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Shams Charania: Dalen Terry departs the Warriors' G League team in Santa Cruz to provide a wing addition to Oklahoma City. Per ESPN Research, the Thunder became the first team in 50 years to have three starters suffer injuries in the same game -- Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace on Oct. 25 -- and then all three miss the team's next 20 games or more.
For Monday night’s game against the Cavaliers, the Thunder have already listed six players as being out: Alex Caruso, Chet Holmgren, Thomas Sorber, Nikola Topic, Cason Wallace, and Jalen Williams. “Injuries are gonna happen, but part of it’s like, you know, the wear and tear on these guys—maybe you need to reduce that a little bit,” Johnson continued. “The talent you see in the league has never been higher. … Just in terms of watching the guys at the height of their powers, I love the product.”
ESPN: When the Thunder won in 2025 and had the parade in downtown Oklahoma City, was there any part of you that was happy for the community to experience that? Kevin Durant: Most definitely. I mean, when we lost in 2012, we almost had like a small parade. So many people came and welcomed us back home and showed us so much love and congratulated us on a great season. I knew at that moment, if the city ever wins a championship, the amount of people that's going to show up for this parade and the energy they're going to have for this parade is going to be insane. ... I wish our [Thunder] team could have been the one to do it because we were young and we showed we could. But I felt the sense of pride of being an alumni of the Thunder, seeing this team win as well, because I felt that's the evolution of what we did. I felt like Sam Presti hit his final form and figured out the best way for him to be. And Shai and Jalen Williams, I just felt like they all hit that mark, and we kind of laid the foundation on what it meant to be successful young players in this league, and they built upon that.
Tim MacMahon: Jalen Williams underwent successful surgery to “address a fractured left fibula and reconstruction of ankle ligaments following a fracture and dislocation,” per Thunder. He will be re-evaluated prior to the end of the regular season.
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Bobby Marks: "You will apply for this disabled player exception for Jalen Williams. I don't think you'll get it for Cason Wallace because you have to be deemed out until June 15th, and I don't think that Wallace injury will get you there. I think the Jalen Williams injury will. That exception will be worth $15 million. You can always sign or trade for a player in the last year of their contract."
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “We had a team meeting this morning, but it wasn’t anything special. It wasn’t no big rah-rah moment. It was just like, these are the cards we were dealt, and we can either feel bad for ourselves, which nobody does, or we can go out there and get better from this opportunity. We all chose to get better.”
Grant Afseth: Oklahoma City Thunder Injury Report vs. Dallas Mavericks: QUESTIONABLE: Ajay Mitchell (right ankle sprain) OUT: Alex Caruso (right ankle sprain) Chet Holmgren (right knee patellar tendinitis) Thomas Sorber (right knee surgery) Nikola Topić (low back surgery) Cason Wallace (left shoulder labral tear) Jalen Williams (left ankle fracture)
The lights atop Devon Tower illuminated Oklahoma City on Monday night, providing a much-need bright spot during a dark time. They formed the No. 8. A showing of support for Thunder star Jalen Williams, who fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle on the left side during a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. He’s now set to undergo surgery, at which point a timeline for his return will then be determined.
It was a touching tribute, but the man himself wasn’t fully satisfied. After going dark on social media throughout the past 24 hours, Williams broke his silence by replying to a picture of Devon Tower on X. He had to fully shed light on the situation. “Throw a 22 on der too,” Williams replied.
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Michael Scotto: Sam Presti on whether he'd call Russell Westbrook out of retirement with Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace out: "I haven't thought about anything relative to the roster spot... We have a tremendous challenge in front of us, but this is what we do and what we signed up for."
Will Guillory: Kevin Durant on the Jalen Williams injury from yesterday: "I just feel for him. This is a brotherhood. We compete at the highest level against each other. We keep that on the floor. But to see one of your brothers in this thing go down with such a gruesome injury, especially at this age and having an injury history last year, (I'm) just thinking about him. Thinking about his teammates, that's tough to see. But like I said, this is a brotherhood. We want everybody healthy. We want everybody on the court doing what they love to do. He knows he's got so much support around him. He's got so much love around the league. I can't wait to see him get back."
Duane Rankin: "We all saw it because we were watching the game, scouting and playing next. It was a big topic amongst us at shootaround. At the time we didn't know exactly what it was or the extent was." Suns coach Jordan Ott on OKC forward Jalen Williams, who will undergo surgery after fracturing his fibula in his left leg and dislocating his left ankle late in Sunday's win over Clippers. "Feel for any athlete that's worked their way back, and tried to stay healthy, and then we all, we all know that this is part of it, but seeing that. Kind of getting to know them a little bit. Arizona native. We were in Toronto this year, and he was there with Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander). Just unfortunate news, but this is sports. Got to go out and play, play the next game. We know that they'll bring a lot of energy to this one. We gotta match it." #Suns #ThunderUp
Justin Martinez: Sam Presti on the injuries to Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace: “Obviously, tough night last night. There’s no way to paint that differently. We say within our walls all of the time that there’s a difference between being positive and being optimistic. I’m not going to sit up here and say this is exactly where we want to be or this is how we’d like to have it. But at the same time, we’re extremely optimistic about the recovery for both of the players. Most importantly, things could’ve been a lot worse.”
