Arguably the second best player in Orlando was Eric Williams out of Wake Forest. He was dominant as a power forward in the Summer League. When Boone had surgery I thought for sure they'd bring Williams in for training camp. Does every power forward have to have a 15 foot jumper? No one could come close to stopping Williams with the ball in the paint. He's massive and powerful and enthusiastic. The chumps the Nets are bringing in for front line support mean another year like last year.
He was a beast in college, and i thought for sure he wouldve been picked up. His game is way bigger than he is.
The Nets gave him a non-guarantee contract. The way I see it, is if he continues to impress the Nets he will be on the roster.
I really hope they sign him soon, when I used to watch him play in college, I defiently thougth that he would be a early first round pick, guess I was completely wrong!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Justbringit2422:</div><div class="quote_post">I really hope they sign him soon, when I used to watch him play in college, I defiently thougth that he would be a early first round pick, guess I was completely wrong!</div> It's the new NBA where every PF who's not a "defensive specialist" has to have an outside shot. How much money has NJ wasted on foreign players no one's seen, when you have a 6'9" former McDonald's All American who routinely out-played Sheldon Williams and Sean May. If you need a banger to get you 6 to 8 boards and 8 to 10 points in 14-20 minutes while playing decent defense he was on your Summer Roster. The guy played for 4 years in the ACC and was dominant. If he had played at Duke he'd been drafted in the first round.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TDoug:</div><div class="quote_post">It's the new NBA where every PF who's not a "defensive specialist" has to have an outside shot. How much money has NJ wasted on foreign players no one's seen, when you have a 6'9" former McDonald's All American who routinely out-played Sheldon Williams and Sean May.</div> I agree we'd need someone like Eric Williams, but just because the fans haven't seen a foreign player doesn't make them bad. We scored with Nenad Krstic, and we have the chance too with Ilic, only spending 800,000 on him. If he turns out to be like Krstic, we could use either as trade bate. The mistake isn't signing Ilic, it's not signing the necessary help we need on the defensive end.
