Thunder To Re-Sign Kenrich Williams

By Luke Adams | at July 2, 2026 4:22 pm After declining his team option earlier in the week, the Thunder have reached an agreement to bring back veteran forward Kenrich Williams, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Williams’ team option for 2026/27 would have paid him roughly $7.2MM. His new one-year contract with Oklahoma City will be worth $5MM, sources tell Haynes, creating some modest cap savings for the team. Williams has become an unlikely franchise mainstay and culture-setter for the Thunder after initially looking like a throw-in in the 2020 trade that sent Steven Adams from OKC…