During the early stages of last season, the OKC Thunder saw their center rotation get absolutely decimated by injuries.
With both Isaiah Hartenstein (left hand fracture) and Jaylin Williams (hamstring) sustaining preseason afflictions, and, only 10 games into the year, Chet Holmgren succumbing to a right iliac wing fracture, for months, Oklahoma City found themselves in quite a nasty positional predicament.
They got so desperate, in fact, that at one point, coach Mark Daigneault was seen rolling out rotations that featured 6-foot-6 Jalen Williams as the club's primary pivot.
Though the experiment actually proved to be surprisingly successful, as they went 5-2 while the eventual All-Star was seen posting sensational averages of 26.