BOSTON -- Boston Celtics first-round draft pick Robert Williams took responsibility for the missed flight that caused him to skip Boston's first summer league practice Sunday and admitted it didn't help the "bad image" people have of him.
Williams was projected as a lottery pick but slipped to Boston at No. 27 amid concerns about his work ethic. The day after the draft, Williams overslept an introductory conference call then, two days after being formally introduced in Boston last week, he missed a flight back for the start of summer workouts.
"I went home, did a couple of things, then just a missed flight," Williams said Tuesday before Boston's summer squad practiced at the team's new Auerbach Center.