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Crushing injury news may directly lead Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to new career-best

Tuesday night, the OKC Thunder will take part in a highly anticipated primetime regular season tip-off matchup against the Houston Rockets. Sadly, they'll be doing so without All-Star forward, Jalen Williams, in tow.

The 24-year-old was officially ruled out for the contest earlier this week as he continues to recover from offseason surgery on his right wrist. Since going under the knife back in early July, rumblings of his slow progressions back to full strength have regularly surfaced.

Williams even admitted in a recent sit-down with Complex News that, as far as rehab is concerned, he's "still pretty deep into it.