Mark Williams - 2022 NBA Draft Prospect

[timvp]

Details on rumor of Mark Williams being targeted by Spurs at the ninth pick



Mark Williams
Age: 20.5
School: Duke
Height w/ Shoes: 7-foot-2
Height w/o Shoes: 7-feet
Wingspan: 7-foot-6.5
Position: C

Strengths
+Dunks everything
+Catches everything
+Rim protection

Weaknesses
-Shooting
-Passing
-Defensive mobility

Details on rumor of Mark Williams being targeted by Spurs at the ninth pick

[R. DeMurre]

The Love Song of Mark Williams
by Timvp


Williams is a 7-foot center out of Duke
with a reported 7-foot-7 wingspan.
He’s not a shooter or passer
but he’s an elite finisher at the rim.

He has great hands and dunks everything
(he led the nation in dunks, in fact).

Williams scores extremely high
with regard to his character,
comes from a strong family

(his dad is a gastroenterologist,
his sister is in the WNBA)

and plays a focused brand of basketball.

I think Williams at nine is a bit of a stretch
(he was 22 on my latest Spurs Big Board)
but he’d be a fine pick at 20.

[slick'81]

Is he better then duren for a true c?

[Chinook]

That he's a giant is certainly interesting. I don't mind him taken for depth, but he'd be a weird pick at 9. I want the team to take a center with one of their four picks, but unless they see a top-10 center in his future, I can't imagine it feeling like good value to take him.

Now if they trade Poeltl to Chicago or Charlotte on the other hand, they might have an extra pick to take him. That could make sense. I don't want them to trade Poeltl, but you could see it working out.

[mookie2001]

This one doesn't have his scouting report.

[rascal]

That he's a giant is certainly interesting. I don't mind him taken for depth, but he'd be a weird pick at 9. I want the team to take a center with one of their four picks, but unless they see a top-10 center in his future, I can't imagine it feeling like good value to take him.

Now if they trade Poeltl to Chicago or Charlotte on the other hand, they might have an extra pick to take him. That could make sense. I don't want them to trade Poeltl, but you could see it working out.

You take him if Duren is off the board( But prefer Duren as he has more upside) and a trade with Charlotte is in the works for Poeltl. Then the Spurs add another targeted player at 13.

[Degoat]

I’ve warmed up to the idea of him at 9 tbh not saying that’s who I want but it all depends on if the spurs have a plan for the draft or just plan to draft the best player available at each pick

[Joseph Kony]

I like this kid if he's there at 9. Spurs should sell high on Poeltl before he needs to be re-signed, imo

[Ocotillo]

What does the 9th pick in the draft get paid? Just curious as to how that matches up with Jak's current deal.

[south side spur]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P5CkVpaxtE8

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Would much rather have burn after all is said and done at 25 or 38 than Williams. We should be drafting a center, but not reaching for one at 20. There are other good talents available that dont have the atrocious descriptors this guy has. Shame on Patfo if they take this dude that high.

From LJ's article, "...(Williams) is not a shooter or passerbut he’s an elite finisher at the rim."

Why on earth would the Spurs waste a mid first round pick on a center like that? We already have a center like that with MUCH better defensive skills.

burn has some of the sweetest feet in this draft for an old school center and can score old school, at times rather easily. Thats what we need. Not Poeltl 1.5

[rascal]

I like this kid if he's there at 9. Spurs should sell high on Poeltl before he needs to be re-signed, imo

Agree, need to move Poeltl on draft night in a draft package with one of the later picks as his value will be higher on draft night than later because teams will acquire centers on draft night that are in need. Poeltl's value will drop after draft night.

You won't get back as much in return(draft capital that is where the value will be for Poeltl) the longer you hold onto Poeltl and the Spurs can structure their draft(grabbing a center) knowing Poeltl won't be on the team.

[PhantomDashCam]

Would much rather have burn after all is said and done at 25 or 38 than Williams. We should be drafting a center, but not reaching for one at 20. There are other good talents available that dont have the atrocious descriptors this guy has. Shame on Patfo if they take this dude that high.

From LJ's article, "...(Williams) is not a shooter or passerbut he’s an elite finisher at the rim."

