Robert Williams (Merged Threads)

[rollie mass]

"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin"-Jack Nicholson Anger Management.
and that's a slam dunk

[CF033]

I'm mixed on this... Excited about the raw potential yet in the back of my mind I wonder if we're signing a problem player that will show glimmers of hope here and there but keep slipping up.

Time will tell.

[Eja117]

He didn't oversleep and miss signing on to the gravy train, then?

Hey! You can't say that! That's a terrible thing to say about someone. He's only 20. You're really jumping to crazy conclusions here.

[chilidawg]

Leave it to the people of New England to give him a participation trophy for showing up on his 2nd and 3rd days of work.

Leave it to cynical bitter New England sports fans to villify him forever for a couple rookie mistakes.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Leave it to the people of New England to give him a participation trophy for showing up on his 2nd and 3rd days of work.

Leave it to cynical bitter New England sports fans to villify him forever for a couple rookie mistakes.

tp

[BitterJim]

Ah, Celtic fans, always so supportive.

It's when we stop being sarcastic that you need to be worried. All of this comes from having pretty high expectations for him.

If people start acting like him missing a practice is no big deal or par for the course, THEN it's an issue

[Tr1boy]

Got to give credit where credit is due.  This kid hasn't missed a practice since Monday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZPmQxonCfI

Is this necessary?

Whats next , he makes ....3, 4?

[hwangjini_1]

He didn't oversleep and miss signing on to the gravy train, then?

Hey! You can't say that! That's a terrible thing to say about someone. He's only 20. You're really jumping to crazy conclusions here.

1. yes he can say that. indeed, he did say that.

2. yes it is terrible, but it isnt out of the blue.

3. he is only 20, so most of us are hopeful he will work out to at least be a rotation player, maybe better.

4. he wasnt jumping to any conclusions as much as trying to be humorous by extended and riffing off earlier threads.

5. even if these were conclusions, it would be more accurate to label them "presumptuous" or "premature" than "crazy.

6. and unrelated to your post, i really want to see how he plays tomorrow. 

[ozgod]

At some point you need to learn to look after yourself. That’s how you grow up to be a man. CelTics can help all they want and they should, to protect their investment. But the initiative has to come from the player. He can’t rely on Celtics to give him a wake up call every morning and hire a secretary for him to manage his practices and flights. That would just be enabling him. He’s getting paid a couple mill to do this with potential for a lot more. What they can do is pair him with a mentor he can learn good habits from who will hold him accountable. One of the young players like Tatum or Brown or a vet like Horford.

Hopefully those two public errors are the shock to the system he needs to realize that this will isnt college anymore.

[cltc5]

Looks like all parties are moving forward.  Hopefully the board moves forward too.

https://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/celtics-sign-robert-williams

Don’t hold your breath

[hwangjini_1]

Do we really need another Robert Williams thread?

evidently.

[SHAQATTACK]

its the 27 th pick

right now i give it a 50-50.  chance of bust .

you know its pretty much up to his wee little mind

to get himself on the straight and narrow , put his big boy pants on and greet real life.

[knuckleballer]

For those excited at getting their first look at this guy, the Celtics are playing their first summer league game tomorrow at 7:30 on ESPN.

[fairweatherfan]

Do you guys think Robert was on time for the plane to Vegas? 

[nickagneta]

Stop all talk of Boomers, Xers, Yers and Millenials. If you want to talker about the positives and negatives of those generations, then start another thread in Current Events