Justin Williams
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I don't want to overly critique Justin Williams since he was a big-time force tonight on the boards when it was sorely needed. What I'm about say I've said before about him.
Besides being a hopeless (at this point - maybe forever) offensive liability he set EXTREMELY weak/lazy/sloppy (select your favorite) picks. He more often just gets in the way of his teammates while looking lost on the offensive end, allowing the defense to play virtual 5 on 4. He sometimes gets a nice weak side block or two plus occasional steal (5 tonight outstanding) on the defensive end to go with furious rebounding - but his offensive skills are non-existent. Great, he made two consecutive free throws in a game. He was clanking them at around 30%
for the season, although I haven't checked his % lately. Once he at least gets to double that mark I'll praise what he does from the stripe.
JWill, there's some talent there, but he still has a VERY-VERY long way to go to get much beyond the deep shadow of the bench. Hopefully, we'll see more of him in the second half of the season to find out if he can stick in the NBA beyond the 11th or 12th man role he's been in for so long.
Besides being a hopeless (at this point - maybe forever) offensive liability he set EXTREMELY weak/lazy/sloppy (select your favorite) picks. He more often just gets in the way of his teammates while looking lost on the offensive end, allowing the defense to play virtual 5 on 4. He sometimes gets a nice weak side block or two plus occasional steal (5 tonight outstanding) on the defensive end to go with furious rebounding - but his offensive skills are non-existent. Great, he made two consecutive free throws in a game. He was clanking them at around 30%
for the season, although I haven't checked his % lately. Once he at least gets to double that mark I'll praise what he does from the stripe. JWill, there's some talent there, but he still has a VERY-VERY long way to go to get much beyond the deep shadow of the bench. Hopefully, we'll see more of him in the second half of the season to find out if he can stick in the NBA beyond the 11th or 12th man role he's been in for so long.
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Justin's intelligence
I've seen some knocks on his level of intelligence. I do not know to what extent his intelligence is, so I'm wondering if anyone knows about his Wonderlic score, if he had taken that test.
I know that dudes in the NFL take the Wonderlic test...do guys in the NBA take that same test as well?
I've seen some knocks on his level of intelligence. I do not know to what extent his intelligence is, so I'm wondering if anyone knows about his Wonderlic score, if he had taken that test.
I know that dudes in the NFL take the Wonderlic test...do guys in the NBA take that same test as well?
If the NBA does any sort of intelligence testing, they're not talking about it. I think there's reason to believe they don't test for sanity, either.
The stuff about Justin's intelligence was, I think, mostly speculation about what could be causing Reggie to never give him any minutes. Other prominent theories were; maybe he wasn't trying hard in practice, or maybe he peed in Reggie's cornflakes. But I don't think we'll ever know what the real answer is.
The stuff about Justin's intelligence was, I think, mostly speculation about what could be causing Reggie to never give him any minutes. Other prominent theories were; maybe he wasn't trying hard in practice, or maybe he peed in Reggie's cornflakes. But I don't think we'll ever know what the real answer is.
I totally agree that if you play hard you should get minutes. But does anyone agree with my thoughts that Justin should not have been on the floor the last 2.4 seconds. We needed players who could make free throws and hit the outside shot. With Justin on the floor, the Rockets could play off of him and cover Bibby (which they did) and hope the Kings throw the ball to Justin so they could foul.