Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams Remain on NBA Rookie Ladder

Thunder rookie Jalen Williams has continued to incorporate himself inside one of the best bunch of 2022 rookies, this week coming in at No. 7 on the NBA’s official rookie ladder.

Williams hasn’t seen a spike in manufacturing like previous weeks, however he has remained constant: averaging 10.3 factors, 4.5 rebounds and three.8 assists per recreation to associate with his season averages of 10.8, 3.3 and a couple of.8.

In tandem together with his manufacturing spike, Williams has seen extra ball-handling obligations of late.

Per Cerebro Sport’s superior ground normal expertise metric, Williams ranks as Oklahoma Metropolis’s third greatest passer and ground normal with a score of 64, solely behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey.

Orlando’s Paolo Banchero leads the best way within the rookie ladder, with no actual resistance for the No. 1 spot. Following Banchero is Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin at No. 2 and Detroit’s Jaden Ivey at No. 3.

Different notables embody Atlanta’s AJ Griffin at No. 7, whose seen a robust surge of late, and Walker Kessler, whose getting increasingly run on a younger Utah Jazz squad.

Williams and OKC subsequent tackle the Portland Path Blazers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 in Paycom Heart.

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