by NBA makes historical announcement of Jalen Williams before Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The NBA final tips on Thursday evening while the Oklahoma City Thunder organizes the Indiana Pacers in Game 1.
Oklahoma City enters Game 1 and tries to continue their dominant piece while trying to get an early lead in the series on their home field.
Of course the Thunder is led by MVP winner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but they need some of their other important players such as Chet Holmgren, Alex Caruso and LU Dort to keep getting up if they want to grab an early benefit in the series.
The Thunder will also need their star Jalen Williams to keep playing at the level that he has the entire season, because this season he might have been their second best player outside of Shai.
In anticipation of game 1 on Thursday evening, the NBA made a historic announcement about Williams.
The NBA has announced that Williams will be the first player to become an All-Star, All-NBA team and all-defensive team selection and plays in the NBA Finals in the same season in his third season or earlier since Bill Walton of the Portland Trail Blazers did in 1976-77.
Final facts: Jalen Williams van de @OKCTHUNDER Will become the first player to play an All-Star, All-NBA team and all-defensive team selection and play in the NBA Finals in the same season in his third season or earlier since Bill Walton of Portland in 1976-77. pic.twitter.com/bknkn7abvu
– NBA Communications (@nbapr) June 5, 2025
This is an incredible achievement for Williams, because this season he continued to bloom in a star player for the Thunder.
Of course the 24-year-old attacker made his first career All-Star competition this season, together with the first-NBA and All-Defensive teams appointed.
This is in the midst of a season in which he had an average of 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals per match per match while during the regular season he shoots out 48.4% and 36.5% out of three.
In the Play -offs, Williams continued to play at a high level for the Thunder, because he steals on average 20.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.6 while shooting 45.7% from the field and 31.8% of three.
Now Williams and the rest of the Thunder will go home 1 of the NBA Finals at home on Thursday evening while they try to start the series with a victory.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on 5 June 2025, where it first appeared.
