The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers and it has been a slow-burn for Jalen Williams to date. It feels as if the Santa Clara product will soon be bursting onto the scene this series.

Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, who delivered massively in the West finals, were virtually absent in the Thunder’s loss to the Pacers in the NBA Finals opener.

With the entire sports world's attention on the 2025 NBA Finals, Jalen Williams has come a long way over the last four years from small-school Santa Clara, which likely only had a couple thousand people in the stands,