Jalen Williams 'Ob-Way Impact Sparks Thunder's Recent Success

Lub sijhawm xyoo tas los no, Jalen Williams tau kwv yees tias yuav yog qhov kev xaiv thib ob lig, lossis txawm tias tsis tau tsim tawm hauv 2022 NBA Draft. Tom qab muaj zog nyob ze rau nws lub caij nyoog qis thiab cov txheej txheem ua ntej zoo heev, nws tau nce siab nce qib thiab tsaws hauv qhov kev rho npe ntawm No. 12 tag nrho rau Oklahoma City Thunder.

Tsuas yog tshaj li rau lub hlis tom qab, nws twb tshwm sim tias nws yuav tsum tau coj ntau dua qhov ntawd. Ntau ntau yuav hloov nyob rau hauv lub xyoo tom ntej, tab sis raws li niaj hnub no kev sib cav yuav ua tau tias Williams yuav tsum yog ib tug saum tsib xaiv.

Kev tawm tsam ntawm Thunder rookie tau nrov nrov los ntawm thawj ib nrab ntawm lub caij, vim nws yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws hauv nws chav kawm ntawm qhov kawg ntawm hauv pem teb. Nws yog thib rau ntawm tag nrho cov rookies nyob rau hauv cov qhab nia nrog 11.7 cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib qho kev ua si, thib plaub hauv kev pab nrog 2.9 ib qho kev sib tw thiab thib peb ntawm cov neeg tiv thaiv rookie hauv rebounds nrog 3.9 ib qho kev ua si. Nws tua tau zoo dua li 50% hauv pem teb, ua rau nws tsuas yog tus neeg tshiab tua saum cov clip uas tseem yog kaum tus qhab nia.

Raws li zoo raws li nws qhov kev ua si tawm tsam, Williams 'kev txhim kho kev tiv thaiv lig yog qhov ua rau qhov sib txawv rau qhov sib tw Thunder, uas tsuas yog ob qho kev ua si hauv qab .500 thiab yog ib pab pawg kub tshaj plaws hauv pab koomtes txij li lub xyoo dhau los. .

Williams tau tsim 38 nyiag thiab 21 blocks, uas yog qhov zoo rau thib tsib thiab xya ntawm tag nrho cov rookies feem. Cov blocks yog qhov feem ntau ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas hauv chav kawm no.

Nws tau tsim 10 ntau qhov kev ua si nyiag, suav nrog peb yam tsawg kawg yog plaub qhov khoom siv thiab ib qho nrog tsib. Nws kuj tseem muaj 17 qhov kev ua si nrog ib qho thaiv, suav nrog peb qhov kev ua si ntau qhov thaiv. Dab tsi zoo dua yog tias nws tsuas yog ua si hauv 40 qhov kev ua si rau lub sijhawm no hauv lub caij, txhais tau tias nws tau txais tsawg kawg yog ob tus nyiag hauv ib lub hlis twg ntawm nws qhov kev sib tw thiab tsawg kawg ib qho thaiv ze li ib nrab.

Ntawm cov rookies uas ua si tsawg kawg yog 15 feeb ib hmos thiab tau coj hauv pem teb hauv 20 qhov kev ua si, Williams yog thib yim ntawm tag nrho cov rookies hauv kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. Siv cov txheej txheem tib yam, nws yog kaum sab saum toj ntawm ob qho tib si nyiag thiab thaiv feem pua, nrog rau peb sab saum toj hauv kev tiv thaiv yeej sib koom.

Rau qee tus, kev tiv thaiv upside yog xav tsis thoob. Nrog rau qhov ntawd hauv siab, peb yuav tsum tau pom qhov yuav los no. Raws li cov tub ntxhais kawm tshiab ntawm Santa Clara, kev tiv thaiv yog dab tsi pib tau nws rau hauv pem teb.

Tam sim no zoo li qhov pib mus tas li, 21-xyoo-laus tau vam meej ntawm ob qho tib si hauv av. Leveraging nws 7-foot-2 wingspan, Williams muaj peev xwm ua si nce siab ntawm plaub txoj haujlwm uas tau ua pov thawj muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau pab pawg Thunder tshwj xeeb.

Nws tau pib hauv 18-txoj kev ua si ncaj nraim, nrog Oklahoma City mus 10-8 nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd, zoo rau 11th cov ntaub ntawv zoo tshaj plaws hauv NBA lub sijhawm ntawd. Tshaj li 18 qhov kev sib tw no, nws yog qhov laj thawj loj uas Thunder tau ua tiav, ua tau 12.9 cov ntsiab lus, 4.7 rebounds, 3.2 pab, 1.3 steals thiab 0.8 blocks ib qhov kev sib tw.

Ntau hmo nyob rau ob peb lub lis piam dhau los, Williams tau yog OKC tus thib ob lossis thib peb tus neeg ua si zoo tshaj plaws, ua si zoo tshaj nws xyoo. Thaum nws tseem tab tom tsim nws tus NBA All-Rookie resume, kev tiv thaiv tau sib npaug zoo li kev ua txhaum.