Through fourteen weeks of action, the Oklahoma City Thunder are 37-8. The Thunder currently have the best record in the NBA, as they hold a 1-game lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers & they hold a 6.5-game lead over the Houston Rockets,

Despite his injury and a recent loss, Jalen Williams and the Thunder lead the Western Conference with a 36-8 record. After the Cleveland Cavs lost to the Philadelphia 76ers 132-129 on Friday, the Thunder and Cavs are tied for the best in the NBA with identical records.

In his past 10 games, Thunder forward Jalen Williams is averaging 6.1 free-throw attempts, connecting on 77% of them.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.

Part of this is because Thunder fans are elite. We talk to players all over the league, and I’m not trying to call out any other fanbases, but Thunder fans are different. After we

After a season-long struggle to get to the free-throw line, Jalen Williams has enjoyed seeing the pendulum swing back the other way in recent weeks. It's coincided with a hot scoring stretch from the 23-year-old.