Slowed by a wrist injury, Jaylen Williams patiently endures his problem
This was to be expected, especially since we found out that he had received it about thirty infiltrations so he could keep his spot in the playoffs, but Jalen Williams is far from the best level this season.
Thus, the All-Star wing player averages only 17.6 points (46% shooting and 29% three-pointers), after signing his best performance in the 2024/25 season: 21.6 points on average (48% shooting and 37% three-pointers).
The statistical decline is largely due to the double right wrist surgerywhich happened in July and then in November and which He made him miss the first month season 2025/26.
« That’s bullshit. It is a very tedious process » he admitsin terms of his physical condition. ” No one will be more frustrated than me when my shots are too short. It’s one of those things I have to learn to deal with during a match. It’s not like I was on a bad team, where I could throw 40 shots and adjust like that. »
A few more months of adjustment?
For Jalen Williams, certainly extended during the offseason, for $287 million over five yearsit will also not be easy to adapt in the middle of the season, as it will take several months.
« This injury is not something where two hand surgeries will be enough to resolve. » he also assures, undoubtedly hoping that he will be able to regain his feelings by the playoffs. ” It will be spread over a year, or a year and a half, and it will take a few summers to really figure out how to get back to normal. »
On the side of Thunderanyway, we’re being patient and understanding with Jalen Williams, who helped the franchise win its first title last June (at the expense of his long-term health?).
« It is a situation that is far from ideal and forces him to live with it » adds his coach in any case, Mark Daigneault. « But he must be kind to himself and work day by day, even if the progress will not necessarily be drastic. He needs to focus on other things he can influence, other than things that will require full range of motion in his wrist. But it’s both a challenge and an opportunity, depending on how you look at it. And this is his current challenge: to see the situation as an opportunity and we are convinced that this will be the case. »
| Jalen Williams | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2022-23 | OKC | 75 | 30:21 | 52.1 | 35.6 | 81.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 14.1 |
| 2023-24 | OKC | 71 | 31:19 | 54.0 | 42.7 | 81.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 19.1 |
| 2024-25 | OKC | 69 | 32:25 | 48.4 | 36.5 | 78.9 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 21.6 |
| 2025-26 | OKC | 20 | 30:21 | 46.2 | 28.6 | 84.6 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 17.6 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-01-11 09:23:00
