Sean Williams a Work in Progress...a Lot of Work

[NJNetz]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">No one is panicking yet...at least not publicly, but Sean Williams' summer league performance left a lot of people inside and outside the Nets' organization wondering if the 6'-10" forward is an athlete or basketball player. Al Iannazzone quotes an NBA scout this way: "He has no idea about where to be, positioning and running the floor. He didn't run the floor at all." In fact, writes Iannazzone, Williams may need time in the D-League. Still, Vince Carter calls him a "game changer".</div>
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Wasn't he just called a young "Kenyon Martin" last week? Possibly the third best player in the Draft?

 

[Master Shake]

What? He was supposed to be so good. Well, different people see him differently. I rather listen to what Vince Carter has to say, then a writer, because Carter is on the floor with him and knows the game.

I think Sean Williams will be great. It takes time to learn positioning and stuff. He was kicked off his team, and is still a bit rusty, to a point. When the season comes around, I see big things for this kid.

 

[Voodoo Child]

<div class="quote_poster">Master Shake Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">What? He was supposed to be so good. Well, different people see him differently. I rather listen to what Vince Carter has to say, then a writer, because Carter is on the floor with him and knows the game.

I think Sean Williams will be great. It takes time to learn positioning and stuff. He was kicked off his team, and is still a bit rusty, to a point. When the season comes around, I see big things for this kid.</div>

How many times has Vince Carter seen Sean Williams play?

Now, how many times has the average sports writer seen Sean Williams play?

I'm taking the writer's word.

With that said, I don't think people understood what kind of project Sean Williams was heading into the draft. Every aspect of his game is very raw at this point. It wasn't just his lack of effort or his disdain for authority that kept him from being a higher draft pick. No team outside of the tri-state area wanted to touch this guy with a ten foot pole.

I'd call him one dimensional, but that'd sort of imply that he had at least one strength, which he doesn't really. He was a dominating shot blocker in the five minutes he spent in college, but he was a lot more explosive then than he is now, having not played since January. He wasn't even a fundamentally sound shot blocker. His blocks were based off of his athleticism and length moreso than his anticipation skills, and he swatted too many of them out of play, unlike Stephane Lasme, a better shot blocker who has twice the work ethic Williams does yet slipped all the way to the #46 pick.

 

[XSV]

Lasme is extremely undersized though which is probably why he dropped.

 

[Legacy]

I really hope he turns out to be better than a one dimensional player like Theo Ratliff. Kenyon Martin may be too high of a comparison for now, but if he steps up his game, he could remind us of him. I like how he is aggressive on the defensive end. But I don't like that if one game he gets 17 points, he only gets 3 rebounds. Another game he gets 7 rebounds, but only 2 points. He needs to work on consistency is he wants to be a great player in the NBA.

 

[og15]

Since when was he supposed to be a great NBA player though? I didn't even know there was real offensive potential in him, ever since I saw his name, I thought of a guy where you'd be happy if he hit double digits or a little more playing 30+ MPG.

Also consistency is something you can't complain too much about, he's a weak rebounder anyways, but he's not going to gain consistency in his first season after being out of basketball for a few months.