After Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cason Wallace earned the Western Conference’s Defensive Player of the Month for October and November, All-Star Jalen Williams revealed how he helped the third-year guard improve his defense. The Thunder surround Wallace with veteran defensive stalwarts in Lu Dort and Alex Caruso as resources from veteran minds he can tap into, while Williams, an All-Defensive forward, in his own right, challenged all three.

Williams wanted to see if Wallace could lead the Thunder in steals over Caruso, Dort, and himself, he said, a goal that carried into this season , when Cason is averaging 2.2 steals per game, second-most in the NBA.

“It’s more just fun. We might have just started it joking around. He’s such a good defender, I was trying to get him to reach mor

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