Jalen Williams is planning to have surgery on his right wrist after the Oklahoma City forward tore a ligament before the Thunder started their run to a championship, general manager Sam Presti said Monday.

Williams played in all 23 postseason games in helping the Thunder win their first NBA title since moving to Oklahoma from Seattle 17 years ago. He scored a playoff career-high 40 points in a 120-109 win over Indiana in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Oklahoma City beat the Pacers in seven games.

The 24-year-old Williams, drafted 12th overall by the Thunder out of Santa Clara in 2022, is expected to be ready for next season, Presti said. Williams was inactive for the final two games of the regular season after playing 36 minutes in a 125-112 victory over Phoenix on April 9.

Williams, a first-time All-Star in his third season, wrote a brace on the wrist on his shooting hand at times during the playoffs and had it taped during games. He shot just 30% from 3-point range in the playoffs, more than 6% off his percentage during the regular season.

“The part that I’m most impressed with is in our modern era, when someone has a poor performance or they’re not playing to their capability in a game and there’s a lot of attention on it, you often see a little birdie make sure that everybody knows that the player is not 100%,” Presti said. “Never happened with this guy, not one time. He powered through. He showed incredible mental endurance and security in himself.”

Williams averaged career bests of 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists.

NBA sets salary cap

The NBA has set the salary cap for the coming season at $154.647 million, the maximum allowed 10% increase over the level for this past season.

The tax level for the 2025-26 season is $187.895 million, the league said. The cap and tax go into effect today, and the league’s moratorium period for most signings will be lifted on Sunday.

Other numbers set by the league for the coming season:

• The minimum team salary is $139.182 million.

• The first apron level is $195.945 million.

• The second apron level is $207.824 million.

The midlevel exception levels were set at $14.104 million for non-taxpayer levels, $5.685 million for taxpayer levels and $8.781 million for teams with room under the salary cap.

Rockets add Finney-Smith >> The Rockets continued their offseason improvements, adding veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith on a four-year, $53 million deal shortly after the NBA’s free agency window officially opened.

ESPN first reported the deal, and a person with knowledge of the agreement confirmed the terms to the Associated Press.

Houston becomes Finney-Smith’s fourth team after stints with Dallas, Brooklyn and the Lakers.

ESPN also reported that the Rockets’ run on free agents continued with the addition of center Clint Capela, who spent the first six years of his career in Houston before playing for the last five seasons in Atlanta. Capela agreed to a three-year deal with the Rockets.

• The Spurs lured center Luke Kornet away from Boston with a four-year, $41 million deal, a person with knowledge of the agreement told the AP.

• Atlanta added Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Minnesota on what will be a four-year, $62 million deal.

• Dallas agreed with D’Angelo Russell on a two-year contract worth nearly $13 million.

• The Brooklyn Nets are trading forward Cam Johnson to the Denver Nuggets for forward Michael Porter Jr. and 2032 first-round draft pick.