He doesn't play in a triple overtime game when we have numerous injuries and players fouling out. He doesn't play against the Thunder when Crawford needs a break. Nellie would rather play an injured CJ Watson. Williams is a good playmaker, we need him to play or else we've traded a future lottery pick for a guy that will never get minutes under Nellie.
It will not be lottery pick. It's hard to argue with you because, as you said, we aren't playing him at all, but itwasn't that bad of a deal. If he played and the Ws were successful, we give up a first in the late teens at best- not a bad price to pay to make the playoffs. If we suck, like we're doing, we give up 2 second round picks, again, not a bad price to pay to take a chance on a guy who supposedly had potential. That being said, I agree that we should at least play him just to see what he's got, but if it doesn't work I'll still say the potential reward was worth the price.
I could understand if GS played him and he sucked and they decided that they just messed up in evaluating his worth during the trade. But they haven't even played him at all, and he's the best pure PG on the team, lol. I don't buy it that Nellie has given up on him because of practice. I don't care how much he's struggled in practice -- these are millions of dollars, contracts, picks, etc we're talking about -- you have to find out what you've got!! And that means real game time -- there's no replacement. I mean, isn't it worth the few potential losses Williams might contribute to to find out whether your investment will pay off? The real sad part was that we didn't extend him. Even if we played him now, it would just be showcasing him for free agency. We lost all leverage by not extending him, and did so shortly after the trade. Just puzzling.
