Robert Williams III aka "Timelord" thread

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Hopefully we see both of these centers playing well this season, on paper its two great talents and both only 25 years old. We've had some good center duo's and it totally changes the competency of both the starting group and bench units when that is the case.

Plumlee/Ed Davis were a very effective duo for us, both around 20 PER.
Nurkic/Kanter initially was awesome for that few months they were together. Kanter would get huge numbers off the bench and Nurk was beasting on both sides of the ball. Never the same after Nurk's brutal leg break.
Oden/Pryzbilla was a lot of fun for the one season but obviously again short lived.
Camby/LaMarcus was a pretty good duo and yes could both play PF as well.
Sabas/Sheed/Grant/Jermaine was crazy impressive big man group
Duckworth/Cliff were both very effective and such different skill sets.

Very excited to see how Ayton/Time Lord play in the middle for us this year.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Yeah, his blocks in every measure I've seen were career lows last season.
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the same is pretty much true for Nurkic. My take is that when a big has accumulated leg injuries (and resultant scar tissue), they naturally become more floor-bound and don't have the same extension and hops they did before the injuries. Maybe TimeLord will be different and recapture his mojo, but he's only 3 years younger than Nurkic; will be 26 when the season starts
 
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wizenheimer said:
the same is pretty much true for Nurkic. My take is that when a big has accumulated leg injuries (and resultant scar tissue), they naturally become more floor-bound and don't have the same extension and hops they did before the injuries. Maybe TimeLord will be different and recapture his mojo, but he's only 3 years younger than Nurkic; will be 26 when the season starts
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Rob's rebounding seems to not be affected.
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blazerfan11 said:
Rob's rebounding seems to not be affected.
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neither was Nurkic's rebounding numbers

but rebounding is about position and anticipation, not hops, for the most part

blocks are probably overrated as a defensive metric. A player like Nurkic can still be a great defender by controlling the paint
 
Hopefully Robert will still be able to be a good player when his athleticism declines, using his huge 7'6 wing span and 9'4 standing reach. He'll at least be able to rebound and finish. A lot of shot blocking is about timing. Pryzbilla was a good shot blocker but wasn't a great leaper. There's also a gambling aspect to going for blocks vs maintaining position.
 
If Dallas offered THJ, Lively, the unprotected ‘27 1st and a ‘26, ‘28 pick swap (so we would get the better pick between the DAL/MIL pick, I think?) for Thybulle and Williams, do you take it? This is a trade I can see going down if Dallas is a wreck defensively. The ‘26 swap may or may not be worth anything. But when you take into consideration that the Mavs have no more 1sts to give to make any more trades and Kyrie is Kyrie, the chances that it could be good is higher than no chance at all like the Bucks or Nuggets. And by ‘27, I’m not so sure Doncic stays in Dallas.
 
Idog1976 said:
The best one.
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I'm partial to David Tennant
 
Just watched his first interview. I’m excited to see him on game day. In limited spurts, if we surround him with Grant and 3 other shooters, we might look great on both sides of the court.
 
wizenheimer said:
neither was Nurkic's rebounding numbers

but rebounding is about position and anticipation, not hops, for the most part

blocks are probably overrated as a defensive metric. A player like Nurkic can still be a great defender by controlling the paint
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The Blazers probably had the best example (rebounds-wise) of all time - Zach Randolph.
 
BankTeller said:
Just watched his first interview. I’m excited to see him on game day. In limited spurts, if we surround him with Grant and 3 other shooters, we might look great on both sides of the court.
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I had no idea about his passing. His assist numbers don't seems high enough to make a video about it, but I do like the idea of a taller high-post passer with lots of movement and outside shooting.
 
BankTeller said:
Just watched his first interview. I’m excited to see him on game day. In limited spurts, if we surround him with Grant and 3 other shooters, we might look great on both sides of the court.
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I'll put it here for people who missed it in the training camp thead.

This part was funny (at 3:48):

Interviewer: "You said you had your dog with you?"

Rob: "Uh , yeah, Malcolm, that's my dog."

Interviewer: "What kind of dog is Malcolm?"

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head up and down)

Interviewer: "That kind of dog."

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head again)

confusion.

Rob: "MB is not a dog! Malcolm you're not a dog!"

