Cody Williams has flipped the switch at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. What began as timidity has become tenacity. Where once was hesitation now is determination. As the basketball world directs its attention to the Thomas and Mack Center in Sin City, the focus of hoops fanatics everywhere has been drawn to Utah’s long string bean wing, Cody Williams.
So what changed for Williams? How did he turn his 5 points per game under the lights of the Delta Center into an elevated performance for the league-wide event in Nevada? For the Utah Jazz, their lottery pick and former McDonald’s All-American has quickly improved his output from footnote-worthy to excitement-inducing.