How bad/good is Cody Williams?

[whatthe]

He played a few minutes at the 5.....uh...what? How does that work?!

 

[Roy_McAvoy]

He played a few minutes at the 5.....uh...what? How does that work?!

That's what a stronger body and a now 7'2" wingspan will do for you. If he works really hard he literally has the potential to be able to play all 5 positions.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

That's what a stronger body and a now 7'2" wingspan will do for you. If he works really hard he literally has the potential to be able to play all 5 positions.

7'1" ws, but yeah, he's long and the added weight only helps.

 

[Roy_McAvoy]

7'1" ws, but yeah, he's long and the added weight only helps.

He grew an inch the past year since he was measured at the nba combine.
He's gotten bigger.

 

[sip]

I'm excited to see the what Cody and Ace can do defensively. We haven't had that type of length defensively since probably AK and Brewer but they were kind offset by Boozer and Okur. Add in a healthy Hendricks and Kessler and you may have the makings of a damn good defense. Plenty of length to hopefully offset Key defensively or ideally it forces him to take ownership on that end of the court. He has the physical tools to be decent on that end of the court but he has been surrounded by terrible perimeter defenders since he was drafted so it may have led to a mindset of not caring that much. It seems like guys try harder on that end of the court when other guys are putting in the work as well.

 

[Rubashov]

I've actually caught a bit of his play during summer league and I filmed my reaction

 

[Coach Ellis]

He played a few minutes at the 5.....uh...what? How does that work?!

I’m assuming it was just when he got switched guarding the center. Probably not an intentional choice. I did notice it happen a couple of times while I was watching the game. Their defense was a little odd at times.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Look, I’m happy that Cody’s shown some improvement and I’m still hopeful that he’s going to pan out - with that said, I just wonder how things would look right now if this team had Ace Bailey, Matas Buzelis (instead of Cody) and GG Jackson (instead of Sensabaugh).

Collier/WCJ
Bailey/Keyonte
Buzelis/GG
Markkanen/Hendricks
Kessler/Filipowski

That’s a LONG, athletic team.

 

[homeytennis]

Look, I’m happy that Cody’s shown some improvement and I’m still hopeful that he’s going to pan out - with that said, I just wonder how things would look right now if this team had Ace Bailey, Matas Buzelis (instead of Cody) and GG Jackson (instead of Sensabaugh).

Collier/WCJ
Bailey/Keyonte
Buzelis/GG
Markkanen/Hendricks
Kessler/Filipowski

That’s a LONG, athletic team.

Flip would still get torched on D as a backup 5.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

My eye test tells me he's getting lower on his drives, which is the main factor that prevented him from being able to get anywhere last year.