Terrence Williams
Senior, Louisville
NBA Position: SG/SF
H: 6'6, W: 220, Age: 21
Terrence Williams has a legit NBA body with great size, strength, and athleticism to play SG at the next level and also contribute as a SF. He has a great basketball IQ, and his versatility may be his greatest strength.
Offensively, Williams does not impress though. He spends most of
his time in the offense shooting jump shots, largely catch and
shoots. He was a decent three point shooter in college, but he's
really only effective when shooting open threes, and he's definitely
not nearly as good a shooter as several other players with the same
three point percentages.
He struggles using a pull up jumper
when driving or when using an off the dribble jumper on the
perimeter. He doesn't shoot well coming off of screens either, but he
should be effective as a catch and shoot player in the corner at the
next level which will probably be good enough given his projected role.
As
a ball handler, Williams strongly favors his right hand, and struggles
mightily when forced left or when dribbling with his left hand. He
does have great court vision for a SF though and does a nice job
finding teammates in good situations to score. If he could develop a
left hand, he'd be a far more dangerous player.
Williams had a
low usage rate, and for a college player that's a big red flag on his
ability to score at the next level. He also performs poorly in
isolation situations which is another red flag.
The good news
is that Williams excels at almost all non scoring aspects of the game,
and should be a capable catch and shoot player. For a role player,
that's a very nice skill set to have. He defends well, though his
role in the Louisville scheme, much like I described Clark's role,
wasn't as demanding as he wasn't one of the players doing heavy
pressing.
Still, Williams has great defensive upside at the next
level to play as a defender. He rebounds extremely well for his
position, and he could step into the NBA and perform as one of the
better rebounding guards in the league immediately.
Williams
would need to develop considerably offensively to be a star at the next
level. He doesn't have the ball handling to set up an NBA level
driving game or to take advantage of his court vision. His shot has
the basis to be very solid at the next level, but he can't use it in
advanced situations. It's unlikely that Williams ever develops into
a scorer, but he has outstanding role player potential.
When
discussing what the Bulls need next to Rose, people often bring up
defense, rebounding, and three point shooting. While Williams will
need to improve his shot, he has the potential to perform that role
well, but I don't see him as having much upside beyond that. How good
an NBA player he becomes will be predicated largely on how good a
defender he can become on the next level.
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Ahh, Doug, do you finally see the light!? Williams fits so well with what our biggest weaknesses our, and complements our offensive minded/isolation wing players (Gordon and Salmons).
Williams sounds like the poor mans(i.e. non lottery) version of Harden, Evans, and Henderson.
Probably not a horrible pick for this Bulls team, we need his length at 2 guard. Gordon and/or Hinrich will both be gone by 2010, and Salmons might be also if he opts out, so we need to think about adding some bodies.
Williams is a better fit with Hinrich than Gordon.
I still prefer to go big, Mullens or Blair, but I guess that I wouldn't cry too hard if we pick Williams, especially if Mullens and Blair are off the board.