SAMARA JOY – Careful, Charles, don’t oversell it. But I really am crazy about this gifted young jazz vocalist out of the Bronx who seems to have a DNA understanding of the great ones who preceded her.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams’ co-star who typically bears the brunt of OKC’s offensive weight on his shoulders, was the first to greet him, his hand extending from his camouflage sleeve. “You ...