Terrence Williams PR Department (AKA STOP TWEETING)

beyond the fact that this guy thinks entirely too much of himself (which can be an asset in moderation), putting him on the floor instantly creates two liabilities. The first being shooting. He's literally not worth guarding on the outside. He's only a threat going to the rim, which he needs to do more often if he's going to get consistant minutes. The second being turnovers. This guy has great handles and he's got natural passing ability, but he dribbles entirely too much, and turns the ball over a lot. Turnovers kill teams. If Twill is worth 2.5 TOs per 20 minutes, I don't want him playing starters minutes, that's for sure.

My point is that there are huge holes in his game. He has a lot to learn, and right now, he's a liability compared to Martin, Lee, or Bud (who play the positions he's most likely to play). I don't want to see Twill on the court unless we are blowing out a team, or getting blown out. Right now, all this kid has is "potential", and we are in a playoff push.

 

Not that I'm adding anything to the discussion

[rquoter][rquoter]When you moved Battier, did you anticipate that T.Williams would get more minutes?[/rquoter]
　
Morey: [rquoter]I thought he might get an opportunity but that wasnt our focus. Wanted to see what any of the young guys could do. We dont get into the business w/ the coach. Terrence has been out there and hasnt played well. High turnovers, hasnt shot the ball well. Hard to ask the coach to force that out there on the floor. Hasnt been fair to Terrence but reality is coach is trying to win games and he'll go with whats playing well right now. Terrence will get his chance at some point if he continues to have a good attitude like he's had.[/rquoter][/rquoter]

Most recent 3 games(NJ, NO, POR): 8 pts, 2-14, 0-3 3 pt, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 TO

 

So he's a bit immature. Still, he never argued with the coach, then threw a water bottle at the bench. And he certainly never walked off the court during a close game, leaving his teammates stranded. The guy had a very frustrating time under AJ, and certainly hoped that things would be different here under a coach who's not a major-league a-hole. That hasn't worked out and he feels like he's losing an entire NBA season.

So WHAT if he b****es about it on Twitter? He isn't calling out his coach, or his GM, or his teammates -- he's just saying how frustrated he is at not playing.

 

Sounds about right, although it's such a small sample size to make any kind of judgement. Morey probably would have wanted to see him play more but Adelman is coaching every game like it's game 7.

 

Oh good gracious...

How on Earth do you know how hard he, or anyone else on this team for that matter, is working? Do you travel with the team? Do you go to every practice?

No. You don't.

This has nothing to do with hard work, because nobody knows how hard he is or isn't working with the Rockets. People just love to jump to these ludicrous conclusions without an ounce of evidence to substantiate them. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. None of us have a clue.

He's frustrated after a loss. Wasn't he posting positive things after beating Portland? Its not like he got to play a whole lot in that game, either.

This thread has convinced me that Twitter is the most worthless invention I've ever seen. If there's a crime here, its that anyone thinks that Twitter is a remotely effective way to communicate.




And I don't think its too much to ask that you not insult other posters... Especially unprovoked.

 

Absurd. Hmm. I'm absurd. Some other dude's absurd.Someone's got a new favorite word. Since you're so fond that word, care to elaborate? You see, we're not all likely to share whatever definition you've chosen for it today.

 

No I don't travel with the team nor do I go to every practice, but when T-Will keeps making the same mistakes over and over again he is either not working hard enough to fix those mistakes or he just has low basketball IQ.

How do you think the other players would feel if Adelman started giving Williams more minutes than he deserves? How do you think guys like Lowry and Hayes who play their hearts out every game would feel when T-Will comes on, dribbles into trouble and turns the ball over/throws up a bad shot?

We are still in the playoff hunt, sure we might fall short or get swept even if we make it there but the players and coach haven't given up yet.

 

I was just on Google Realtime skimming through the tweets that various fans have sent T-Will over the last 24 hours, and I stumbled across this:

@TheRealTwill bring it down a notch, the last thing the Rockets need is another Emo.

LOL.

 

Morey just complimented his attitude... Which kind of blows a whole in your argument.

And I"m still waiting for someone... Anyone, really, to point out one post, or article, or twitter, that says Terrence is going to be the next Jordan... Or the next LeBron.

This thread could use a lot more legitimate, constructive, discussion and a lot less thinly (and sometimes not so thin) attacks. Just because we might not all agree doesn't mean childish behavior is justified.

 

That should be, *blows a hole in your whole argument.*

My bad.

 

I can't believe people are still trying to defend this knucklehead.

 

I dunno. How do you think the players feel every time Kevin or Chase blows a defensive assignment without repercussion? Or how about when they're bricking shot after shot? How do you think they feel when Scola is allowed to pretty much take a break on defense? How do you think they felt when Aaron would break the offense and commit turnovers or take terrible shots without ever getting yanked?

Its a two way street.

 

Rick is right not to play T-Will. He's not playing well in his limited minutes, so why give him extended minutes when we're trying to win? Like I said earlier, it wasn't too smart for Morey to trade for this guy. That pick is a lot more valuable of an asset to have than a player who (rightfully) won't play and has a bad attitude. Sorry, but a sophomore nobody in this league tweeting that their HOF coach is insane is in pretty poor taste. I won't be one bit surprised if his ego stands in the way of his development as a player.

 

There is a difference between having a weakness and making stupid mistakes over and over again.

 

Guess the players would get pretty upset if Kevin started posting up on every play or if Hayes started taking 3s, kind of like how T-Will likes to dribbles into a corner and takes a fading jumper, or like how T-Will will get the ball on the 3 point line, dribble twice towards the basket then pull up for a jumper.

 

1. You say Terrence isn't playing and rightfully so. I'll go ahead and ask what I asked the other guy: Are you with the team every day? Are you watching practice? If not, don't you think its a little silly to base an opinion on a player after only three games with limited minutes?

2. When did Terrence ever say Coach was insane? All I've ever seen of his tweets have been posted in this thread, and in none of them have I read even a reference to a teammate, coach, or member of management, unless it was positive. Let's not make things up.

3. Somebody just posted a Morey quote where he compliments the kids attitude, so where is this, "He has a crap attitude" stuff coming from? Again, let's not start making things up.




Look, I agree with Morey. It would be nice if Terrence could see more time to help him develop and to see what we have in him. And it isn't exactly fair that he hasn't that opportunity yet. But, sometimes life ain't fair, and you just have to roll with it. If he wants to use Twitter as an outlet to vent his personal frustrations then I don't see a problem with it, and, based on Morey's comments, folks are going to have a tough time convincing me that he or any other members of management have too much of a problem with it, either. As long as he shows up to every practice ready to work and listen to the staff (Which there has been zero indication he hasn't been doing exactly that.) he'll get his chance. Again, I would rather have a guy who is vocal about wanting to play and help his team win games than the opposite.

 

Oh... So, when Chase is literally bricking every shot he takes, that's a weakness... But when Terrence takes one or two bad shots in the handful of minutes he's been given, it's him making the same mistake over and over again.

I'm not trying to defend Terrence's play in the last couple of games (Though to be honest, I don't know how anyone can form a strong judgment on it or him one way or the other given how little we've gotten to see from him.), but we can't have a discussion if you insist on having it both ways.