80cent | NBA

986 | 9 hours ago

This poor dude has had such bad luck this year. Hopefully it’s a quick recovery for him.

HokageEzio | Knicks

452 | 8 hours ago

There’s a reason repeating is tough to do. Trying to go on multiple deep runs takes a toll unless you’re Lebron.

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

215 | 8 hours ago

It’s why we won’t ever see someone beat the 73 game record. The warriors players have talked about the toll it had on them.

64johnson | Thunder

84 | 7 hours ago

Lose just a few in a row due to bad luck on the injury side and its over. That record is insane.

Champagnesoda | LAL

8 | 4 hours ago

You guys had a “bad few weeks” where you went 8-5 and the record became basically impossible lol. Not sure if I’ll see it broken again in my lifetime especially with how the game is evolving where like 70 games played is considered an exceptionally healthy season for a star. The season is gonna get shortened eventually or there will be mandated rest days for players or something eventually.

64johnson | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

For sure. Injuries killed any potential for it. It’s not even just injury luck, you need generational talent, super deep bench, and flat out need to be lucky in games. A super team can still lose to the worst team in the NBA just based on variance. I think there’s potentially 2 teams now who COULD beat it. Okc in the next year or two, and spurs after that.

No_Performance3342

55 | 8 hours ago

lmao

It’s why we won’t ever see someone beat Chris Bosh’s 83-point record.

lastcallofthefall

73 | 7 hours ago

Bosh??

Wilt BOSH Kobe

NazRyuuzaki

4 | 5 hours ago

You dont know Bosh Adobobayo? He scored 83!

boogswald | CLE

67 | 7 hours ago

That you just morphed Bam into Chris Bosh is really interesting. I see how it happened and I’m still really surprised.

grxccccandice | Lakers

35 | 7 hours ago

Chris Bosh 83 point lmao

AroundNdowN | Pistons

12 | 6 hours ago

Explain to me what’s going on here

UncleBenParking

15 | 5 hours ago

This man slipped multiverses clearly

bryan49

2 | 7 hours ago

I feel like the league is deeper now too. Back then it was almost guaranteed to be Warriors-Cavs in the finals barring injury

based-deng | Heat

34 | 8 hours ago

It takes a toll on LeBron too, it’s why he coasts in the regular season every year.

buttholeblast12

31 | 7 hours ago

He wasn’t really coasting on the heat or cavs

Benerinooo | Lakers

17 | 7 hours ago

He did on his 2nd cavs stint

grxccccandice | Lakers

11 | 7 hours ago

82 regular season games played in the 2018 season…

Benerinooo | Lakers

12 | 7 hours ago

No yeah 2018 was the only year he didn’t coast bc he was by himself

He is a snippet of Phil Handy himself talking about LeBron “not playing hard” during the regular season

grxccccandice | Lakers

10 | 6 hours ago

Yeah but also I think LeBron just plays smart and knows how to manage his energy tbh. He’s approaching it not only from a one game span but also a season long perspective. The more games he plays, the more he can contribute. Can’t be exhausting yourself on every possession over the course of a 82 game long season. It’s like what JJ said the other day about shooting 3s. I’d rather have LeBron at 85% level for 82 games than LeBron at 100% level for 60 games. And in 2018, even at 85% level, he was better than like 98% of the players.

ruggnuget | Nuggets

8 | 7 hours ago

Lol…did you watch any games or did you just pull up basketball reference? His defensive effort was in little spurts that regular season. Coasting isnt about resting games most of the time, its about effort on the floor every possession. Jokic plays a lot of games and still coasts on the floor

grxccccandice | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

Anyone who plays 82 games a season with high mpg (idk what his mpg was but prolly close to 40?) isn’t gonna give their full effort on every possession and on both ends of the floor, what you on about??? Gotta play smart and manage your energy, save it for when you needed it the most. I wouldn’t exactly call that coasting. He ended up playing all 82, got that sorry ass squad into the playoffs uninjured, and still had gas to carry them deep into the playoffs. You saw him at the end of the 2018 ECF, nobody could sustain the level of intensity they play during the playoffs for a whole regular season, not even LeBron. It’s just impossible, risky, pointless, and imo could come back to bite you in the postseason.

Low-Conflict9366

9 | 8 hours ago

But if there’s any team that can repeat its Thunder. They’re deep even without JWill.

