Saturday, May 6, 2017
Free Agency Scenario Acquiring Alan Williams
Alan "Big Sauce" Williams is one of those good basketball players in which he's not getting the attention he deserve, being a bench player behind Alex Len and playing for a non-playoff team may be the reasons why. But the undrafted Power Forward has shown in the league that he deserves to be an NBA player. Before being signed by the Phoenix Suns in a contract, Big Sauce was a player in the Chinese Basketball Association who averaged 20 PPG, and 15 RPG for over the 35 games he played.
How Good is Alan Williams? Is He better than Gorgui Dieng?
Alan Williams 2016/2017 Stat 19.59 PER
7.4 PPG, 6.2 RPG, .5 APG, .7 BPG, .6 SPG, 15 MPG .515 FG% .625 FT%
Gorgui Dieng 2016/2017 Stat 14.19 PER
10 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.2 BPG, 1 SPG 32 MPG .502 FG% .814 FT%
Seeing the side by side comparison of their statistics in the regular season I can say that production wise Alan Williams is near what Gorgui Dieng is producing in 32 minutes in the court in which he only needed half of the minutes Gorgui is playing. The only thing Dieng is better at Williams is his FT%, we all know that the Power Forward is a position in which you commonly get calls at in the post. Alan Williams only makes 62.5% of his free throws.
What does his Game Look Like?
Post Moves
Floaters
Follow-Up / Tip-ins
Alan Williams as a power forward has it all for his position. He knows how to use his size to his advantage, being a smaller size PF in 6'8" he uses floaters in which making his shots harder to block, some might also say he has mastered the are of floater jump shots. Also even though being a small sized power forward he has always managed to grab offensive rebounds in which 2 out of his 6 rebounds per game are offensive boards, also he has always has a touch for follow-ups./ tip-ins in the game.
The Problem?
Sure Alan Williams would be a great fit for the Wolves, but acquiring him might be a problem for Minnesota, not because of the money but because of being a Restricted Free Agent. And we all know the Timberwolves has nothing good to lose in their arsenal if they are trying to acquire him in a sign and trade with Phoenix. And I don't think that Thibodeau will trade in our 6th pick in the draft for a 24 year old power forward.
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