What do you expect from Elliot Williams?

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  1. barfo

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    I expect him to become a huge star and change his name to Elvis Clitoris Lamborghini.

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    He has all the skills to be a good combo guard in the NBA but the question mark on how the surgery effected him and if his game can actually translate into the NBA is up in the air. I have high expectations for him if he can get consistent minutes, but with Roy/Felton/Smith/Mathews all probably ahead of him in the rotation I don't assume he will get consistent minutes.
     
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    As a Freshman at Duke he took over starting at point guard after the sophomore who was starting struggled. Some guy called Nolan Smith.
     
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    Smith didnt play point until his freshman year. Scheyer started, before that it was Paulus. I'm not sure Williams ever played point at Duke, or at Memphis.
     
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    So what did he do at Duke prior to his freshman year?
     
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    I'll take a wild ass guess and say he probably played shooting guard in high-school.
     
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    He hung out with 76ers and Derek Smith's former teammates.
     
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    I'm not expecting much, but I think I may be pleasantly surprised.
     
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    In reality, I suspect he'll make as much of a splash as James "Hollywood" Robinson.
     
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    Ouch.
     
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    all star dwyane wade clone, with better knees, and a hotter wife
     
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    They did? I thought Williams got injured in the pre-season AFTER the Blazers drafted him.
     
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    I believe it was a genetic condition and not an acute injury.
     
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    you're partially right. It was known he had the genetic condition that would require surgery on both knees when Portland drafted him, but he then tweeked a knee afterwords causing them to opt to get it out of the way immediately.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5765994

    as others have relayed, the surgeries were corrective and not expected to affect his outstanding athleticism at all. It's also been reported that his rehab has been going great and he has been cleared by Docs to resume full basketball activities over a month ago.

    I recall him being very long and athletic at Duke but didn't see him play at Memphis where he was the #1 option. I really don't know what to expect but his top shelf athleticism makes me very intrigued to see what he'll bring.

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