We could expect it, especially since we learned that he had received around thirty infiltrations to be able to hold his place in the playoffs, but Jalen Williams is far from displaying its best level this season.
Thus, the All-Star winger only averages 17.6 points (at 46% from the shoot, and 29% from 3-points), after having signed his best performance in 2024/25: 21.6 points on average (at 48% from the shoot, and 37% from 3-points).
A statistical decline linked, in large part, to his double operation on his right wrist, which occurred in July then in November, and which caused him to miss the first month of the 2025/26 season.
« It sucks. It’s a very annoying process » he admits, regarding his physical state. “ 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 throughout the match. It’s not like I was on a bad team, where I could throw 40 shots and adjust like that. »
Several more months of adjustment?
For Jalen Williams, certainly extended during the offseason, for $287 million over five years, it will also not be easy to adjust in the middle of the season, since it will be a matter of several months.
« This injury is not something where it will be enough to have two hand operations to resolve it. » he also assures, undoubtedly hoping to be able to regain his feelings by the playoffs. “ It’s going to be spread over a year, or a year and a half, and it will take several summers to really understand how to get back to normal. »
On the side of Thunderwe are in any case patient and understanding with Jalen Williams, who helped the franchise win its first title last June (to the detriment of his long-term health?).
« It’s a situation that is far from ideal and it forces him to have to live with » adds his coach in any case, Mark Daigneault. « But he must be kind to himself and work day after day, even if the progress will not necessarily be drastic. He needs to focus on other things where he can make an impact, aside from things that will require full mobility of his wrist. But it’s both a challenge and an opportunity, depending on how you look at it. And this is his challenge currently: to see the situation as an opportunity and we are convinced that this will be the case. »
| Jalen Williams | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Fte | 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 the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
