<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 26 2008, 01:05 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Nets rookie Sean Williams did not start playing organized basketball until the summer before his senior year in High School. Digest that. It was just four years ago when he suited up for the first time, as a member of the Dallas Mustangs AAU team in the summer of 2003.</div>
Source: nba.com/nets
Everyone seems to agree that what's holding Sean back is the "mental game:" knowing where to be in the plays they run, how to play physical and yet stay out of foul trouble, and how to position himself (and when) to get rebounds. What I don't get is why people are attributing to some innate characteristic of Sean that is doomed to end his career. This kid just has not played basketball that much in his life.
He didn't even start playing until 5 years ago! So forget what you know about potential in this case, this guy has a lot of
catching up to do first. He only played 27 games a season for his freshman and senior years, and then was suspended for his third.
Source: Boston College. So now in one season he's had to play 82 games against the best in the world. Jesus, in retrospect I'm shocked he even made it off the bench, given the fact that in his first year in the NBA he played more games than he had previously
in his entire life. Think about that one.
Despite all of this, he scored 22 points, and 8 rebounds in his very first regular season start against a Shaq-led Miami Heat. He's got the Nets rookie record for blocks in a game with
eight. He's started 29 games, while shooting 54% from the field. He makes just over 1 million a year.
I mean, what the **** ya'll?
We took him as a project, but even that was a stretch. I encourage you all to read that Nets article I linked to (the first citation). Really, we shouldn't have even expected an impact for another couple of years. The fact that he's already been so inclusive is a miracle. The fact that he's been exceptional in parts is unexplanable. You do not trade a person who has managed to find a place in the NBA with such little basketball experience. You do not trade away a prospect of this caliber.
You do not trade Sean Williams.
edit: oh yeah, the fact that he didn't dominate the Summer League? Pfft, most of those players have been playing basketball longer than he has!
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STANDS AND APPLAUDS!!
this is the reason sean especially needs close mentoring. we need a high caliber big coach.
if we trade sean that will be a huge mistake. he will be in his prime in 2010!
