Jalen Williams, the guard out of Santa Clara, played an excellent preseason and has firmly cemented himself in Coach Daigneault’s rotation going into the season. Williams is not the typical Sam Presti pick and his unusual route could explain why he figures to be such a valuable player.
In the last three years, Presti has focused on taking players from the international circuit or college players out of highly competitive conferences. Williams played at Santa Clara who play in the West Coast Conference and the only player to go pro out of Santa Clara was Steve Nash nearly 26 years ago.