Well here we are again and it’s all about Robert Williams III, as he is someone that even I couldn’t really get an idea of how well he would do. He has been one of the most talked about in the summer league due to the flaws that he has shown and really has been not having the best of starts. The future of Robert Williams is on the balance as the upcoming NBA season is coming up in 2 months time. What do you expect from Robert Williams this season? Comment down below…

Robert Williams was drafted by the Celtics in the 2018 NBA Draft with their lone pick #27 and he was seen by a lot of pundits as a big steal by the Celtics as he was seen as a lottery pick if not for his attitude problems and that’s what brought him to the Celtics door step.

When the Celtics picked him at number 27 was I excited? Definitely! If anything, I really thought that this would finally fix our biggest weakness which is our paint presence and in his scouting report it really did say he offers a lot of offense and defense. All that really said in his report was his big attitude problem but of course the Celtics, having nothing to lose, actually went for him for the draft and he was really someone that excited a lot of Celtics fans.

After the draft he showed his first signs of his problems when he missed a call from Danny Ainge due to oversleeping. Naturally, it made the headlines as this was something that every NBA team was worried would happen to him. Of course after what happened everyone thought that what he did would be the peak of his NBA rookie mistakes but for some odd reason he found ways to first: miss his flight to his first NBA summer league, he didn’t stop there as he also lost his wallet… TWICE!!! At least to be fair to him, he owns the mistake and knows that he really has to work on that part of his career.

This begs the question: What is wrong with Robert Williams? Well for me it’s mostly the fact that he can get very clumsy at times and is still trying to mature himself into the NBA… It’s uncommon for rookies to be this clumsy but it’s something that is expected to happen to them as they really start as young as 19 years old.

What do I expect from him for this upcoming season? Well I don’t really expect much but to see him come off the bench, with the stacked line up that the Celtics have. It would be kinda hard for Robert Williams to start for the Celtics. I can’t rule him out from starting at all as he could be useful when the line up requires to go big. He is a great player for the Celtics to make up for the starters resting and he could really solve the Celtics rebounding problems.

This can definitely be a make or break for him this season as he will have to make up for his very eventful summer league. Depending on how much work he puts in, he could actually show the Celtics that he is an important addition to the roster. Even if he does not work out for the Celtics, they don’t really have much pressure regarding the guy as he was drafted as more of a hope than an assurance. He has a lot of work to do, especially with the injury that he suffered in the summer league. If he really wants to impact the team, he would have to show his grit and heart for them. With Al Horford in the Celtics, I have no worries that he could actually work on the attitude problems as someone with the experience of Al could actually help him fit right into the NBA and the Brad Stevens system. All we can do now is just wait and see how he develops. I’ll definitely keep an eye on him as he is one of the newest members of the Boston Celtics (the other being Brad Wanamaker). I do hope he does well as he’s got the potential to be a very solid player in the league… All he has to do now is to start growing up and to start giving his all to the game he really loves: basketball. ☘️☘️☘️