9diamonds

what do ya think of Louis Williams? He had a lot of hype coming in to the draft this year but with low minutes he has been under the radar.

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Mattjb34

Louis Williams is nothing but a garbage player right now. He was hyped as a impact college player, all the people in the know agreed that it was stupid for him to declare. He is years away from getting steady minutes.

Sixerfanforlife

A vastly mis used player, if Louis Williams was on the Atlanta Hawks (Isn't ATL near Georgia, his home town? I feel a connunection brewing). He'd get the time he needs to show his game. The funny thing about Maurice Cheeks is that he'll never make adjustments and improve your starting lineup. Don't even begin to think about asking him to develop your young nuclues. That's why his hiring made no sense. Nate McMillian would've been the perfect candidate for the Philadelphia Job. While our roster may not have competed with the likes of Dallas, San Antonio and Detroit. At least as 76ers fans we would have felt that our roster gave it our all. Maurice Cheeks rode on his starters 80 out of the 82 basketball games (Bare minor injuries and far and few between 'adjustments') and it didn't work. I'd like to see Maurice Cheeks use the bench. Inspite of how much lacking in talent it may be.

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Ras

Since when is Georgia a town. If I'm not mistaken it's a state, which Atlanta is in. Oui?

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Lol

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Mattjb34

No. We have no bench, we don't forfeit games by playing guys that don't belong on the court. This isn't little league baseball. Louis Williams belongs in college, he ruined that, he should be in the NBDL. Guys like Jermaine O'Neal, Rashard Lewis, Deshawn Stevenson didn't get time for years and they didn't have the benefit of a developmental league, he should be taking advantage of it.

The Effin One

quote of the year

Sixerfanforlife

That right there is extremely perposterous of course you develop your young nuclues, damn your starting to sound like LB when he traded those draft picks one by one.

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Mattjb34

Do you ever make sense? NBDL, thats what it is there for, developing young talent. Not throwing them in the NBA to get murdered. I don't want our team to turn into the Atlanta Hawks. Who said anything about trading draft picks? Louis Williams can't play on the pro level right now, if ever. Get off his sack.

Sixerfanforlife

Your evaulation of Louis Williams makes me think Combo-guards have literally no value in the casual fan's eyes. Which is really dissapointing. Someone who claims he is a fan of the Saint Joes hawks. (Who developed Jammer Nelson and Delonte West) can't even reconize the talent of L-Will.

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Mattjb34

Jameer Nelson and Delonte West were all americans that proved their worth. Jameer Nelson is not a combo guard, he's a point guard. Delonte could be considered a combo guard and proved his value and ability to play in the league. Your posting on this board about building around Louis Williams, is that a joke? What has he done that impresses you? Attacked the basket hard in lay-up line drills? His 5 mpg average in 30 games really doesn't give you much to work with. He might be apart of the future of this franchise but he is not the future of the franchise. Don't compare him to proven players.

The Effin One

i definitely think louis should be in the nbdl. however, i don't think he's a wasted pick or nearly as bad as everyone makes him out to be.

of course, i've never seen him play, so i'm just basing this off logic i see. if anything i say is wrong someone correct me, this is just going off the scouting reports i'm remembering from over a year ago. he was a projected top 5 pick, i believe, and the reason he fell so hard was primarily character issues. I also don't recall those character issues being based on work ethic, and more on behavior.

Say what you will about Billy King, but one thing he's actually done a pretty good job as a GM is in the draft, particularly in second round talent. Willie Green and Kyle Korver were two solid role players he salvaged in a draft where we had no first round pick. I honestly believe Louis Williams could be a pretty good player, potentially a double digit scorer, although potential hasn't exactly been friendly to the Sixers. How many high schoolers picked in the second round have really been productive their senior year? Look at Rashard Lewis, he was projected to be a first rounder and fell, didn't do much of anything his first year, and now he's an underrated second option style player. Obviously their reasons for falling were different, but i'm sure we can all draw the correlation.

Coatesvillain

It's hard to be too critical of Louis Williams, I still don't like the pick (of course you all know that Gomes was my "guy").. but Williams did produce Vs the Pistons when they put him out there. I don't think he'll be a superstar, but he has a good chance to be a quality third guard.

I'm still pissed that they didn't send him down to the NBDL to get some playing time so we could tell what he could do. Seems like every other team in the league benefitted from the new setup but the Sixers.

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