Trabion Williams is a force, a physical and powerful old school center, low and prosperous. At the same time, while at Purdue, Williams spent each season trying to slim down and lose weight. In court, he sometimes tried to do more than he really was, but that didn’t help the boilermaker.
Now Williams is participating Boston Celtics A summer league team to see if he can play a role in the NBA after breaking the draft on Thursday. Celtics fans should be familiar with the former Purdue University tycoon. He certainly brings something to the Las Vegas table. Here’s all that fans need to know about the latest players on the Celtics Summer League team:
As a college junior, Williams did it all. He was ranked second in the nation in terms of usage and led a boiler maker with assistance — as a center. He put the ball in the basket in various ways.
He was the main character of Purdue. With everything the boilermaker did, Williams was the focus of the design. He was the first Team All Big Ten Selection. He averaged 15.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Williams decided to return to Purdue for his senior years, even though his value was the highest ever following his impressive junior campaign. What happened next? Now, Purdue introduced Jaden Ivey’s fifth overall pick of the future and gave the 7’4 inch Zach Edey a big role. Therefore, Williams was pushed to the back burner.
As a senior, Williams was driven to the bench and played only 20.1 minutes of the match. His number dropped to 12.0 points, with 7.2 rebounds per contest. On the bright side, Williams provided an average of 3.0 assists in many of the point center roles. He also won the League’s Sixman of the Year Award and made the third team an All Big Ten.
Oh, yes. Williams is, in fact, a four-year college student who came out of the bench during his senior season. But the situation in Williams is much more complicated than that.
Let’s start with intangible assets. Williams is 21 years old. Williams is 6 feet -10. Williams has a wingspan of 7 feet 3. As mentioned earlier, Williams worked on his weight and went from 325 in his first year to 265 in his fourth year. It’s all there. We are looking at a 6’10 point center with a 7’3 wingspan weighing 265. This is potentially fatal to a hostile team.
What does Williams bring to the Boston Celtics?
First of all, he is a great passerby. The Celtics Summer League Ag team can certainly carry out an attack through him via the High Post. From there, Williams uses his excellent vision and touch to find a shooter after bullying inside. As for the score, Williams can finish by catching everything thrown and touching it near the basket.
Williams must defend from anywhere on the court for his elite pass ability, but he is not a threat from the deep or midrange. With respect to more concerns, Williams is responsible for defense in both drop coverage and switching coverage. We hope that defensive-oriented Ime Udoka and defensive-oriented Celtics will help improve that part of the Williams game.
Williams is valuable, but there is something to do. He’s still far from complete, and he’s sure of the work in progress for the Celtics. But Williams has one thing that Celtics fans will love. It’s work ethic. If that is maintained and as a result his game continues to improve, Celtics fans may be seeing undrafted theft.