Trill405 | Thunder

38 | 8 hours ago

JDub*

JWill is Jaylin Williams, the taller one

Relatively_Cool | Lakers

17 | 7 hours ago

The Asian one

grxccccandice | Lakers

4 | 7 hours ago

Too many J Williams in this thunder games. There’s even a ref called J Williams who was called out by Book lol

doctor_dapper | Bulls

4 | 7 hours ago

just need some hgh like bron

homefree122 | Thunder

63 | 8 hours ago

And it looked like he was just getting back into the full groove of things. He had a fantastic game one and two against the Suns before he got injured. Hopefully he’s able to bounce back toward the middle or end of the second round.

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

62 | 8 hours ago

He played the playoffs last year with torn ligaments in his shooting wrist and didn’t get surgery until the offseason. Hes had bad luck for a while

TheAracknight | Thunder

28 | 8 hours ago

He broke his wrist against the suns, and earlier this year strained his right hammy against Phoenix right before the ASB, now he’s strained his left one against the suns. I’m beginning to sense a pattern here /s

libertydabbing | OKC

17 | 8 hours ago

Dort. Obviously

homefree122 | Thunder

357 | 9 hours ago

Well I guess this is not the worst possible scenario, but it definitely fucking sucks

jonsnowKITN

170 | 9 hours ago

There’s never a good scenario with hamstrings. I think there’s a bit of gamesmanship here because Watson is also week to week and he still hasn’t been back.

tavaras1981

96 | 8 hours ago

Hamstring and groin strains are really indefinite unless you tear them

jonsnowKITN

57 | 8 hours ago

They are the new acl injury of today’s nba. Once you hurt your hammy you are likely gonna hurt it again.

tavaras1981

42 | 8 hours ago

Jalen has had two on one hamstring now the other one is giving him problems. The thing that sucks is you can sit out a whole month feels good then one play right back to square one.

pagny77 | Timberwolves

17 | 8 hours ago

Lol from reinjury risk sure but even a grade 3 hamstring strain that requires surgery is like half the recovery of an ACL

zebrainatux | Lakers

34 | 8 hours ago

The biggest problem is it’s just so nagging

qotsabama | DAL

14 | 8 hours ago

True but a lot of times that’s because the players don’t properly handle it. There have been many players that got bogged down with soft tissue injuries in their careers that don’t put in the necessary strengthening work post recovery to prevent these injuries from reoccurring. There’s been plenty of guys who have had these issues and did what they needed to avoid them going forward. Unlike ACL tears and other freak injuries, these can be prevented with proper care.

tavaras1981

7 | 8 hours ago

IMO the best thing to do is put the work in to avoid these injuries! Proper stretching and strengthening is a must. Once you get them especially multiple it becomes a mental battle also.

kaprrisch | Cavaliers

3 | 6 hours ago

How do you personally know that these players “don’t put in the necessary strengthening work post recovery to prevent these injuries from reoccurring”? Is there a source on this? Hamstring injuries have an extremely high reoccurrence rate compared to other soft tissue injuries, across pretty much every sport. I’ve never heard that NBA players specifically don’t put in the necessary work to prevent reoccurrence. Hamstring injuries heal by fibrosis, which is less flexible and weaker than the original muscle, which means recurring injury.

64johnson | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

I know a guy that i run with that has hamstring issues for almost 2 years. If you don’t rehab properly they can just continue to get reinjured.

TylerDurdensAlterEgo

8 | 8 hours ago

I was thinking Achilles tear is the new ACL. People are coming back from ACL a lot better than the past. …and it feels to me like there’s been an increase in Achilles tears

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

5 | 8 hours ago

They are the new acl injury of today’s nba.

This makes no sense

tavaras1981

6 | 8 hours ago

I think they are referring to how calf strains seem to lead to ACL injuries.

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Aren’t they associated with Achilles, not ACL?

tavaras1981

2 | 7 hours ago

I tried to make it make sense!! 😂

lethalizered | Thunder

12 | 8 hours ago

Watson has a grade 2 hamstring, no? That’s much much trickier compared to a grade 1 diagnosis with Dub here.

oac002 | Nuggets

16 | 8 hours ago

that was the first time which caused him to miss 6+ weeks (with an apparent setback). came back for a few games and then re-injured it but we don’t know the severity, just that he’s week to week.

lethalizered | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Yeah same thing happened with Dub this season, which really caused him to miss 50 games. Got back from a grade 2, setback happened and he missed another few weeks.

tavaras1981

5 | 8 hours ago

Unless you are diagnosed with a tear the grade of hamstring strains are all hope for the best. I have seen players with grade II come back faster than grade I. Chris Paul had a grade I when Houston had a chance to beat the Warriors that year but he never came back.

lethalizered | Thunder

11 | 8 hours ago

Grade 2 is actually a partial tear by the way, which is why it makes it trickier.

