Thunder’s Jalen Williams gets $246 million contract update after Chet Holmgren extension

Billy Heyen

Thunder’s Jalen Williams gets $246 million contract update after Chet Holmgren extension image

The Oklahoma City Thunder have paid Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren.

Jalen Williams has got next.

ESPN's Shams Charnia reported, in his story about Holmgren's $250 million extension, that there is "momentum" on a Williams extension.

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Williams is eligible for a five-year, $246 million deal, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.

It seems at this point that it's only a matter of time.

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The NBA champions will then have their Big Three locked up for the foreseeable future. Gilgeous-Alexander is the MVP and the dominant scorer. Williams is the ascending star. And Holmgren is the unicorn big fella.

Together, they'll enter the upcoming NBA season and maybe a few more after it as NBA title favorites. And they'll all be very well compensated as they shoot for the top of the mountain again.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle