With Oklahoma City’s young core that’s improving in many ways every single season, roles can begin to fluctuate. Certain improvements from certain players requi

Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams explains how facing the Spurs this season makes the defending champions a better team.

OKC Thunder forward Jalen Williams continues to play through an injured right shooting wrist that required two surgeries.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Jalen Williams read Stephon Castle's next move like a picture book. He leaped up to disrupt his intended pass for Victor Wembanyama. The backhanded deflection created another turnover. He sprinted down the court for a transition jam.

Is Thunder vs Spurs a rivalry? "If you gotta ask it probably ain't one yet." Jalen Williams with a solid point when asked if this is rivalry or not while also deflecting the question as something more for the media to control and decide on what it is. pic.twitter.com/BWzZo4R298

Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams doesn't care about the rivalry debate between the defending champions and the Spurs.

Getting the ball at the top of the key, Jalen Williams had Cedric Coward fall for the pump-fake. He drove to the basket before eventually going up for a floater as Jock Landale was about to go for the stop. The opening bucket of the fourth quarter helped him get things going.

Oklahoma City started the season with a 24-1 record, matching the best 25-game start in league history. The Thunder followed that with a 6-6 stretch that included three losses to the San Antonio Spurs in a two-week span, including a 15-point loss at home on Christmas.

It felt like one of those nights. The Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder were each really banged up. The Thunder lacked superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexand

Oklahoma City has suffered two of its three losses on the season in the span of the last week. It’s obviously nothing to panic about, but the Thunder have a few things to figure out. In both losses, Oklahoma City’s offense has really sputtered.

It was one of J-Dub's more efficient performances since returning from injury, which had sidelined him for the first 18 games of the season. Speaking to the media after the contest, Williams addressed his recent struggles since coming back to the court.