Chris’ injury happened in game 5 of the GSW series, obviously he couldn’t be back in 4 days, that’s normal.

I have seen players with grade II come back faster than grade I.

Any examples for this? Gordon did come back but we have seen how he actually looked on the court, so he really doesn’t count.

64johnson | Thunder

4 | 7 hours ago

I run with people who’ve had hamstring injuries. Theyre one of the worst just due to how long they take to heal, how hard it is to strengthen it, and how easy it is to re injure. And you genuinely don’t know if you’re back to health, like you would with other injuries.

Rthanos | OKC

28 | 9 hours ago

Dub should never play against the Suns ever again.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

14 | 8 hours ago

Lakers fans can unfortunately assure you this isn’t worst possible scenario 😂

Aggressive_Owl_6913

6 | 9 hours ago

Correct, his Achilles is still intact.

bubbasnub | Magic

3 | 8 hours ago

This is the luck aspect of contending too. Health is s such an underrated aspect. Last season in the Nugs v Thunder series, AG was dealing with the hamstring issues that hampered his play.

wormhole222 | Heat

2 | 8 hours ago

Given how the injury looked this is a pretty good scenario. He will probably be back sometime in round 2 now. If it was grade 2 he would be out until the middle of the finals.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

327 | 9 hours ago

That’s a bummer but thankfully not the worst case scenario

Millies_ButtersMilk | Timberwolves

79 | 8 hours ago

Right it seems like a grade 2 there’s no point in even evaluating until 4-6 weeks later but at least this one is weekly so no doubt he’ll sit out the rest of the Thunder series and it’s a very low chance they will need him for LA or Houston so he may be able to get that hammy fully healthy by the WCF.

Pseudophobic | Lakers

20 | 5 hours ago

I think they will want him back in a Lakers series.

Partzy1604 | Thunder

6 | 4 hours ago

Ofc they do but he’s way more important in a spurs/nuggets series

Iloveskinnywomen

1 | 4 hours ago

They not beating lakers

Exodus100 | Mavericks

9 | 3 hours ago

Come on now lol

Partzy1604 | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

Lol RemindMe! 15 days

Iloveskinnywomen

5 | 4 hours ago

lol Wager? Venmo Cash App 500 bucks

Partzy1604 | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

Lmao 500 Argentine pesos maybe, also I have access to neither of those apps

64johnson | Thunder

7 | 7 hours ago

This is a practical time line. Maybe try to bring him back last game vs houston or LA to get his feet wet before wcf. Assuming okc makes it ofc.

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

28 | 7 hours ago

Reaggravating a hamstring injury is already pretty worst case tbh.

bone_rsoup | OKC

24 | 7 hours ago

It’s his other hamstring, not the one he injured earlier in the season

NandoDeColonoscopy

17 | 6 hours ago

This is also pretty common as the healthy leg picks up more of the load and then gets an overuse injury. So now he has two wonky hammies. I’d sit him until the WCF regardless of when he’s cleared to return

2Cuil4School | Warriors

7 | 6 hours ago

See: Aaron Gordon for the last…hell, year? More than that, right?

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

15 | 7 hours ago

Ah thought it was same but still less than ideal. Hamstrings linger

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

8 | 7 hours ago

Harden experience that in 2021 and it took him 2 years to recover

crazyirishfan353 | Pacers

2 | 3 hours ago

Greatest predictor of re-injury for hamstring is history of previous injury. Even though it’s a grade 1 like you said it’s not ideal for someone with a budding history of hamstring problems.

Crayondy | Timberwolves

4 | 6 hours ago

Didn’t die 👍

Rthanos | OKC

93 | 9 hours ago

Damnit, hate to see it.

Dhr7468 | Thunder

84 | 9 hours ago

I was actually thinking thank god. Could’ve been a lot worse.

Musa_2050 | Lakers

33 | 8 hours ago

He his injured both hamstrings. If he is back this post season they are playing with fire

lethalizered | Thunder

42 | 8 hours ago

He’ll definitely be back this post season with a grade 1 diagnosis, it’s the playoffs.

jonsnowKITN

16 | 8 hours ago

You guys are doing the same with Luka.

Musa_2050 | Lakers

14 | 8 hours ago

I personally prefer Luka does not come back. JJ has said he is out indefinitely, so not week to week.

Edit: Luka was already ruled out for the first round of playoffs.