(Earlier in the interview he had referred to Malcolm as his "dog" that came with him in the trade.)


 
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theprunetang said:
I'm also a Matt Smith guy. I feel like the writing team really hit their stride during his incarnation.
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Totally. I liked David, but the episodes were a little hokey (and my favorite Tennent ep is "blink" which barely had him...tho I did like the Donna Noble stories more than Rose).

The writing for Capaldi weren't great, but they were 80 bajillion times better than that for Jodie.

And to save time for HCP, virgin, moms basement, incel, blah blah blah.
 
andalusian said:
He is my LeBron to tennant mj
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For me, it was that Matt was the first Doctor I watched, (oddly enough, it was his first episode). I do like David but I hate to refer to anything I like as the "LeBron" of something.
 
From Reddit:

This article gets a lot wrong so I’ll explain it in my own words as a member of weird Celtics Twitter

Timelord is Robert Williams III and he got the nickname once he was drafted by missing his flight to Boston, then missing his first press interview, then sleeping through training camp. It was so bad that the FO made him move next door to the practice facility and got him an alarm.

All while this happened coach Brad Stevens when asked said that there was no issues with Robert Williams being late to practice or flights so people started calling him Timelord because he can manipulate and control the flow of time. It caught on and now nobody calls him Rob anymore and he just goes by Timelord on broadcasts, interviews, and everything else.

When he makes a nice pass he is Dimelord though and rarely people refer to him Lob Williams because of his athleticism and ability to catch lobs no matter how poorly thrown. Fun Timelord fact: he has the highest field goal percentage in NBA history and the highest TS% in NBA history. Hope that explains it.

 
From Wikipedia:

Personal life
In July 2018, Williams was revealed to have popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) in both legs. If it degenerates, the vascular disease could require a surgical procedure in the future.[21] Williams has two children.[22]

Nickname
Early in his career, Williams has attracted the nickname "Time Lord" from Celtics fans, in part based upon his timekeeping faux pas upon signing with the team.[23][24][25] This has, in turn, gained attention from Timex. Danny Ainge has been recorded as preferring the nickname "Lob".[26]
 
blazerfan11 said:
I'll put it here for people who missed it in the training camp thead.

This part was funny (at 3:48):

Interviewer: "You said you had your dog with you?"

Rob: "Uh , yeah, Malcolm, that's my dog."

Interviewer: "What kind of dog is Malcolm?"

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head up and down)

Interviewer: "That kind of dog."

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head again)

confusion.

Rob: "MB is not a dog. Malcolm you're not a dog."

(Earlier in the interview he had referred to Malcolm as his "dog" that came with him in the trade.)


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That was Brooke. :lol:
 
blazerfan11 said:
I'll put it here for people who missed it in the training camp thead.

This part was funny (at 3:48):

Interviewer: "You said you had your dog with you?"

Rob: "Uh , yeah, Malcolm, that's my dog."

Interviewer: "What kind of dog is Malcolm?"

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head up and down)

Interviewer: "That kind of dog."

Rob: "Malcolm." (bobbing his head again)

confusion.

Rob: "MB is not a dog. Malcolm you're not a dog."

(Earlier in the interview he had referred to Malcolm as his "dog" that came with him in the trade.)


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In this interview, he did say at the end he does have a dog, a Presa Canario. Didn't say his name.
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Natebishop3 said:
That was Brooke. :lol:
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Were they paying attention , or really didn't understand what he said? It was pretty clear to me. Brogdon has thrown Timelord some nice passes in their time in Boston together.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Were they paying attention , or really didn't understand what he said? It was pretty clear to me. Brogdon has thrown Timelord some nice passes in their time in Boston together.
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blazerfan11 said:
Who what the guy asking "You said you have your dog with you? " ?
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I'm not sure who said "you have your dog with you?" I'm wondering if it's a local journalist because I don't recognize the voice.
 
i think of our 4 new acquisitions in the trades, the guy i'm most excited about is Rob. his impact is not captured via stats, but he makes winning plays. Watching the Boston team so closely the past two years in the playoffs, you can very easily see how much this guy does defensively. We just haven't had this kinda player since Oden.

I am also super cautious about getting too hyped about him given his injury history.

It's kinda funny, I think Aldridge is the best comp for Ayton, and Oden a decent comp for RWIII.
 
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