKE IT’S LIKE, OH, WHAT’S UP? AND THEY KEEP WALKING. SO IT’S LIKE IT’S VERY IT’S VERY
Thunder star power forward Jalen Williams to undergo wrist surgery
Thunder GM Sam Presti said Williams will not have any problem recovering from the surgery and will be available when the 2025-26 season starts.
Updated: 12:25 PM CDT Jun 30, 2025
Thunder star power forward Jalen Williams will have surgery on his right wrist after playing through an injury during the team’s postseason run, General Manager Sam Presti announced on Monday. | RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Jalen Williams shows appreciation for fans after meet-and-greet at Dick’s House of SportThunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo said Presti announced during an end-of-season news conference that Williams will have surgery on his wrist because of a ligament tear that he suffered toward the end of the regular season. The news means Williams played with the injury throughout the playoffs and the Thunder’s run to the franchise’s first NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma City. According to Gallo, Presti said Williams will not have any problem recovering from the surgery and will be available when the 2025-26 season starts. This past season was a big one for Williams. On top of winning an NBA championship, Williams was named to his first All-Star team as well as a member of the All-NBA Third Team and the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Williams also averaged 23.6 points per game against the Indiana Pacers during the NBA Finals. He scored at least 26 points three times, including a 40-point performance in the Thunder’s Game 5 victory. Video Below: Crashing the Boards: Thunder make moves amid celebrating 2025 NBA championshipThe 24-year-old Thunder star was recently at Dick’s House of Sport in north Oklahoma City for a meet-and-greet and autograph-signing event. He was initially supposed to sign 250 autographs for fans with wristbands, but Williams signed more than that and took pictures with fans. “The city means a lot to me, obviously. They definitely started the embracing first,” Williams said during the event on Thursday. “I didn’t know what to expect when I got out here, and they were all really cool about it, just like accepting me.” Top HeadlinesSCOTUS throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states, including Oklahoma2 Idaho firefighters shot to death in ambush by man who intentionally set fire, officials sayTIMELINE: More storms with a severe weather risk later in OklahomaApparent murder-suicide leaves 2 dead at Bethany home, police sayAgainst the odds, Gen Z is breaking into the housing market
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Thunder star power forward Jalen Williams will have surgery on his right wrist after playing through an injury during the team’s postseason run, General Manager Sam Presti announced on Monday.
Thunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo said Presti announced during an end-of-season news conference that Williams will have surgery on his wrist because of a ligament tear that he suffered toward the end of the regular season. The news means Williams played with the injury throughout the playoffs and the Thunder’s run to the franchise’s first NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma City.
According to Gallo, Presti said Williams will not have any problem recovering from the surgery and will be available when the 2025-26 season starts.
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Sam Presti reports that Jalen Williams will have surgery on his right wrist due to a ligament tear that he suffered toward the end of the regular season.
Presti says that he will not have any problem recovering from it and will be available for the start of next season.
— Nick Gallo (@NickAGallo) June 30, 2025
This past season was a big one for Williams. On top of winning an NBA championship, Williams was named to his first All-Star team as well as a member of the All-NBA Third Team and the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.
Williams also averaged 23.6 points per game against the Indiana Pacers during the NBA Finals. He scored at least 26 points three times, including a 40-point performance in the Thunder’s Game 5 victory.
Video Below: Crashing the Boards: Thunder make moves amid celebrating 2025 NBA championship
The 24-year-old Thunder star was recently at Dick’s House of Sport in north Oklahoma City for a meet-and-greet and autograph-signing event. He was initially supposed to sign 250 autographs for fans with wristbands, but Williams signed more than that and took pictures with fans.
“The city means a lot to me, obviously. They definitely started the embracing first,” Williams said during the event on Thursday. “I didn’t know what to expect when I got out here, and they were all really cool about it, just like accepting me.”
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