Dry-Razzmatazz1239

2 | 5 hours ago

Luka was not “ruled out”, that was speculation from Shams

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

3 | 7 hours ago

And? I dont wanna rush him back either

yeahright17 | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

Me too. And very thankful we don’t have the Spurs or Nuggets in the 2nd round. I think we should be okay until the WCF without him. After all, we started 24-1 without him.

WCF probably won’t start for at least 3 weeks, so hopefully he has enough time to heal up.

Calm-Hearing-2296 | Thunder

8 | 8 hours ago

May 20th. Almost a month.

yeahright17 | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

I don’t think dates for the 2nd round or conference finals are fixed.

justFramy | Thunder

8 | 8 hours ago

2nd round isn’t, conference finals is

Throwaway7218516 | Heat

7 | 8 hours ago

I actually feel like a hamstring injury is probably the worst possible minor injury. There aren’t many remedies to treat it and it has so much risk of reaggravating.

Dhr7468 | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

Yeah but we already knew it was a hamstring. Just glad it’s very conceivable he’ll be back for the conference finals if we make it.

BBallHunter | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

It’s the non-copium best case. Yes.

b1indsamurai | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

In the spectrum of possible hamstring injuries, this is a great outcome. He’ll be back by WCF

Hammerhead34 | Timberwolves

2 | 8 hours ago

Don’t really expect them to be challenged much before the WCFs anyway. Hopefully he’s fully healthy by then.

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

4 | 9 hours ago

Ham season

No_Diver_629

85 | 8 hours ago

After he left last night it was clear he would sit out at least the rest of this round, and that is almost two weeks until next round

Leavingtheecstasy | Thunder

38 | 8 hours ago

Not unless okc and Lakers both sweep

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19 | 7 hours ago

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death2all55 | Jazz

24 | 7 hours ago

Minnesota and Denver gunna save the Thunder, smh.

MalHeartsNutmeg | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

Denver can’t keep getting away with this.

Cp9_Giraffe | Timberwolves

9 | 6 hours ago

This is not true

LordOfTheRingsFan2 | Nuggets

74 | 8 hours ago

I really like his game. He’s gonna be a great player for many years. That being said, I hope the Thunder hold him out long term. Hamstring injuries have a way of accumulating because they heal as scar tissue.

maggieprobably | Thunder

33 | 8 hours ago

This. Begging the front office to take the long game.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

16 | 8 hours ago

There’s really no reason to rush him back for a potential Lakers round 2 lol. Legit let him have a 2 week trip to Cancun after round 1 to catch up with his brother and bring him back for WCF.

Brian_lafeve34 | Thunder

56 | 8 hours ago

So just need to survive the Suns and hope Lakers/Rockets goes as long as possible

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

61 | 8 hours ago

Not that I think OKC would actually lose, but if the Lakers pull off the 1st round win and get Reaves/Luka back in time for round 2 while JDub is hurt, that could be an interesting series.

Humanity789 | Lakers

43 | 8 hours ago

Not really unless we get Caruso back

Murky_Persimmon9289 | Thunder

3 | 6 hours ago

Honestly, that would be pretty fun. As long as Lebron doesn’t have his actual legacy Finals run, I’ll allow it

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

29 | 8 hours ago

I’m not at all convinced Luka will be close to himself if he returns. He badly strained his hamstring. Unlike grade 1 it’s going to take weeks for him to even play himself back into old form. We see it with guys having grade 2 strains like every time

Brian_lafeve34 | Thunder

25 | 8 hours ago

If Lakers are healthy and OKC doesn’t have Jdub

Odds are probably -900 with Jdub and more like -250 without him. Still favorites but not nearly as big.

Jdub is the only natural matchup with LeBron which would create a challenge.

You want Dort to guard Luka. I guess you can shift Wallace to Luka and Dort to LeBron but at that point you are undersized.

Or put Ihart/Chet on LeBron.

All that to say having Jdub really unlocks the OKC defense because he guards 1-5 and gives you versatility

boybraden | Thunder

19 | 8 hours ago

It would be -500 at least even without Jdub. The Lakers are also injured and we match up fantastic against them.

