Thunder Can Win Championship WITHOUT Jalen Williams?!?
On January 20, 2026 episode of ‘Run It Back’ on FanDuel TV, co-hosts Michelle Beadle, Chandler Parsons, and Lou Williams react to the latest in Jalen Williams hamstring injury, is Chet Holmgren underrated and Oklahoma City Thunder blowing out the Cleveland Cavaliers!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 THUNDER VS CAVALIERS REACTIONS
0:30 CHET HOLMGREN UNDERRATED?
3:58 JALEN WILLIAMS HAMSTRING INJURY
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20 Comments
Okc gets better when Topic comes into the lineup
Jdub out with hamstring works out well with his wrist. Get well JDub!
Okc gets better when Topic comes into the lineup
They were better without Jdubb and 24-1…think on that
Yep how the system works
I would trade Jalen Williams for Giannis
They play better without JDub this season
If Isaiah Stewart was a starter/got starter minutes he should be the dpoy.
As of right now Chet is definitely the 2nd best player
JDub being hurt actually makes OKC even better because Chet can evolve. But dont get it twisted they ain't winning a chip without jdub
two baddies wit me I think I'm Lou Will
Wemby has missed 14 games, so he can only miss 3 more the rest of the season to qualify for DPOY, which is very unlikely. In a similar manner, Jokic has now missed 11 and only has 6 games left he can miss while having an injury he's expected to miss 2 more weeks with. More than likely neither will qualify for awards, which leaves a pretty big opening for SGA and Chet at MVP/DPOY and NBA 1st and 3rd teams this season.
Okc gets better when Topic comes into the lineup
Easy answer, no. They don't have another reliable shot creator in their starting lineup
i would say no, they're not winning a championship without jDub unless Topic starts playing and goes nuts. OKC really needs Chet, SGA and JDub to be healthy throughout the playoffs to win another championship.
Why are they talking about OKC being without Jalen Williams? This is a couple of week hamstring strain. Acting like he tore his ACL.
I feel like a lot of people are getting recency biased. And are forgetting that Jaylen Williams had to cover for this team last year when both Chet and Isaiah Hartenstein were out at the same time on injury to be clear, Chet missed 50 games Isaiah missed 25. Jdub and Jay will had to become your primary center and forward and I believe they might’ve lost two games only lol that was a rough stretch and he had to play a position that he technically doesn’t normally play. But the thunder we’re winning and I never heard anybody question rather the thunder was going to be able to win in the playoffs without Chet. I love what he is doing right now. Chet is essentially returning the favor and looking out for his guy and helping his team, I don’t think we need to make it more than that right now. They just need to focus on getting him healthy because a healthy Jalen Williams in the playoff is gonna be way more beneficial for the team than not.
With or without……Jdub
Okc is winning…..they have 15 other players who are ready to do the job
We're better without J-Dub, Chet thrives as the 2nd option.
Without dub??? No way we could win it without him.