How should (can) the Nets get rid of Sean Williams?

Can the Nets get anything of value for him in a trade? Should they send him to the Development League and hope that he miraculously learns how to play basketball?

With Lopez, Boone, Anderson, and Yi, there is clearly no place for him on the team. He has no basketball skills or court awareness and his potential is limited. Eventually he might turn into a guy that can play spot minutes as a shot blocker, but as of now he is an enormous liability. There has to be some team that is willing to take a gamble on him, right?

 

[blazer]I say we package him, Anderson, and CDR for Carmelo Anthony [/blazer]

 

D-League

 

+1

We're not going to get a better player than him in a trade anyway. At least he has potential, no reason to give up on him when we're not under any pressure to do so.

 

Definately D-League.

The chances of someone risking giving something good are slim. The chances of him improving are much higher which means no point trading him for crap right now.

 

Nate Robinson; though the Nets would just be getting rid of the next Amar'e Stoudemire for someone who isn't a basketball player - just an athletic guy who can jump high and shoot occasional 3's.

 

Nate Robinson's game is more like Amare's than Swat's is. Nate has his faults in that he is a chucker... he's not a PG by any means. But he has legit skills. If he was 6'4, he'd be an All-Star. I would love to have him come off our bench and tool on a 2nd unit. I think he'd build morale in the locker room, he goes crazy when his teammates succeed.

 

I know, I was being sarcastic for the numerous people who agreed with those sentiments. If I remember correctly they were:

1. Swat can turn out to be Amar'e. I couldn't say otherwise since I didn't watch him as extensively as the Nets front office.
2. Swat >>>> Nate. It is foolish to believe otherwise.
3. Swat is not a distraction at all and the Nets should not worry about this in the future
4. Dooling > Nate
5. Nate is not a basketball player, just an athletic guy who can dunk and shoot 3's
6. Nate is a malcontent and a distraction

 

sean for marco belinelli makes perfect sense, we dont have the playing time available to see have sean develops but we might be able to give belinelli good minutes to see if he develops

 

Lolz. I don't know how many people here remember that dude from JBB who said that every time a player does bad, he should go to the D-League. For example, T-Mac had a bad game and he said "They should send his ass to the D-League. Dude is garbage" Or Tim Duncan "He's soft. D-League".

 

My terrible!

 

Agree with most your sentiments, but the Nets really don't have to worry about SWat as a head case.

 

what is the urgency? Boone is still hurt and swat is contributing in his own way. Why do they have to do anything just yet?? Why don't we just play it out, the more he gets to play he can only improve and learn the game. Remember he has only played in like 100 games in his whole life....

 

He's coming off his first full season of professional basketball, when he never played a full season of college and to the best of my recollection only played one or two years of high school.

As much as it might be popular to give up on his prospects here I think he should be sent down to the D-League where he can play and play a lot. He won't flourish sitting on the bench here or anywhere else we trade him.

 

I think we should just keep him and let him get his minutes any way he can. I don't think D-League is the answer because I think that could hinder any confidence he has in his game(even though at times on the court looks zero to none). Might as well let him play against NBA players and he has done an OK job on some players on the defensive end. With the injury bug hitting us like crazy this year I think it would make more sense to let him stay with the team.

 

Well, Dooling is better than Nate.

 

This guy has had plenty of time to develop his game in the NBA and he hasn't. Vince Carter said in the preseason that he thought Sean came in looking much improved and ready to step up (Remind me never to put V.C. on my scouting crew). I am convinced when I watch this guy play that he has the skill set of an average middle school basketball player and the athleticism of a freak. Unfortunately you can not get by with your athleticism at the NBA level. He is embarrassing to watch at times and he makes me cringe as a coach.

 

He doesn't seem that fragile to me. If anything, he seems to be kind of stubborn.

 

+1.

He needs to use that raw potential somewhere lol. There's nothing to loose.

 

disagree big time