Overview
- Williams underwent offseason surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, a procedure that delayed his 2025-26 season start and cost him the first stretch of games.
- Repeated hamstring strains — reported as four separate flares across both legs — limited Williams to roughly 33 regular-season appearances and only two full playoff games.
- He re-aggravated a hamstring in the Western Conference Finals, briefly returned in Game 6, and was ruled out of the decisive Game 7 that the Thunder lost to the Spurs.
- In exit interviews Williams described the year as mentally and physically draining, said he believes he could have changed the series outcome if healthy, and outlined plans to strengthen his hamstrings over a long offseason.
- The Thunder’s broader availability problems, with injuries to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Isaiah Hartenstein, Alex Caruso and Ajay Mitchell, will influence medical priorities and offseason roster and cap decisions.