After a 24-1 start to the 2025-26 NBA season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are finally starting to appear mortal again. The team has dropped three of its last five games, with two losses coming at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, and the other coming in Minnesota to the Timberwolves.
It has become clear to everyone that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has mastered the art of the midrange game. But sometimes, he likes to show that he can still get up.
After a shorthanded start to the season, Oklahoma City is finally returning to full strength. Obviously, the lack of healthy players didn’t really hurt the team much, considering they have one single loss a week into December.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Oklahoma City is set to get its All-NBA player back, and its lineups could begin to look quite different. Throughout the first month of the season, almost everything has gone according to plan for the Thunder.
Kenrich Williams gave the Oklahoma City Thunder a huge morale boost in his 2025-26 season debut, helping the team secure a 113-105 NBA Cup win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday.
Oklahoma City is slowly but surely starting to see what a full strength lineup will look like this season. They have a ways to go to get everyone back — and incorporate them into an already dominant lineup — but it’s starting to come around.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ahead of Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams’ 19th consecutive absence, head coach Mark Daigneault reminded reporters of the rigorous process that the All-Star forward is currently facing.
Sitting at 17-1 the Oklahoma City Thunder are once again atop the NBA. With no signs of slowing down despite battling plenty of adversity - the Thunder have already endured three back-to-back sets and despite playing against bad teams for a lot of these games, they have been jam packed with OKC battling through injuries.
Kenrich Williams is finally back. After missing the first 18 games of the season, the veteran forward is no longer on the injury report and has been cleared to make his season debut Wednesday against the Timberwolves, per Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman.
After missing the first 18 games of 2025/26, Thunder forward Kenrich Williams is no longer on the injury report and has been cleared to make his season debut on Wednesday vs.
The Thunder just keep rolling. Even without Jalen Williams, OKC crushed Portland on Sunday and moved to an outrageous 17-1. But Williams’ early-season absence comes with a financial twist.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Amid Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams’ two-week set back in his recovery, coach Mark Daigneault teased that more playing time for rookie Brooks Barnhizer could be on the horizon.
The Oklahoma City Thunder received their championship rings and raised their first-ever championship banner on Tuesday. They also endured a promising Opening Night clash with the Houston Rockets.
Thunder forward Kenrich Williams will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee today, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
When Kenrich Williams checked in with just under two minutes to go in the first quarter of Game 1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, it wasn't necessarily expected among the masses.
Two future contenders square off in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 game in the West. When the Pelicans host the Thunder, we'll see two young stars swiped from Los Angeles teams (Brandon Ingram and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander).