Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams has been criticized publicly more than one times this season, especially after his stint with the Dallas Mavericks ended with a mid-season trade. After a Celtics commentator known as Williams a horrific teammate and annoying, Jayson Tatum defended Williams and referred to as him a extraordinary teammate.
“Grant Williams = Great teammate!”
Tatum is directly responding to what Celtics commentator Mike Gorman had to say about Grant, calling him a awful teammate and referring to his demanding habits.
“He used to be traumatic to everybody. I suppose he — I assume initially, every body thought, ‘Oh, isn’t he variety of a smart a–, however he’s kind of cute, and he’s kinda funny.’ And then it just kinda wore thin, and it received skinny shortly in Dallas obviously. If you start to take on [Luka] Doncic, you’re not gonna be round for long. So, yeah, he had some issues in that vicinity that if he doesn’t get rid of — he’s not true ample to have groups say, ‘Well, okay, but regardless of that, we’re gonna keep him right here ’cause he’s a terrific player.’ He’s now not — he’s an extra. He’s an eighth, ninth, tenth man on your roster, so these guys are very replaceable, specially if you get a guy that’s a terrible locker room guy. If you’re a horrific locker room man and you’re the eighth or ninth guy, you’re no longer gonna be the eighth or ninth guy for lengthy due to the fact you’re no longer gonna be on the team for long.”
Even if we can locate reasons to disagree, two contending groups moved on from Williams in 6 months. The Celtics and Tatum would possibly love him, however the team used to be extra than comfortable to watch him go away over the summer. The Mavericks couldn’t wait to pass off him after giving him a four-year contract in the summer.
Williams is having a suitable spell off the bench with the Charlotte Hornets, averaging 13.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists this season.
