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Williams has been a joke since last December at UA.
What makes the Williams mistake less flagrant for the moment is that the whole second round sucks.
Williams has been a joke since last December at UA.
Still though, if I were going to roll the dice on somebody...it wouldn't have been Marcus Williams. He wasn't even on our radar... I feel that any of those guys I listed would have been a better gamble than Marcus.
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Issue date: 11/20/07 Section: Sports
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Marcus Williams thought he had it good when he left for the NBA as a projected first-round pick after two seasons with Arizona. He saw a non-scholastic future with lots of cash, and signing Rob Pelinka, Kobe Bryant's agent, didn't hurt his chances of making it big.
But the former Wildcat was waived by the Austin Toros of the NBA's Development League on Wednesday - a day before the team's first game. Fifteen days before that, Williams - the 33rd overall pick in June's NBA draft - was waived by the San Antonio Spurs after averaging 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in seven preseason games.
It's not too surprising that he was dropped from a talent-laden Spurs' squad more in need of a point guard than a small forward. Falling through the D-league is shocking.
Thirty-one players from Arizona were drafted in the Lute Olson era before Williams, and only four of them never saw floor time in an NBA regulation game.
Williams is probably the most shocked.
"People compare me to Penny Hardaway," Williams wrote on his MySpace page. "I personally think I will end up better than him."
Seeing as though Williams just turned 21 on Sunday, it's not impossible for him to end up better than Hardaway. He's got time, but he's got a way to go. A long way.
Like Williams, Hardaway played only two seasons in college - with Memphis - and was the third pick overall in the 1993 draft. He played in 82 games with Orlando the following season, averaging over 16 points in 36 minutes per game. He was an All-Star from 1995-1998 and had his own shoe line. Even the Lil' Penny puppet (with Chris Rock's voice) from the '90s Nike commercials made it big.
If we're ever going to see anything like a Lil' Williams puppet, Williams needs to step it up.
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/med...-3111970.shtml
A misquote from a myspace page that hasn't been updated in almost a year isn't terribly good source material.
Thank God it's from a year ago I actually thought he said he thinks he'll be better than Hardaway although he just got waived from a D-League team.
The reason the pick was so bad isn't because Williams didn't make the team, it's because the Spurs drafted the worst player in the draft at 33.
Exactly what I thought. The pick made me think RC Buford was drunker than I was by the 2nd round of the draft.
Marcus injured his wrist. It's legit.
timetable for return?
, will he return?
The impression I get is that it's not very long term and he will be back.
Cool, thanks.
I get the feeling I'm the only guy in this forum that thinks this kid still has a shot to be an NBA player....even with the Spurs at some point.
If i have well understood how the D-League works, Toros waiving Williams means nothing about Williams sucking or not ?
It's just that you had to waive him to have enough healthy players for the start of the season.
He's Baaaaaack....
12pts 5asts 3rebs in Toros debut
Toros Re-Acquire Marcus Williams
November 30, 2007 - 6:30 pm
RealGM Staff Report -
The Austin Toros have re-acquired forward Marcus Williams who had been injured during the preseason, and waived their seventh-round selection in this years D-League Draft, guard Daryl "Majic" Dorsey.
Williams who was in uniform today and scored 12 points against the Sioux Falls Skyforce, was the San Antonio Spurs second round selection in the 2007 NBA Draft after playing two seasons at Arizona. He averaged 13 points a game in 2005-06 and 16.6 points and 6.7 rebounds the following season for the Wildcats. In 2007 he was named to the All Pac-10 team.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...rcus_williams/
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