Robert Williams (Merged Threads)

[moiso]

I'm with eja117 in that I thought it was some kind of substance abuse when he missed the conference call and this episode reinforces my thoughts.  What else would cause the guy to not care about the responsibilities related to his new job?  It could also be the reason he hightailed it out of Boston and flew home for such a short time.

[JHTruth]

He'll get it together....not giving up on him.

You'd think this kid eats babies and breathes fire with some of the comments here, lol.

All it takes is a few blocks and some nice alley oops from either Kyrie or GH and we'll be singing his praises once again.

Sports Fandom - rarely rational.

Exactly. It's partly so bad because we have no major moves in the can so this is all we have to bit..errr talk about

[JHTruth]

Can you imagine Coach Belichick dealing with this?

Well Belichick had a sociopathic murderer on his team so this would probably seem like small potatoes.. lol

[bellerephon]

I'm with eja117 in that I thought it was some kind of substance abuse when he missed the conference call and this episode reinforces my thoughts.  What else would cause the guy to not care about the responsibilities related to his new job?  It could also be the reason he hightailed it out of Boston and flew home for such a short time.

I'm not sure if you have experience working with young people, but trust me, this sort of thing is quite common. Yes drugs are a possibility. But so is ADHD, executive functioning issues, and simple lack of maturity. I'm not saying there's nothing going on, clearly there is an issue that needs to be addressed. But there are numerous possibilities.

[Eja117]

Kinda funny all the excuse making for him going on. He's immature? Really? So out of all the players drafted, tons of them are his age or younger. Some of them are operating in a 2nd language. Are they missing their calls and flights? How about last year?

Come on. There's a difference between immature and dumb as rocks or uninterested in his job. It's pretty clear we're dealing with a unique case here. This is LiAngelo Ball level dumb we're dealing with. Gotta nip this in the bud immediately.

[Eja117]

Can you imagine Coach Belichick dealing with this?

Well Belichick had a sociopathic murderer on his team so this would probably seem like small potatoes.. lol

But did he say stuff like "Well. This happens sometimes"?

[MaxAMillion]

LOL...so many posters were talking about Williams being in the rotation (some talked about him guarding Embid). There is a reason the guy was passed over. His motivation and maturity were rightfully questioned. The C's will be lucky if he ever contributes anything of significance.

[Eja117]

I'm with eja117 in that I thought it was some kind of substance abuse when he missed the conference call and this episode reinforces my thoughts.  What else would cause the guy to not care about the responsibilities related to his new job?  It could also be the reason he hightailed it out of Boston and flew home for such a short time.

I'm not sure if you have experience working with young people, but trust me, this sort of thing is quite common. Yes drugs are a possibility. But so is ADHD, executive functioning issues, and simple lack of maturity. I'm not saying there's nothing going on, clearly there is an issue that needs to be addressed. But there are numerous possibilities.

Or it could be entitlement.  I agree it needs to be addressed and if it's just not going to work out we need to find out sooner, rather than later.

[GreenFaith1819]

Kinda funny all the excuse making for him going on. He's immature? Really? So out of all the players drafted, tons of them are his age or younger. Some of them are operating in a 2nd language. Are they missing their calls and flights? How about last year?

Come on. There's a difference between immature and dumb as rocks or uninterested in his job. It's pretty clear we're dealing with a unique case here. This is LiAngelo Ball level dumb we're dealing with. Gotta nip this in the bud immediately.

C'mon man, LOL...love your stuff on here Eja but this is no where near LiAngelo Ball - level...

We won't be hearing from Chinese officials or dealing with Pres. Trump trying to claim victory for bringing him home or anything like this, lol....

Dude missed his flight. Combine this with him being late and now we're ranking him with stealing over seas?

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Dude, people need to chill. We are talking about the #27 pick in the draft - if he actually makes it as a back-up rotation player, that will be considered a roaring success. If this had happened to Brown or Tatum, perhaps we should be a little more concerned, but as it stands, the guy slid because of possible character concerns (and medical questions).

I am still very happy with the draft choice, but don't expect much out of him his first year or two anyway on such a stacked team.

He'll get it together....not giving up on him.

You'd think this kid eats babies and breathes fire with some of the comments here, lol.

All it takes is a few blocks and some nice alley oops from either Kyrie or GH and we'll be singing his praises once again.

Sports Fandom - rarely rational.

Seriously, right?

WHOA WHOA WHOA NELLIE

we have a certain poster here whi is gloating about his PHYSICAL anilities blah blah blah basically saying baynes and theis aint crap compared to him BLAH BLHA BLAH. baynes and theis have contributed and proven reliable. this kid has not proven anything yet at the NBA level. it does not matter what talent he has. and he is off to  bad start.  so far this kid is not as good as the two i listed.

[Eja117]

I feel that the repeated issues from Williams, knowing his issues have already cost him money, are starting to add up to one moment of idiocy from a younger person in a group. I suppose the consequences aren't as bad. However we're now sorta at the point where we're dealing with the mythical definition of insanity or something.

[cltc5]

Geez cut the kid a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.in break internet high and mighty 

[Eja117]

Geez cut the kid a ****in break internet high and mighty 

He doesn't get paid for breaks. Do your job.

Plus he's already been cut a break. How many breaks are we going to cut him? Should he have to make it to games or are my expectations just too tough for young people these days?

[Ogaju]

another bad look... I told yall the missed conference call was a bad look.

[bellerephon]

I'm with eja117 in that I thought it was some kind of substance abuse when he missed the conference call and this episode reinforces my thoughts.  What else would cause the guy to not care about the responsibilities related to his new job?  It could also be the reason he hightailed it out of Boston and flew home for such a short time.

I'm not sure if you have experience working with young people, but trust me, this sort of thing is quite common. Yes drugs are a possibility. But so is ADHD, executive functioning issues, and simple lack of maturity. I'm not saying there's nothing going on, clearly there is an issue that needs to be addressed. But there are numerous possibilities.

Or it could be entitlement.  I agree it needs to be addressed and if it's just not going to work out we need to find out sooner, rather than later.

Agreed, but still an issue that can be addressed. Maybe he will or maybe he won't, we will see. As long as he plays well and doesn't cross the line with his behavior (by that I mean reprehensible stuff, not minor stuff) it doesn't matter if he's a bit of a knucklehead.