Thunder signs Jaylin Williams to multi-year contract extension

The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed forward/center Jaylin Williams to a multi-year contract extension. This was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti.

In three seasons, Williams has appeared in 146 games and drawing 85 offensive fouls ranking 22nd in the NBA.

During the 2024-2025 regular season, Williams shot 39.9% from 3-point range.

Williams posted three triple-doubles during his nine starts this past season and became just the fifth Thunder player in team history to record multiple triple-doubles in a single season.

The Fort Smith, Arkansas native was originally selected as the 34th overall pick by Oklahoma City in the 2022 NBA Draft and this past season, Williams helped lead the Thunder to its first NBA Championship in team history.

Thunder offseason moves/news in Summer 2025:

1. June 24 - Thunder celebrates NBA Championship with parade
2. June 28 - Thunder trades forward Dillon Jones and a second-round pick to the Wizards for Colby Jones, who was released.
3. June 29 - Re-signs forward Jaylin Williams to a veteran extension
4. July 1 - Signs MVP guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to a four-year, $285 million supermax contract extension through the 2030-31 season.
5. July 3 - Signed rookie guard Brooks Barnhizer to a two-way contract, Signed center Thomas Sorber to a rookie scale contract
6. July 6 - Re-signed guard Ajay Mitchell to a contract extension
7. July 8 - Re-signed forward Branden Carlson to a new two-way NBA contract
8. July 9 - Signs forward/center Chet Holmgren to fully guaranteed five-year rookie maximum contract extension worth upwards of $250 million | Thunder's SGA is revealed as the cover athlete for NBA2K26
9. July 10 - Signs forward Jalen Williams to five-year maximum rookie contract extension