The 2025-26 NBA season proved to be a real whirlwind for Jalen Williams, particularly from a health standpoint, as injuries held him to just 33 games played with the OKC Thunder.
With these woes, many are choosing to view the campaign as one for the All-Star to forget. However, ironically, it may actually prove best for him to remember his struggles moving forward.
Frankly, without the trials and tribulations of last year's campaign, there's a chance Williams may never have realized that the way his body "naturally sits," as he put it in a recent comment on X, is believed to directly correlate with nagging hamstring strains.
This remark came in response to personal trainer Kris Chrisp's post, which pointed out that an anterior pelvic tilt like the one the Thunder star seems to have "can keep hamstrings under constant lengthened tension."
As fans should be well aware, hamstring strains popped up in both legs periodically throughout the season, which specifically forced him to miss 30 games during the second half of the regular season alone and 10 out of the club's 15 playoff games.
The numerous flare-ups he suffered from may have forced Williams and his team to look more closely into his lower body issues this offseason, which, as a result, led them to zero in on and presumably work on this particular issue throughout the summer.
Because of this finding, in a weird way, Dub may feel somewhat grateful that he had to go through such a rough season.
Jalen Williams has been hard at work with Thunder superstar's trainers
Though Sam Presti suggested during Thursday's presser that the hope is Williams may have just needed a "full offseason to get back" to his All-NBA self, it seems the forward has been doing more than just resting up in an effort to return to form.
Throughout the summer, Williams has been spotted putting in serious hours in the weight room, playing pick-up on the floor, and running drills on all terrains.
Most notably, he has been seen putting in work with fellow Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's trainers, who have publicly shown "significant changes" in his body structure, particularly when it comes to addressing things like his decompressed spine, which, hopefully, will now give the rest of his body "more freedom to do what it needs to do" when playing.
Needless to say, on top of finding his rhythm on the court, Williams has been hard at work this summer making sure his body is right for what many are hoping to be a bounceback season in 2026-27.
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