Thunder's Jalen Williams provides extremely encouraging health update ahead of Western Conference Finals

"It's good that I haven't had to rush back from my hamstring stuff at all," Williams said, via ESPN. "I'm actually taking like extra days now than from what was originally planned because we were up 3-0 [over the Lakers], so there was no point in going into this series and possibly hurting myself before we play the [the Spurs]. I'm about to go into another series healthy."

The Thunder, who are undefeated in the postseason so far, have been able to take care of business without Williams, but they'll be happy to have him back nonetheless.

During the regular season, Williams averaged 17.1 points, 5.5 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per performance in 33 games for Oklahoma City.

We will get an official update from the team regarding Williams' status ahead of Game 1 of the conference finals, which is set for Monday night.

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