Robert Williams (Merged Threads)

[Beat LA]

"One stoplight town" crew checking in .

[erisred]

I found this blog by a female runner who was diagnosed with PAES and had the surgery done on both legs. The scars do look nasty and because one of her legs was completely blocked and she had to have muscle removed and an artery bypass done, she's probably never going to get back to where she was.

I'm not a doctor, and I don't play one on forums, but as a layman looking in from the outside it is worrying.

[JHTruth]

The story I read is this is not an uncommon condition for players. The Celtics don't seem concerned.
 
I suspect the story has a hype factor attached to it, as Williams seems to have made himself a media target.

It's just off season clickbait. He hasn't any problems with the artery thing since mid-last year..

[JHTruth]

Once Williams cleared to go, hoping soon, can see him taking Theis’ minutes if Theis rehab spills into season. They’re similar players in skill set and body type. Theis more experienced, better shooter, RW more athletic. I could see RW jump ahead of Yabu for minutes as back up big in any event.

Theis is actually not that great of a shooter. RW3 should be competing for those minutes this season

[BitterJim]

Once Williams cleared to go, hoping soon, can see him taking Theis’ minutes if Theis rehab spills into season. They’re similar players in skill set and body type. Theis more experienced, better shooter, RW more athletic. I could see RW jump ahead of Yabu for minutes as back up big in any event.

Theis is actually not that great of a shooter. RW3 should be competing for those minutes this season

He didn't say Theis was great, just that he was better than Williams (which is an understatement). That has a lot to do with Williams being absolutely horrible

[gouki88]

Once Williams cleared to go, hoping soon, can see him taking Theis’ minutes if Theis rehab spills into season. They’re similar players in skill set and body type. Theis more experienced, better shooter, RW more athletic. I could see RW jump ahead of Yabu for minutes as back up big in any event.

Theis is actually not that great of a shooter. RW3 should be competing for those minutes this season

He didn't say Theis was great, just that he was better than Williams (which is an understatement). That has a lot to do with Williams being absolutely horrible

Plus, in the 20 games prior to getting injured, Theis was shooting right about 40% from deep. He was definitely improving as he got more confident

[SHAQATTACK]

Billys Knee

[Roy H.]

A passing thought I had: tendinitis causes pain, and the artery issue causes cramping and pain, among other issues. Could the “lack of motor” and conditioning issues be a simple case of pain management? And with better treatment, could Williams’ “motor” improve?

It seems obvious, but it’s easier to play hard all the time if you’re not constantly playing through pain.

[footey]

A passing thought I had: tendinitis causes pain, and the artery issue causes cramping and pain, among other issues. Could the “lack of motor” and conditioning issues be a simple case of pain management? And with better treatment, could Williams’ “motor” improve?

It seems obvious, but it’s easier to play hard all the time if you’re not constantly playing through pain.

Yeah, I had same thought. Very possible.

If he has experienced this problem through college, can only imagine the pain management challenges in an NBA schedule. Let’s hope that team trainers and doctors devise a regimen that solves or at least minimizes pain issues.

[rollie mass]

I remember jaylen opening his car door and finding the car packed with popcorn-now that was immature
Rosier punking Ainge recently on Tv was immature.
Marcus bashing a mirror
rondo bashing a wall
Sully bashing his girlfriend There have been several instances of missed practices by players.
So Robert missed a practice and collided knees aggravating mild tendonitis.
His teammate from college said he never missed a practice and was a good guy.
The artery issue may explain his sometimes hot and cold motor as he played through the problem.
The praise of his coaches since plane miss has not registered with those that want him to be a bust or written off.
The kid is twenty,Matter of fact, i think too harsh a public judgement is immature.
To draft a player with known immaturity issues at 20, so it is not surprising when they happen so early into the process.Now with,a personal coach who played for Brad and was assistant coach of Red Claws ,a brand new state of art practice facility with trainers and physios while being surrounded by hard working young players and interesting mix of vets.That's called structure.
Working on shooting technique,foul shots and ball handling while watching game from bench is a valuable use of down time.
Las Vegas is valuable as he bonds with teammates and just get familar with the circus of being a pro.

[footey]

Austin Ainge yesterday on how the Celtics plan to use Williams:

“The biggest advantage is he fell to where we were,” Ainge said. “Experience always helps. Experience and age is always a benefit. We’re going to put him in a little bit different situation than he had at (Texas) A&M. Through no fault of the coaches, they just had great bigs and lots of bigs. We’re going to play him almost exclusively at the 5 and we think he’s going to take advantage of it. We think he’s going to be able to show more in the NBA game than he was able to in college. It’s going to take some time and some work.”

[playdream]

His leg situation can(and should) be treated well by Chinese medicine and acupuncture, surgery at this point is too risky.

Hope they find him a good doctor

[KG Living Legend]

Once Williams cleared to go, hoping soon, can see him taking Theis’ minutes if Theis rehab spills into season. They’re similar players in skill set and body type. Theis more experienced, better shooter, RW more athletic. I could see RW jump ahead of Yabu for minutes as back up big in any event.

Theis is actually not that great of a shooter. RW3 should be competing for those minutes this season

He didn't say Theis was great, just that he was better than Williams (which is an understatement). That has a lot to do with Williams being absolutely horrible

 Geesh. Bitter Jim. Bitter much? Bobby is the Goat.

[footey]

Listening to his interview this morning, he’s still experiencing pain. My guess is he won’t play tomorrow. Probably done for the summer league. Better to get him ready for preseason. Hope I’m wrong but being real here.

[IDreamCeltics]

Is his whole contract guaranteed?