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Memphis Grizzlies: Predicting Ziaire Williams’ stats on his 20th birthday

Ziaire Williams, Memphis Grizzlies (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images)

The Memphis Grizzlies shocked everybody when they traded up in the 2021 NBA Draft to select Ziaire Williams. While nobody was necessarily upset to see Williams on the team, he was generally thought of as a player who was in the range of their original 17th-overall pick.

To give you peace of mind in that aspect of things, I can confidently tell you that Zach Kleiman wouldn’t have traded up to take Williams if not for two reasons. Firstly, he had to have had intel that Williams would have been taken earlier than the 17th pick.