newyorknewyork wrote:These are the things we were hoping to see from Phil and the Tri. If Williams pans out then agents will take notice and offer players up to Phil that may be able to save there careers within the tri. Could land a bunch of good value guys down the road. Would have preferred a team option instead of player option for yr 2 but hopefully it all works out to our advantage.

knicks1248 wrote:

Rookie wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:This will end up as a demarre Caroll like resurgance in game. We don't have a player like Williams and he can really add something to this team

Yeah, if Fisher doesn't break him. If you watched the post game interview with Fish, he said that Williams wasn't where he was supposed to be on the floor in the system. Read into that what you like but some players just need to play on instinct. They can't be out there thinking their way through the game, they just have to find space, find the ball and react.

Seem like he got a lot of his baskets off of broken plays, but i guess he's more of a instinct player as oppose to set offense. It's up to Fisher to put this guy in the position to utilize his skill set, and not force him to things he's not use to.

It's not broken plays because you're NEVER out of the offense in the Triangle it just keeps cycling. It's designed to keep moving and probing and keeping the defense occupied so that they can't respond to point blank looks at the basket on short jumpers and cuts and slashes to the basket. That's where all the mid range stuff comes from but also the drives to the hoop. As long as your players keep passing and moving, the spacing of the Triangle will create lanes and open spaces on the floor to fill. That's what DWill has to learn and use.

Actually he should be coached up to do things the RIGHT way. So yeah he's gonna be asked to do things BETTER than he's done before. It's a process and so far he looks like he's starting to see the lanes and spots where he can attack. His role is literally to use his quickness to knife into the defense and get to the basket and also flash into the paint. This is what Phil was talking about when he said he needed penetration and that it didn't have to come from a guard.

TPercy wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:This will end up as a demarre Caroll like resurgance in game. We don't have a player like Williams and he can really add something to this team

Miles away from being Demarre Caroll.

Carroll was pretty much dust until he changed teams for the third time--then his game had a resurgence. This might be the right place for D Will. This is a guy who really had a high talent level in college and showed signs in the pros. I think cutting using screens running taking good shots--he can do that.

franco12 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

TPercy wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:This will end up as a demarre Caroll like resurgance in game. We don't have a player like Williams and he can really add something to this team

Miles away from being Demarre Caroll.

Carroll was pretty much dust until he changed teams for the third time--then his game had a resurgence. This might be the right place for D Will. This is a guy who really had a high talent level in college and showed signs in the pros. I think cutting using screens running taking good shots--he can do that.

I think you're right and I think we're eventually going to regret not having maybe given him more money and getting him locked up longer term on a contract.

Really, when 70% fans thought phil lost his mind adding this under achieving athletic malcontent.

The biggest advantage phil has (if he has a great season) Derrick wants to be here more than anything, and has stated that in almost every interview.