The 2018 NBA Manifesto
Marvin Williams
PF - 6’9, 237lbs - 32 years old - 13 years of experience
Williams is the fifth option on offence, and that option is to be a weakside catch-and-shoot threat. He was good at this this season, averaging a career-best 41.3% from three-point range. It came on only 3.9 attempts per game while playing 25.3 minutes per contest. Not all shooters are taking the same difficulty and frequency of shots, and so simply comparing their overall percentages is uninsightful. But 41.3% is pretty tidy, no matter how open they all were.
Defensively, given that he is now firmly entrenched as a face-up stretch four, Williams hustles about and does a good job of competing with guys like himself. He does not play defence with his hands, block shots at the rim, or rebound much (a mere 10.0% rate this season), yet he tracks quite well and does not back down.
However, all of the above, even the good bits, do unfortunately not make Williams worth the money he is getting. On the downside of his career, he surely never will live up to this contract. Heady yet quiet, Williams disappears for stretches, as can any player who needs setting up all the time and who does not win many possessions. Williams betters any team he is on, including this one, yet his production is slipping in the latter years of his career, and he is only a starter on teams with no other options. This is a good glue guy for better-than-glue-guy money. You can just sign Anthony Tolliver instead.
RANDOM MEANINGLESS FACT - Marvin Williams has averaged 0.8 turnovers per game for six consecutive seasons. This pleases the weirder ones amongst us who like such uniformity in our lives.
Player Plan: Two years and $29,093,750 remaining, the last of which is a player option. Could very much foresee this winding up in a stretch/playoff buyout situation at some point during the 2019/20 season. For now, move if possible, but not giving up things of value to do so.
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PF - 6’9, 237lbs - 32 years old - 13 years of experience
Williams is the fifth option on offence, and that option is to be a weakside catch-and-shoot threat. He was good at this this season, averaging a career-best 41.3% from three-point range. It came on only 3.9 attempts per game while playing 25.3 minutes per contest. Not all shooters are taking the same difficulty and frequency of shots, and so simply comparing their overall percentages is uninsightful. But 41.3% is pretty tidy, no matter how open they all were.
Defensively, given that he is now firmly entrenched as a face-up stretch four, Williams hustles about and does a good job of competing with guys like himself. He does not play defence with his hands, block shots at the rim, or rebound much (a mere 10.0% rate this season), yet he tracks quite well and does not back down.
However, all of the above, even the good bits, do unfortunately not make Williams worth the money he is getting. On the downside of his career, he surely never will live up to this contract. Heady yet quiet, Williams disappears for stretches, as can any player who needs setting up all the time and who does not win many possessions. Williams betters any team he is on, including this one, yet his production is slipping in the latter years of his career, and he is only a starter on teams with no other options. This is a good glue guy for better-than-glue-guy money. You can just sign Anthony Tolliver instead.
RANDOM MEANINGLESS FACT - Marvin Williams has averaged 0.8 turnovers per game for six consecutive seasons. This pleases the weirder ones amongst us who like such uniformity in our lives.
Player Plan: Two years and $29,093,750 remaining, the last of which is a player option. Could very much foresee this winding up in a stretch/playoff buyout situation at some point during the 2019/20 season. For now, move if possible, but not giving up things of value to do so.