TheAracknight | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

I think people are kind of underestimating just how well we match up with the Lakers especially defensively. No Dub makes things a little harder due to his insane versatility on that end of the floor but we’ve shown multiple times this season we’re capable of completely shutting them down including early in the season when we had no Dort, Dub or Wiggins. Granted they had no LeBron but we still beat them by 30.

joelee1711 | Lakers

3 | 7 hours ago

he said IF lakers are healthy in the first sentence, big if tho

SpiritFantastic4835 | Lakers

6 | 8 hours ago

Luka is barely moving right now it’s over

judah249 | Suns

3 | 8 hours ago

Survive us bro you’re up 2-0 lol thanks for thinking it’s still a battle

KarrotMovies | LAL

51 | 8 hours ago

About as good as it gets. Was worried it was a Grade 2. Sounds like he’ll be good to go in a week or two

Lstark5642 | Thunder

47 | 9 hours ago

Poor guy. Every time he’s reaching his best level he gets hurt again.

thatguy7123 | 76ers

21 | 8 hours ago

It’s just been on of those seasons for him. Hamstrings just seen to never go away.

WooTerry | Thunder

15 | 8 hours ago

Just fell the me knees at Stewart’s and dropped my ice cream omg💔💔💔💔

frogskin92

3 | 8 hours ago

what flavour?

WooTerry | Thunder

9 | 8 hours ago

Brownie cookie sundae

okiewxchaser | Thunder

13 | 8 hours ago

Suddenly I’m a huge Rockets fan. KD if you take this to 7 all will be forgiven

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

11 | 8 hours ago

If it’s a 1-2 week timeline, he needs to give it 3-4 weeks. Don’t mess around with hammies.

MembershipSingle7137 | Celtics

10 | 9 hours ago

Weekly, oof

E_boiii | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

Honestly this is the best outcome for us. Thunder prob be cautious and we really don’t need him till the wcf.

He’s looked good almost every game back and with Ajay stepping up we should be in good shape.

Even if austin and luka come back I think we’re still large favorites Okc just matches up against the lakers very well

IntelligentAd5460 | Grizzlies

8 | 8 hours ago

will a single player on the lakers or thunder be healthy if they play a series next round

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

6 | 9 hours ago

could have been worse, thank fuck for that.

HeyItsChase | Pacers

6 | 8 hours ago

Lets be honest. They wont need him till WCF. At least they shouldnt

Ok-Topic-6095 | Spurs

4 | 8 hours ago

What if Luka and Reaves come back full strength?

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

5 | 7 hours ago

They wont.

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

8 | 8 hours ago

Full faith in Ajay Mitchell. I actually believe he deserves to be a starter and should not experience any dropoff from JDub’s production

Lmnhedz | Thunder

14 | 8 hours ago

There will definitely still be drop off. Ajay is a good defender, but JDub is next level and is a guaranteed transition bucket from way smaller tempo lapses than your average starter.

cough_landing_on_you

7 | 8 hours ago

Luka coming back and J-will out, these scripts write themselves.

Splintzer | Thunder

18 | 8 hours ago

JDub*, easy to get them confused.

TbonePlayzHD | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

He will be back for the lakers series it’s 2 weeks away

Splintzer | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

I’d say let him sit until it’s clear that we need him. I think we can beat the lakers without him.

JustPassinThrough12

7 | 8 hours ago

Bet Dub plays before Luka

fattymcdabs | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

I’m interested

SSBM_DangGan | Spurs

6 | 8 hours ago

did he miss the end of last nights game? did not watch

Fuzzy-Personality384

6 | 8 hours ago

He did

JaderMcDanersStan | Timberwolves

3 | 8 hours ago

Damn that sucks

Luckily it’s only grade 1

Southern_Clerk8697

4 | 8 hours ago

Man hamstring injuries are so deadly this season

Asteladric | Timberwolves

5 | 8 hours ago

Had a grade 1 hamstring strain as well 2 weeks ago from basketball 2 weeks of rest and feel as good as new again

Quiet_Zombie_3498 | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Hello darkness my old friend

Commercial-East4069 | Cavaliers

3 | 8 hours ago

Oh that’s like best case scenario right?

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Yeah other then maybe a tweak this is the best news we could hope for

BurkeanMarxist | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

Whew

FantasticFox1641 | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

Is this the same injury he missed time for earlier in the season?

vindictivejazz | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

That was the other hamstring but they’re probably related.

HawaiianPunch42 | Timberwolves

3 | 8 hours ago

Is it the same hamstring thats been injured before? Huge bummer

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

No the other one

kollin_with_a_k

2 | 8 hours ago

No, it’s the other one. Which I’m not sure is better or worse lol

rexgal | Nuggets

3 | 6 hours ago

So many hamstring injuries this year wtf

Joker__24

3 | 5 hours ago

Those hamstrings are a bitch

Joker__24

3 | 5 hours ago

At least it isn’t a grade 2 or he’d basically be done the rest of the season

-jamesbb-

2 | 9 hours ago

Earlier in the year he missed several games due to right hamstring injury.

