Grant Williams love from Zack Lowe

[Hoopvortex]

Another thought about Grant's game is his overall shooting percentages: 

overall fg% - 49.5%
3pt fg% - 44.7%
FT% - 92.1%

I don't think the Celtics have had a 50-40-90 shooter since Bird.  Grant may do it this year.  I just wish Ime would get him more 3pt. shots/game than his current 3.4/game.  Players shooting more 3s/game than Grant are: Tatum at 8.4/game; Brown at 7.2/game; White at 5.0/game; Smart at 4.9/game; and Horford at 4.0/game.

Ime get him more 3 pt attempts and also for what it is worth get Payton more 3 pt shots.

We really ought to stop using FG%. In Bird's era, it actually said something about a player's shooting, simply because the number of 3-pointers was so small. Particularly for a player like Grant, it is downright deceptive.

He's shooting .582 on 2-pointers. That's the number to look at, not FG%.

[wdleehi]

If he keeps improving, is he the player that takes Horford place in the starting lineup when Horford moves along.  (not this season and maybe not next season)

I don't think so.  a big part of what makes the Timelord/Al combo work on defense is they can both be backline defenders.  GWill doesn't have the height to be the shotblocker that discourages drives to the basket or cleans up the D when someone gets past the perimeter D.

Since I doubt they will find a Horford clone, the Celtics may just have to adjust with a new PF.   

And with the exception to a player like Embiid, Grant seems to hold up defensively. 

[Big333223]

That recovery block on Jokic the other night was really incredible. Effort and positioning. Great stuff.