Patrick Williams vowed he was nervous the night before his (predecessor) NBA debut.
““It was last night,” Williams said with a pause and a smile. “Too many thoughts, too many thoughts.”
You will never know by watching it on Friday. Williams provided the silver lining for the performance of the Marybound Bulls, while scoring 12-points and three rebounds while shooting 5-for-9 off the field. Jay Z and Drake’s pre-sleep dose he said he worked for tea to calm himself down.
So, too, was the advice of head coach Billy Donovan, who said that the biggest thing to watch out for from Williams in his first game action after the morning shooting was that he was ‘self-defeating’ for deception and simple and non-selfish, yet aggressive, basketball. L.
““He (Donovan) just kind of told me to play my game,” Williams said. “Of course you’re going to get nervous. But don’t go out there and try to do something that you can’t or it’s out of your character.
“Trust your skills, trust your instincts. That kind of helps me settle for sure. Nerves, initially they were there. So just tell the coach to relax and play your game and things will come to you, which helped calm me down a lot. “
Williams said that the nerve continues through the warmth of prejudice: “It was overwhelming. You run and you just start thinking that you are really going to play your first NBA preseason game. ”
But his first NBA bucket transition came with a pull-up, 22-footer, pose over Eric Gordon. On the front post, he drew another water but turned his foot on the first step and blew the whistle for the journey.
“I definitely don’t use it, that’s for sure,” Williams said with a laugh when asked how he’s adjusting the pace of the NBA game. “It was definitely fast, just making the right reading.”
He settled in the third quarter, where he scored 6 of his 12 points. Two other pull-ups came off the midfield. Two bent came on the floater after taking an abusive attitude. And the final two – perhaps the most impressive of his nights – came by drive, bump, spin and fading floater route on Ben McLemore.
Instructive that Williams’ primary assignment at night was to be “himself”, the bag was on display. And when he asked about the shot-making he showed, he turned his attention to his teammate.
“This kind of game has become easier not only for me, but also for my teammates,” Williams asked. “The defense kind of had to see me as a threat. It wasn’t so much for me, but it opened the driving lane for other types of players and things like that. I’m just aggressive, everyone on the bench, the vet on the bench and the people there, they were telling me to be aggressive, look at my spots, take open shots. “
Wendell Carter Jr. said, “He is a very calm and very simple person. It reaches its destinations. He takes his shots. “
Donovan echoed that sentiment.
“He has a really good feeling for the game,” Donovan said. “He very rarely pushes shots. He makes good decisions, he is a good passerby. We tried to put it in some pick and roll situations.
“He’s really, really good when he goes to the elbow, paint area where he can shoot that lean shot with one hand. He’s very good. I thought he played very well, considering the fact that there There’s no real summer league or training camp, and he was kind of coming here after the draft and the type of start.
Relieved of opportunities from John W. Lathi to Eric Gordon, Williams also spent time doing tough defensive work. It also committed three turnovers, which produced the production duties of the game as the game progressed.
But, apt for a 21-point loss that saw distorted offense and leak defense, Williams had the biggest takeover team variation.
“It was a really good experience,” Williams said. “I think I’ve played well. I think I and the rest of the team, now we have a film that we can watch and things that we can get better at.”
That process now begins with curiosity. Second date looms with rockets.
“Williams said about facing a live contest. “Now we have a movie that we can go ahead, go to the gym tomorrow and fix some things and come back on Sunday.”
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