CtrlAltDelightfull | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

Sucks for j dub but luckily OKC won’t really need him until the WCF

ReallyBrainDead

2 | 8 hours ago

Guess he’s sidelined till the Conference Finals. Non of the teams in their path up till then offer any serious threat, even without Williams.

onionnurve

2 | 8 hours ago

He was playing fantastically yesterday :( I’m so sad for him

FoundationSmooth9777

2 | 8 hours ago

Bruh

CeeDoggyy

2 | 8 hours ago

Best case scenario for them. Likely will be back for the start of round 2

maggieprobably | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Listen I personally need him out for the season, idc about a chip I do not want to see another guy with a strain end up with a tear in a critical game.

iCE_P0W3R | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Huge loss for us.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Ok, not the end of the world. But sucks. Maybe back for a game 5 in round 2 if we get there

TheAgmis | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

That stinks but everybody else will rise to the occasion as they have all year

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

Dammit, he’s looked so good too

adahl36 | Pistons

2 | 6 hours ago

This guy is the most underrated player i swear! He will be back and Thunder still win it all - wonder if the odds moved

Expensive-Self-2240

2 | 6 hours ago

It’s not good that his out but it’s advantageous that he missed alot of time because it gave guys a chance to fill in and be ready

traw056 | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

Man that’s his second hammy injury this year :(. Just gotta survive until he’s back

Environmental_News93 | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

So this would be 1-2 weeks

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

1 | 8 hours ago

Damn

LittleTension8765 | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

Basically he’ll be back by game ²⁄₃ if not earlier of the second round. Probably cuts their odds of making the CF from -1000 to -800

LowDefDee

1 | 8 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell!

decisionagonized | Bucks

1 | 8 hours ago

Big win for the “jalen williams’s contract is already an albatross” crowd

posts_saver

1 | 8 hours ago

oh no how will they manage to win anything

Double-Slowpoke | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

Parity god demands a new NBA champion

hansgruberr | OKC

1 | 8 hours ago

Just gotta hold on to the WCF. Everything else should still be a breeze

SlickVanExel | Hornets

1 | 8 hours ago

Luckily for OKC, they’ll still take care of the undermanned Suns without him but he will be needed thereafter

PlushCollector772

1 | 8 hours ago

Just as he gets going, he ends up getting injured again.

ThatTedDudeGuy24

1 | 8 hours ago

It’s an overload injury

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

Best possible news tbh

Echodad

1 | 8 hours ago

Does Booker get a tech because of this?

TruckThunders00

1 | 8 hours ago

OKC cam can make the conference finals without him.

CurrentRoster

1 | 8 hours ago

sit him until WCF

LugNutsDort | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

That’s great news. Rest for rest of this series and next series and be ready for WCF, but probably put him on a minute restriction to ensure he can go each and every night and work on hamstrings in the summer.

Jonthesinner21 | Hawks

1 | 8 hours ago

Did he come back too early?

ertyertamos | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

Different hamstring.

beefJeRKy-LB | Lebanon

1 | 8 hours ago

Highly possible he’s out until midway through the next series

joeapache | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

This is giving me Khris Middleton vibes. Second best player in the team that’s always hurt.

defiantcross | Suns

1 | 7 hours ago

This is tracking almost exactly like Booker’s injury from the 2022 playoffs, down to the g2 midway exit. I assume the outcome will be better this time

External-Age7446

1 | 7 hours ago

Thunder don’t need him anyway against the suns

A-Centrifugal-Force

1 | 7 hours ago

That’s LeBron’s music

dacrookster | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

Back for the second round. No biggy.

zero400 | LAL

1 | 7 hours ago

Something tells me This is to keep him healthy and just be like “we’ve got 12 guys”.

Alexcox95 | Heat

1 | 7 hours ago

Week to Williams

Terquaz | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

Thanks a lot, Booker.

AsleepHour7763

1 | 6 hours ago

just impossible to even have a healthy post season in this league

WisdumbGuy | Raptors

1 | 6 hours ago

They will keep him out as long as possible.

gainz4lyfe

1 | 6 hours ago

Booker shouldn’t have hurled the ball at him smh

kindalikeacoustic | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

Refs gonna have to pick up the slack now

[Charania] Thunder’s Jalen Williams has sustained a Grade 1 left hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis.