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Clemente Almanza

OKC Thunder news: Jalen Williams undergoes orbital surgery, out at least 7-10 days

The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without two of their three lottery-pick rookies for at least the next week’s worth of games.

The Thunder announced on Friday that forward Jalen Williams underwent successful surgery to address a right orbital bone fracture and will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days.

Williams suffered the injury during the Thunder’s season-opening loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves when Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels attempted to dunk the ball and elbowed the 21-year-old in the eye, cutting his NBA debut short to just six minutes.

Williams was called for a foul on the play as the referees explained he made illegal contact on McDaniels’ arm.

When Williams return, he might sport a new look as he took to Instagram to post on his story a photo of Kobe Bryant wearing a see-through plastic mask.

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