Why on earth would the Spurs waste a mid first round pick on a center like that? We already have a center like that with MUCH better defensive skills.

burn has some of the sweetest feet in this draft for an old school center and can score old school, at times rather easily. Thats what we need. Not Poeltl 1.5

FWIW...

He's always seemed a little Roy Hibbert-y to me but you can best believe if the Spurs take him at #9 it's because of the character and traits Schmitz mentions in his video.

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FWIW...

He's always seemed a little Roy Hibbert-y to me but you can best believe if the Spurs take him at #9 it's because of the character and traits Schmitz mentions in his video.

He scares me that we reach for a young kid again with potential like we did last year. Spurs cant afford potential with that high a draft pick. They need as close to a lock as possible for the respective draft position. I dont take him before 25, thanks in part to Primo's underwhelming play this year. Got to get some goods beyond being, "intrigued by his shooting touch" that never really showed itself in games with any consistency whatsoever outside the paint.

[daslicer]

Details on rumor of Mark Williams being targeted by Spurs at the ninth pick



Mark Williams
Age: 20.5
School: Duke
Height w/ Shoes: 7-feet
Height w/o Shoes: 7-foot-2
Wingspan: 7-foot-6.5
Position: C

Strengths
+Dunks everything
+Catches everything
+Rim protection

Weaknesses
-Shooting
-Passing
-Defensive mobility

Details on rumor of Mark Williams being targeted by Spurs at the ninth pick

You list him at 7'2 without shoes but with shoes he's 7ft. I'm assuming you made an error meant the opposite.

[Gibbz]

There's a better chance the Spurs take me at #9 than Mark Williams lasts to pick #20.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Spurs rarely draft centers out of college, so it's difficult to have an idea of what they value, but I'd assume his inability to be a switchable defender would prevent them from taking him at 9. At 20 sure, roll the dice, however after the combine he won't last until then.

[timvp]

You list him at 7'2 without shoes but with shoes he's 7ft. I'm assuming you made an error meant the opposite.

Good catch. Thanks.

[timvp]

Spurs rarely draft centers out of college, so it's difficult to have an idea of what they value, but I'd assume his inability to be a switchable defender would prevent them from taking him at 9. At 20 sure, roll the dice, however after the combine he won't last until then.

His measurements pretty much made him a top 15 lock. Longer than Gobert with good hands, coordination and a reliable motor? Yeah, that's a lottery pick. If the Spurs want him, it'd have to be at 9 now. But, like you said, I'm not sure he's a fit for what the Spurs want.

[Ice009]

Do you guys think the Spurs really are seriously considering him at number 9?

[John B]

I rather the Spurs address the go-to scorer first, Keegan, Mathurin, Sharpe. I’d be okay if they trade 20 and 25 to get Williams at 15th, but they have to deal Poeltl and maybe get a pick in return to get Jovic at PF. And yes ideally I would just use the 38th pick for burn or a project big.

[RC_Drunkford]

hard pass for me. His only real plus is his size. Other than that there are huge questionmarks. I wouldn't want him nowhere near #9

[couchman]

Errbody on this Duke team getting drafted and they somehow didn’t win it all!!
I like Williams but the 9th pick feels like a reach for him.
We do need size though. It is our number one team need imo, quickly followed by needing a go-to scorer.
The only obvious go-to scorers in the draft are Banchero and Ivey and maybe Murray, who will be gone at 9, so do we roll the dice on “potential” or do we go for a big that we like? Hmmmm

[The Truth #6]

Hopefully this Williams rumor is just a smokescreen. Having said that, the Spurs seem to fall in love with a player and then get overly nervous that someone else will grab him. If they draft him, I have to assume there is a trade involving Yak that brings back a starting forward. But I wonder how much Williams would play his first year anyway. The Spurs almost never draft someone expecting them to contribute immediately.

[rascal]

Hopefully this Williams rumor is just a smokescreen. Having said that, the Spurs seem to fall in love with a player and then get overly nervous that someone else will grab him. If they draft him, I have to assume there is a trade involving Yak that brings back a starting forward. But I wonder how much Williams would play his first year anyway. The Spurs almost never draft someone expecting them to contribute immediately.

If they trade Yak, Williams will be playing.