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After missing the last 16 games due to a reaggravated hamstring, Jalen Williams is finally back for the Thunder.

ESPN's Shams Charania broke the news today that JDub was finally off the injury report and would be making his return for OKC on the road vs the 76ers.

This year has been filled with challenges for Williams. He missed the start of the season recovering and rehabbing a wrist injury and surgery that dates back to last season. He made his initial return, eventually injured his hamstring, and later re-aggravated it against the Suns.

Adding a big piece like Dub to a team that's really rolling, as the Thunder are right now, could be problematic, but I don't anticipate many issues.

Even if Williams does look a bit rusty in his return, there should be enough of a runway for him to find his rhythm prior to the playoffs. Even beyond that, I don't have a lot of concern about him disrupting the current groove OKC is in, given how versatile and flexible he is as a player who can slide in and morph into whatever his team needs on any given night, even when his shot isn't falling at an elite clip.