Jalen Williams doesn't want to 'step on any toes' as he ramps up

The Oklahoma City Thunder have two goals remaining for their 2025-26 regular season — grab the first seed and get Jalen Williams back into a groove. We'll find out about the former in a couple of weeks. The latter, though, we won't know until deep in the NBA playoffs.

For the price of OKC immortality and a championship ring, Williams has been plagued by injuries. He's been limited to 29 games this season. Two wrist surgeries and two hamstring strains have sidelined him for most of the year.

He hopes those days are behind him. It was the first time Williams had dealt with lengthy absences in his career. Before this season, he was OKC's Iron Man.

Alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Alas, such is life in the NBA. It was the 24-year-old's turn to get snakebitten by the injury bug.