The 2025 NBA All-Star Game does not tip off until exactly 10 weeks from today, though there are dozens of players in the league who have established strong All-Star Cases — including Jalen Williams.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Williams recorded 27 points on 63.7% true shooting, six rebounds, five assists and four steals on a game-high plus-18 to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the
New Orleans Pelicans 119-109 Saturday night. That all-around performance resulted in a 21.4 game score, his 10th-highest out of 23 games.
nine players averaged at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game on 60% true shooting last year: Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Zion Williamson and Jimmy Butler.
Six of the nine were All-Stars, including all five Western Conference starters. Irving met all four requirements in his most recent All-Star season (2022-23), while Williamson and Butler were 0.4 rebounds per game (2022-23) and 0.8% true shooting (2021-22) away in their most recent All-Star campaigns, respectively.
The six other players on the list this year are Antetokounmpo, Jokic, Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyler Herro, Stephen Curry and Domantas Sabonis — in other words, three MVP contenders, two former All-Stars and a breakout scorer.
