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Rylan Styles: Sam Presti on the team options to Isaiah Hartenstein, Luguentz Dort, Kenrich Williams “The first thing is like I said I gotta talk to everybody. Got to get a sense of where everybody is…Is it possible that we just pick up the options for everybody and roll into next season? That’s certainly possible. I certainly wouldn’t rule that out because we haven’t gotten through those conversations…The process itself could take a little while because I want to understand what all is available to me.” Said “If we feel that it’s more beneficial to the organization to have the draft rights to those players irrespective of if they’re going to be on the team..” said it may not fit into a box
Kenrich Williams, another quality role player who has been in and out of Oklahoma City's deep rotation, has a team option for $7.2 next season. Rival executives anticipate that the Thunder will decline that option, although Williams could return at a reduced salary.
Rylan Stiles: Kenrich Williams “It’s no secret that I want to be here until I’m done playing.” Added “Just the environment, the culture, the people that I work with every day. This is a job where I can come in and be myself and everybody around me is good people and a good environment.”
The Thunder center had not been sleeping. He wasn’t stationed in a back seat away from the action. He wasn’t hanging with the coaching staff, who sit in a different section, sequestered from his teammates’ social activity. Yet, he stood up to blurt out a major announcement, one he was certain no one on the plane had yet realized. “Oh!” he yelled. “Jamal Murray had 53! Y’all see that?!” Without hesitation, the Thunder players merged, all cackling simultaneously. Holmgren realized what had happened. It was not his first time zoning out only to enter a conversation without realizing it had already begun. Within seconds, he was giggling just as hard as everyone else. “It’s funny, because it’s Chet,” said Kenrich Williams, one of Holmgren’s closest friends on the Thunder. “That’s Chet. He’s in his own world, man.”
Justin Martinez: Final: Raptors 103, Thunder 101 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 24 points and 6 assists Lu Dort: 19 points and 8 rebounds Kenrich Williams: 15 points and 5 rebounds OKC (37-10) will finish its three-game homestand when it hosts New Orleans on Tuesday.
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Brandon Rahbar: Thunder fall to 26-4. SGA: 33 PTS/14-22 FG/8 AST JDub: 17 PTS/6 REB/8 AST/2 STL Dort: 15 PTS/5-8 3PT Kenrich: 10 PTS/5-5 FG Next up: Spurs vs Thunder III in OKC on Christmas Day.
James Ham: Chet Holmgren has been ruled out for OKC tonight due to back soreness. Jalen Williams is still out. Isaiah Joe, Nikola Topic, Kenrich Williams, Thomas Sorber all listed as out.
Only two Thunder players were alive then -- guard Alex Caruso, who was a 1-year-old, and forward Kenrich Williams, who was 4 months old. About half of the state's population wasn't alive when the bombing occurred. Time moves forward. People forget. Stories fade. But for those who have spent three decades living in an endless fog of grief and trauma, the people who planned funerals before they could drive and who still carry glass from the blast beneath their skin, the Thunder's efforts to keep their story alive means more than they can say. Standing beside his mother's chair, Genzer places his hand over his heart, near the Thunder logo on his shirt. "It's why we will always -- win, lose or draw -- be Thunder fans," Genzer says, his voice catching in his throat, "because you can't be part of this city without understanding what took place in 1995."
Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Kenrich Williams received a key to his hometown of Waco this weekend from the city's mayor, Jim Holmes, following the team's NBA Championship win.
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Kenrich Williams hosted his second annual youth summer basketball camp today at University High School. The Waco native and University alum just recently won the NBA championship with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and brought home the Larry O’Brien trophy for the kids to enjoy.
And importantly, Presti turned down all the offers he must have received for the young players who make the core of his excellent team. Who knows what incredible NBA players he could have received for Chet Holmgren or Jalen Williams. Presti has a hardfought collection of players he likes. I heard from another team that was blown away that Presti wouldn’t even consider offers for tenth-man Kenrich Williams. The Pacers are similar. Rick Carlisle had a vision for Blur Ball and it dang near won them an NBA title. They spent years seeking out the right players to go around Tyrese Haliburton. The Raptors had a system that used Pascal Siakam one way, and they weren’t sure that made him a max player. The Pacers were like we know what do with that guy who never gets tired. The Knicks saw Obi Toppin’s flaws, the Pacers saw a big man who never stopped bouncing around the floor.
Tim Kawakami: OKC bench took over this one: Wiggins +24 Hartenstein +17 KWilliams +15 (in 8 minutes, guarantee Daigneault talks about him postgame)
