Ziaire Williams, NBA Draft. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
Ahead of the NY Knicks draft, Part II of the “Scout and a Non-Believer” series will be discussing Ziaire Williams, the long, multi-talented forward from Stanford who’s among the most intriguing prospects in a draft full of them.
My skepticism, for lack of a better word, is nothing like my concern regarding Jaden Springer, who we covered in the series’ first installment. While Springer’s fundamentals and physicality stand out on film, my cause for pause is derived from his seeming lack of dynamism; Williams, however, is ALL potential dynamism and flashes (and I mean briefest of flickers) of stardom without the same sort of safe floor.