<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ORLANDO - Before the weekend, Louis Williams had played 31 minutes all season with the 76ers. He was - is - the quintessential developmental player without ever being optioned to the NBA Developmental League. The Sixers had made it clear virtually the moment they drafted Williams as an 18-year-old guard directly out of high school in the Atlanta area: The plan was for him to spend his rookie year learning the pro game from coach Maurice Cheeks, from Allen Iverson, from Kevin Ollie, from director of player development Doug Overton, from just about anyone and everyone. And then Iverson, a four-time scoring champion, a former MVP and currently the No. 2 scorer in the league, went down with a sprained left ankle. Williams already had turned 19, and now he was - at least for games against New York and Orlando - being turned into a rotation player. He got 4 minutes in Saturday night's 91-76 victory over the Knicks; he got a season-high 10 in Sunday's 89-81 victory over the Magic. It remains unclear whether Iverson, who missed his first two games of the season, will be back for tonight's home game against Phoenix. What was very clear was the progress Williams has made. He contributed two key field goals and committed only one turnover against the Magic, showing more poise than anyone had a right to expect. "Obviously, it was fun for a young guy," said Williams, who came into Sunday's game averaging 0.9 points and shooting 29.4 percent from the floor. "Most importantly, I'm just excited, very happy for myself to help out as much as I can, to be in a position to help the team win games." Butterflies? A touch of nervousness? "Both games, I just wanted to be solid and gain the trust of the players and coaching staff," Williams said. "Hopefully, those opportunities will turn into big opportunities. Obviously, it's been difficult for anybody who's a basketball player, who plays any sport - they want to be on the court, or whatever their field is. They want to be able to contribute. Once Allen went down, I knew there was an opportunity for me to step in and play some minutes."</div> Source
I wonder how good Louis Williams can be eventually.... Hmmmm. I think if we develop him properly, he would make a good back court running mate for Iggy in the future.
i think the louis will have the potential to be a very good nba player later on in his career. i havent seen him play at all this season, but considering that he is learning from AI and defending AI in practice, he should be a force later on in the league.
As the main Louis fan on this site, I'm more than happy for this kid..he's finally starting to work his way into the rotation, he'll play a bigger role for sure next season.
Even though i haven't seen Louis play, from the scouting reports and such, i think he could turn out to be like Allen I...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gotrunks226:</div><div class="quote_post">Even though i haven't seen Louis play, from the scouting reports and such, i think he could turn out to be like Allen I...</div> I don't think so... maybe a poor man's version of Allen, but he just doesn't seem to have the same offensive mindset. But then again, we haven't seen him much on the floor. Also, I'd rather him develop into the kind of point guard who looks to create for his teammates first, and get his points within the flow of the offense.
Allen Iverson is a talent that comes around every twenty years or so, I dont think its time for another AI just yet, no disrespect to my man Lou but AI is amazing, Louis is more like what could've been of Dajuan Wagner. Did anyone catch the Philly game tonight, Louis logged 16 minutes, perfect from the field and ended with 9 points and no turnovers but no stats other than Points. I guess we know he can score.
i wish the lakers took him in the second round in the draft. just imagine if louis improves and so does bynum. then they would have a potentially very dangerous duo.
