The thought of being slapped with a certain tag rubs Mark Williams the wrong way, quickly drawing the ire of the Charlotte Hornets big man.
Bring up the words “injury prone” and Williams bristles.
“I know hurting your back as a big guy, you always get that label,” Williams said Monday in his first public comments since speaking to The Observer on New Year’s Day. “So, I think that was a really big piece for me, trying not to force anything and have that be an ongoing issue for me. So, in the future, I don’t want that to be a label for me.