Comments on: Latavious Williams made history last night, but who is this guy?

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[...] Williams was the example in last year’s draft. He skipped college and went to the NBA Developmental League. Although Williams wasn’t as talented as Jennings, he still parlayed his athleticism into [...]

By: MoneyInDaClutch

MoneyInDaClutch — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:04:05 +0000

ay man he sounds nice nd all. bt what if this kid dnt develop… we’ll be calling him the next ndudi ebi ahhaah (who member him)!

By: tony dutt

tony dutt — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:53:37 +0000

nice Article. As LW Agent I would like to add that he has as much talent at his age as several of my current and past players he is a kid who has a PASSION” for the game. He is willing to work and has proven to me to have what it takes to play at a high level in the NBA, I look forward to watching him develop over the D League season.

By: J.G.

J.G. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:46 +0000

@GAP Thanks for the link. I didn't know Draft Express did D-League recaps.

By: GAP

GAP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:27 +0000

@Jax Raging Bile Duct
Check this profile on him out from Draftexpress.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Latavious-Williams-5681/

By: J.G.

J.G. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:24:44 +0000

@Keith Excellent post.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:29 +0000

@J.G.
Isn’t that just the thing with Smith? If he were to say one day, “You know what? For the rest of the season I’m not playing more than 15 feet from the basket on offense and I’m going to consistently make rotations on defense,” he could easily be a 20 and 10 guy with 3.5 blocks. But he won’t, because he loves taking bad shots and focusing more on defensive highlights. I suppose it could be a backhanded compliment to compare these two, but I really didn’t mean it that way. Josh Smith is like a how-to basketball video for elite athletes. Every game even the average fan can watch and say, “Wow, that was an amazing use of his natural talents,” just as easily as, “wow, if that guy would have just stuck to what worked, he wouldn’t have been a liability on the court the last 5 minutes.”

By: J.G.

J.G. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:45 +0000

@Jax Raging Bile Duct Haha...well I was just afraid everyone was going to be like, "Dude, what were you doing watching the D-League draft on NBATV last night? Get a life, loser." Please don't judge me, it's just...drafts. I don't know why but I just love them, like a moth to a flame. If there was a Bowling Tricks Draft on the Ocho, I'd probably watch that too, maybe even brush up on who was in it and what their relative strengths and weaknesses are. @spike The thing about Josh Smith that has always frustrated me is that he has such an unique set of talents and such a raw combination of athleticism that if he ever could put it all together and really buy into the philosophy of whoever is coaching him, man, he'd be a nightmare (though him being the youngest player to 900 blocks in NBA history shows that he already is something of an imposing force around the rim). But yeah, I took it as a compliment but can see the backhanded part now, too. :)

By: spike

spike — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:57:44 +0000

Yeah, I honestly thought the Josh Smith comparison from Keith was a sarcastic backhanded compliment, but then I realized maybe it wasn’t? haha…

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:49 +0000

I gotcha. No, I don’t subscribe to either. I’ll check to see if they have any free stuff on him.

Now you’ve got my interest piqued. I wanna see this kid play!