NBA should be terrified if latest Jalen Williams update is true

Dec 29, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams (8) screams after dunking against the Atlanta Hawks during the second half at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images | Alonzo Adams-Imagn ImagesJalen Williams made his long-awaited return to the OKC Thunder lineup Monday night following a 16-game, injury-induced absence.

For the vast majority of the 2025-26 campaign, the forward has been marred by a number of ailments, most notably a surgically repaired right wrist that, at one point, he described as feeling like a piece of Laffy Taffy that was put in the freezer, "and then trying to bend it."

Fortunately, now roughly nine months since…