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Cody Williams Hype and Appreciation Thread

I wouldn't try to put too much weight on Cody too quickly. If he's added 15 or 20 lbs at this point, that's enough for now. David Locke was suggesting he'd get up to 225 lbs eventually. I wouldn't go that far. He needs his mobility and whatever vertical explosiveness he can get.
 
framer said:
Dude looks like he fast forwarded 5 years. He will be a lot harder to move out of the post than he was as a Rookie.
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In that video he said he weighs about 245. Beast. I think he was about 210 as a rookie.
 
At this point I'm just flipping Cody and Flips draft position in my mind so I'm no longer judging Cody as a lottery pick. Flip looks like he was worth the 10th pick so that makes the draft solid. Cody on the other hand is showing enough upside that I view him as a solid pick at 32.
 
You pay in the draft for potential defensive and offensive versatility. You also have to pay for potential star power. Flip has offensive versatility but not defensive versatility.

Cody just the potential for both. Same with Hendricks.

I also think that Cody is getting worn out by playing so many minutes. Hopefully he can figure out how to sustain his effort for more than 7-8 minute stretches.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
You seem like a very intelligent human being. I'm not sure how you can't understand how these things are related.
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Maybe but not not necessarily.
You can look like LeBron and be unskilled and have a poor mentality.
Might or might not be the case with Cody

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Cody shooting .429 from 3 in this summer league.

The mentality will come. Would love to see him do some Izzo/Spartans like drills to work on the aggressive mentality of crashing the boards. Even on the sweet floater he hit, you can see once he releases it, he just stands there watching, with no getting into position to grab off a miss. Not worried about it. He obviously worked his *** off the last few months. These are things coaching and a talented older brother can push him to do.
 
fishonjazz said:
Maybe but not not necessarily.
You can look like LeBron and be unskilled and have a poor mentality.
Might or might not be the case with Cody

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The degree to which it helps is on the hopium scale, but I don't see how getting stronger won't help.

Getting stronger will help him look more skilled. He will be stronger getting to the rim and won't have to avoid contact as much leading to better angles at the basket. Last night he drove to the basket and was bumped which totally threw off his balance and he lost the ball. It had nothing to do with dribbling ability and everything to do with strength.

Getting stronger gives him more ways to be useful on the court that don't involve as much skill. He can play more down low, be more physical on defense, fight for rebounds, etc.

Playing well and being useful will improve his confidence. Being more confident should improve his willingness to try and do more things on the court.

No guarantees it makes as much difference as he needs, but I cant imagine it won't help.
 
Just watched that cody highlight video from the game. Very very nice. Hardy gonna have his hands full getting everyone minutes and touches. Very good that we got ride of the vets we got rid of.
 
fishonjazz said:
Just watched that cody highlight video from the game. Very very nice. Hardy gonna have his hands full getting everyone minutes and touches. Very good that we got ride of the vets we got rid of.
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Cody looked very good last night
Seems to have good mechanics and form on his jump shot
 
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