WindyCityBorn wrote:GoBlue72391 wrote:WindyCityBorn wrote:
He is far more skilled than either of those guys though. They have to play like that to stay in the league. He played really good defense at times last without that kind of play style.
Skill does not necessarily equate to being better. I've been more impressed by Green and Alize's combined 61 minutes of preseason play than anything I've ever seen from PWill up to this point. PWill's motor and confidence/assertiveness are questionable at best.
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
Not to say that PWill hasn't been working hard, but talent doesn't mean jack **** if you're too scared to use it. In all likelihood, Green and Alize are better players than PWill is right now, and we're no longer in a position to be giving out entitlement minutes to project players.
And if we're being completely honest, most of the upside with PWill is based on his youth, athleticism, length, and assumption that he'll improve and get more confident as he gets older. In terms of skills, he hasn't shown the ability to score off the dribble/in traffic, playmake, handle the ball, etc. at anything more than an average ability at best. He's a solid jumpshooter when open, but is his release quick enough to get his shot off with a hand in his face? There's also a real chance that Green and Alize are more athletic than him too, as he's a good athlete but far from a freak one.
This sounds like I'm **** on PWill and completely writing him off, but I still think he'll be a solid player at worst. I just think he, along with everyone else, will have to earn his minutes, and right now he is behind a number of guys. Maybe this will light a fire under him and force him to be agressive once he comes back.
But the good thing is, we're no longer in a position where we need project players like PWill (or Lauri before him) to pan out. That says a lot about how far this team has come.
You haven’t seen Williams play with this team so how do you know they are better?
You haven't seen Williams play with this team so how do you know he's better?
