Boston’s Grant Williams ranked inside CBS Sports’ ranking of NBA’s top 20 power forwards
While his start in the NBA might be something he would rather forget after a historically bad 3-point shooting streak got the Tennessee product in the news for all of the wrong reasons, Boston Celtics reserve power forward Grant Williams has since become a key part of his team’s rotation and a renowned 4 in the postseason.
So much so that the Celtics swingman has earned a No. 19 rating in CBS’ Sports’ assessment of the NBA’s best power forwards for the 2022-23 season to come. “Williams is exactly the kind of player who is more valuable in the playoffs,” writes James Herbert. “Like PJ Tucker before him, he’s a strong, smart defender who loves hounding stars and thrives in a switch-everything scheme.”
“He has shown he deserves respect on the perimeter — he made 41.1% of his regular-season 3s, 46.9% in the corners, 44.6% when left wide open — and can stay in front of smaller players.”
“There were stretches during Boston’s run to the Finals, and in the Finals, when White was the most important player on the floor,” they suggest. https://t.co/l6ICBXPMSr
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 25, 2022
“After Williams’ breakout, the Finals showed that the 23-year-old still has room to grow, in terms of his screen navigation and his in-between game,” continues the CBS Sports analyst.
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