The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without star Jalen Williams for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
General manager Sam Presti told reporters<\/a> Monday he suffered a fractured fibula and dislocated left ankle during Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Presti explained Williams will need surgery and the exact timeline for his return will be known following the operation.<\/p>\n Williams suffered the gruesome injury<\/a> with fewer than two minutes remaining in Sunday’s game when he went up for an attempt at the rim and collided with Kris Dunn. He suffered the injury when he fell awkwardly and was stretchered off the court.<\/p>\n The Thunder crowd chanted his name as he was stretchered away.<\/p>\n Teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was emotional after the game and said during an interview, “I don’t even know. I just feel bad for him. Nothing more than that. … It’s obviously gonna be tough without a player like that. But he’s not gone forever, he’ll be back better than ever and we know it. We’ve just gotta hold the fort down until he comes back.”<\/p>\n Williams’ setback was all the more notable because he dealt with injury concerns throughout the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n He appeared in just 33 regular-season games because of wrist and hamstring injuries and then played just five of OKC’s playoff games. His absence was a significant factor in the team’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for the Thunder, Williams isn’t the only injury situation they are dealing with early in the season.<\/p>\n