The Oklahoma City Thunder were hopeful to make a deep playoff push upon entering the 2026-27 regular season healthy, but the first week has not been kind to them.
The Oklahoma City Thunder entered Monday night’s game with a severely shorthanded roster. With key rotation pieces such as Cason Wallace, Jalen Williams, and Chet Holmgren sidelined, the Thunder were forced to look to other players on their roster for support.
Ajay Mitchell scored 30 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-114 home win over the Phoenix Suns a day after the Thunder lost a pair of starters to long-term injuries.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have suffered a major setback as Shams Charania, ESPN’s senior NBA insider, reports that the 2024-25 NBA champions have lost two key players, Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace, to potentially season-ending injuries.
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It’s a sad time for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who just saw Jalen Williams go down with a significant lower leg injury. Cason Wallace is also set to miss significant time with a shoulder injury.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Veteran Alex Caruso and the Oklahoma City Thunder can’t catch a break as the injury bug bites again in the first half of Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns.
Two Oklahoma City Thunder players were injured in the game against the LA Clippers, but none of the updates were more alarming than Jalen Williams’, who had to be stretchered off the floor at the Paycom Center.
Jalen Williams suffered a serious leg injury, and now Cason Wallace will be out. The Oklahoma City Thunder need to start to think about making a move to advance their roster and make sure it doesn’t fall apart early on. According to Brian Windhorst, the Thunder can apply for a disabled player exception worth roughly $14 million.
The Thunder have spent years collecting draft picks for a moment when they might need them. Losing two starters in one night would seem to qualify. That doesn’t mean Sam Presti needs to make a trade by breakfast.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder's streak of significant injuries has continued. After dealing with injuries to Chet Holmgren, Nikola Topic, Thomas Sorber and Jalen Williams over the past few seasons, Williams and Cason Wallace both went down in OKC's third contest of the 2026-27 season.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 3-0 to begin the 2026-27 NBA season, but injuries are starting to pile up. On Monday, the Thunder got injury updates on both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace, and both players are expected to miss most of the season.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be down two starters for the foreseeable future as both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace are headed for surgery, general manager Sam Presti said Monday.
Thunder wing Jalen Williams fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle on his left leg and will undergo surgery, head of basketball operations Sam Presti announced at a press conference on Monday, as Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman reports (Twitter links).
Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star and All-NBA forward Jalen Williams has been diagnosed with a fractured left fibula and dislocated ankle, general manager Sam Presti revealed at a press conference on Monday evening.
Oklahoma City suffered injuries to both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace in Sunday's win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Both looked like serious injuries, and the extent of both injuries was revealed on Monday.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are at home Monday night as they host the Phoenix Suns in a Western Conference matchup. Oklahoma City enters Monday’s game with a 3-0 record after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers at home Sunday night.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, the final minute of the fourth quarter against the LA Clippers brought a moment no win or loss could overshadow. Jalen Williams went down with a frightening leg injury with just over a minute remaining and had to be stretchered off the floor, leaving his teammates visibly shaken.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may be the NBA team most equipped to deal with an injury to one of their stars. That doesn't make Jalen Williams' gruesome injury any easier to watch.
With two minutes left and three points to extend his streak, Oklahoma City led 93-76 with 1:43 left, and he asked Thunder coach Mark Daigneault to sub him out.