While he may be coming off a breakout 2024-25 season where he averaged 21.6 points on 48.4 percent shooting from the floor and 36.5 percent shooting from deep, and became the third-youngest player to drop 40 or more points in an NBA Finals game, there's a case to be made that Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams' most vital traits fall on the defensive end.
Over the summer, in fact, The Athletic's Sam Vecenie even went as far as to describe him as "one of the three or four most switchable defenders" the NBA currently has to offer.