<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EAST RUTHERFORD -- Jason Kidd had Marcus Williams at hello. The Nets' rookie point guard modeled his game after Kidd and admitted he was in awe when he took the floor for his first practice. "I was kind of starstruck," Williams said after Thursday's practice. "But I'm just playing now. I'm just watching everything he does." Williams, the 20-year-old former Connecticut standout, is trying to be a sponge. He is soaking up Kidd's advice, that of 17-year veteran Cliff Robinson and learning the Nets' many plays from a binder Williams calls "the phone book." Although the Nets haven't had any games and played just their first 16-minute scrimmage Thursday afternoon, the reviews on Williams have been positive. "I'm really liking Marcus," said Robinson, who was a freshman at Connecticut when Williams was born. "Marcus Williams is a much better shooter than I thought." "He competes," Kidd said. "He runs the team. He can shoot with the best of them. He understands the game." The Nets think they had good fortune on draft night when Williams slipped to them at No. 22. There has been a revolving door of point guards who have backed up Kidd since his 2001 arrival. In Williams, the Nets believe they have found Kidd's backup and perhaps their point guard of the future. Before any of that happens, Williams has to get through his first NBA training camp. He said he must improve his defense and get used to the speed of the NBA game. Williams also must learn the plays. He estimates he knows "about one-50th" of the Nets' playbook. Lawrence Frank has been impressed with Williams, and isn't pushing him to learn everything right away. Plus, the coach said, working with and against Kidd in practice is the best schooling Williams can get. "He's got great court vision," Frank said. "He loves to play. He can create his own shots. He's got good range on his shot. He's very unselfish and he's learning from the best guy in the business."</div> Source
It's great thing to hear this. If Kidd and a player like Robinson are complimenting you then you know you are good. Let's just hope he doesn't get starstruck during the season. It's also good to know that he can shoot, because I keep hearing his shots are bricks.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">who tells u that his shots are bricks?</div> Well before and shortly after he was drafted, writers kept stating that his jumpshot is a problem.
