My understanding is that he may have a degenerative condition in his knees. Unfortunately those type of things don't get better. It would be great if we got a few years out of him, but I won't hold my breath.
good thing they rarely do that anymore, I did stem cell injection with PRP on my bad right knee last NOV. combined with stemwave therapy, amazing how much better that knee is doing 10 months later
Here's one condition he has: popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) https://www.boston.com/sports/bosto...illiams-popliteal-artery-entrapment-syndrome/ The Celtics were aware of the condition prior to selecting Williams with the 27th overall pick, according to the report. Celtics draft pick Robert Williams has popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) in both of his legs, MassLive’s Fred Katz reported Monday night citing multiple sources. PAES is a rare vascular disease in which the positioning of one’s muscles and tendons causes compression of the main artery that runs through the knee. It is most often found in male athletes under the age of 30. According to the Cleveland Clinic, patients with PAES typically suffer from “aching pain, numbness, and tiredness or cramping in the calf when they exercise,” but the symptoms are typically alleviated after three to five minutes of rest. Katz reported Williams has been playing with PAES “for years” and that a source said his condition was “not too serious.” According to Katz, the Celtics were aware of the condition prior to selecting Williams with the 27th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Texas A&M, where Williams played two seasons of college basketball, was also reportedly aware. Williams has missed back-to-back summer league games due to an injured right knee. He banged knees with an opposing player late in the first half of his debut Friday and later revealed his bumped knee is also suffering tendinitis.
It’s a nickname given Williams after he was drafted. He overslept and missed his introductory conference call with the media and subsequently missed his flight to Boston.
This is why I prefer only 14-15mpg for him. He showed a lot of different skills playing with Boston and obviously showed he’s a contributor on a contending team. But we won’t be contending this season. The best thing to do is play him in limited spurts and see if he can change the game in that amount of time. The time to worry about with Williams is 2-3 years from now why Scoot and Shae will be towards the end of their rookie deals with some experience under their belts. If he’s healthy, he will be a major contributor. When we are out of contention for the play-in or maybe even the 8th seed if we want to start tanking early, don’t even think think about playing Williams. The best thing we can hope for is a team sees Williams dominate games for us in little stretches and is willing to bet on giving him a bigger role.
This is why Boston obviously had him on a minutes restriction, that and the fact that the dude has missed time with knee surgeries and knee pain many many times in his young career.
By Sam Quinn Sep 23, 2022 at 2:32 pm ET•1 min read Celtics' Robert Williams III undergoes knee surgery, will resume basketball activities in 8-12 weeks Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III underwent arthroscopic knee surgery this week, but the timeline on his recovery has changed. While initial reports suggested that Williams would be out for 4-6 weeks, the Celtics announced in a statement that he will resume basketball activities in 8-12 weeks. Williams has a lengthy injury history, and most notably, he suffered a torn meniscus last season that kept him out of the end of the regular season while limiting him in the playoffs. Williams is very reliant on his athleticism. He is one of the NBA's premier rim protectors and overall defenders, so getting him back up to 100 percent physically is absolutely essential. The Celtics started last season 23-24, but skyrocketed up to the top of the standings when they tweaked Williams' role defensively to allow him more flexibility to roam around and make plays. The Celtics wound up finishing with the NBA's No. 1 defense, and had Williams remained healthy, it is possible that he, not teammate Marcus Smart, would have won the league's Defensive Player of the Year award.
After only playing 35 games in the 2022-23 regular season (averaging 23.5 mpg) , Timelord played every game (20 games) in the 2023 playoffs averaging 21 minutes a game.
He graduated college with a physics degree and I guess in his off time he created the worlds first ever Time Machine. Pretty cool story if you ask me.
He's missed a lot of regular season games, but in the last two playoffs, 2022 and 2023, he missed 7 games out of 44, and played in all 20 playoff games in 2023.
If you have 6 minutes, Mike Richman quickly goes over the health of both Williams and Brogdon. Well done by him. You can skip ahead to 2:14 which I have done in the clip below. Good news: Brogdon's trade to the Clippers wasn't nixed necessarily because of poor health. It was because of a deadline for the Porzingis trade. There was no time for a physical. The trade didn't happen because the Clippers weren't able to review his medicals. Bad News: Williams is probably not the same player that was a DPOY candidate.
