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J-WILL IN HOUSTON
I'm breaking the Web Watch form here (because there are no links). But with Justin Williams signing a 10-day contract with Houston, here are some thoughts from the former Kings big man and former Kings coach Rick Adelman on his new player. Adelman was gone before Williams arrived, but he could certainly use some frontcourt help in light of Yao Ming's season-ending injury. From the Kings' freefall to a Rockets team that's won a franchise-record 17 straight games? Not bad for Williams.
Quotes courtesy of the Houston Chronicle's Jonathan Feigen...
Williams: “It’s a real big opportunity, getting waived by Sacramento and getting brought in by this organization. I look forward to coming in and helping guys out. I’m going to learn a lot from (Dikembe Mutombo), a guy who played so long in the league. I’m only going to get better playing with him and practicing with him every day.”
Adelman: “What we’re looking for is to see if we can add a fifth big guy. We’re really short (down) there. Outside of (Mutombo), we’re not very big. We’re trying to see if he or anybody can help us up there in case something does happen. We get a chance to get him to work in and find out what he can do. I already saw in one game what he can do. He did it against us (on Feb. 13). He had 12 rebounds in a half. He has the ability to really attack the boards and to be very active defensively. He fronted. He’s always moving. You’re not going to have the perfect big guy who can do it all or you wouldn’t be picking him up right now.”
My oh my how the controversy surrounding Williams in the preseason seems like so long ago.
Link: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/011028.html
I didn't see anyone post about this yet so here it goes. Congrats to Justin! I hope it works out for him out there with Rick.
I'm breaking the Web Watch form here (because there are no links). But with Justin Williams signing a 10-day contract with Houston, here are some thoughts from the former Kings big man and former Kings coach Rick Adelman on his new player. Adelman was gone before Williams arrived, but he could certainly use some frontcourt help in light of Yao Ming's season-ending injury. From the Kings' freefall to a Rockets team that's won a franchise-record 17 straight games? Not bad for Williams.
Quotes courtesy of the Houston Chronicle's Jonathan Feigen...
Williams: “It’s a real big opportunity, getting waived by Sacramento and getting brought in by this organization. I look forward to coming in and helping guys out. I’m going to learn a lot from (Dikembe Mutombo), a guy who played so long in the league. I’m only going to get better playing with him and practicing with him every day.”
Adelman: “What we’re looking for is to see if we can add a fifth big guy. We’re really short (down) there. Outside of (Mutombo), we’re not very big. We’re trying to see if he or anybody can help us up there in case something does happen. We get a chance to get him to work in and find out what he can do. I already saw in one game what he can do. He did it against us (on Feb. 13). He had 12 rebounds in a half. He has the ability to really attack the boards and to be very active defensively. He fronted. He’s always moving. You’re not going to have the perfect big guy who can do it all or you wouldn’t be picking him up right now.”
My oh my how the controversy surrounding Williams in the preseason seems like so long ago.
Link: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/011028.html
I didn't see anyone post about this yet so here it goes. Congrats to Justin! I hope it works out for him out there with Rick.
