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Cody Williams Hype and Appreciation Thread

No matter what, the one thing you need is NBA basketball players, not "physical specimens", "sets of tools", "athletics", "wingspans"....
Are CD or TH NBA basketball players? That's the question to be answered.
 
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There is something there deep beneath the surface.

He has NBA athleticism and size, and can move his feet defensively. He has enough of that to be a threat in transition. He just has to learn how to shoot and/or be more confident/forceful in his drives.

He has the potential to be our best wing defender. If I had to give minutes to him or Taylor, I would probably opt for Cody as I see his defensive potential being so much higher
 
Tom Pitt said:
I know he turned 21 recently, but I still have not seen anything that has persuaded me Cody is an NBA player
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He has the body of a prototypical NBA player now. Mentally, he has been playing with an edge lately.

Cody will have a long NBA career... at least as a bench player. Calm, smart, coachable, consistent effort on defense, gets along with everyone - teams like this type of players. And if he develops any semblance of a shot he will be a starter in a couple of years.
 
Tidjane Salaun's improvement is giving me hope for Cody. Salaun is much more physically mature+higher motor, but he was about as bad as Cody last year and he's looking like a clear rotation guy now.

Best part of Cody's performance last game was getting 6 rebounds in a steal. He needs to be more active. Kind of like a Corey Brewer.
 
No idea where people are getting this optimism from. Cody had some decent performances last season too and it never led to anything.

Almost all his trad and advanced stats are trending in the wrong direction. He's lost like 50% of his minutes, his FTA's have disappeared completely, and he's shooting a handsome 11% from the perimeter.

Not to mention that the eye test is still very unkind to him.
 
Why is this thread still breathing? Give it a rest.

Dude has made a few 100% normal basketball plays and all of a sudden he is a prospect again? Has he managed to lower expectations to the level where one alley oop is newsworthy?
 
HermanG said:
Why is this thread still breathing? Give it a rest.

Dude has made a few 100% normal basketball plays and all of a sudden he is a prospect again? Has he managed to lower expectations to the level where one alley oop is newsworthy?
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I don’t really care about the alley-oop or the transition layups he made.

He’s on his way to becoming a very solid perimeter defender, and we absolutely lack players like that. He rarely gets beaten off the dribble. Unlike most of the other young guys on the roster, he stays locked in defensively after the first and second efforts, and he doesn’t make dumb mistakes like fouling jump shooters or overhelping.

It’s basic stuff, but we don’t have many players with both good defensive instincts and athleticism. I’m not saying he will be Jaden McDaniels, but a similar trajectory isn’t that far-fetched given the tools.
 
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