12:27pm: The timeline for Williams’ recovery is based on the date he was injured, which was September 15, tweets Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago. That should put his return sometime between October 13-27.
11:09am: Bulls forward Patrick Williams may miss the start of the regular season after suffering a severe sprain to his left ankle, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The team confirmed the news (via Twitter), stating that the injury happened during an optional individual workout and Williams is expected to be sidelined for four-to-six weeks. Chicago opens its season October 20 against the Pistons.
Williams is coming off a strong rookie season in which he started all 71 games that he played and averaged 9.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per night. He also gave the Bulls a strong defensive presence on the perimeter.
In the same tweet, the team provided an injury update on guard Coby White, who underwent surgery on his left shoulder in June. The Bulls say White has made “steady progress” and is expected to be ready to play in November.
Yikes. Derrick Williams I guess slides into the starting lineup so there shouldn’t be much of a defensive drop-off I wouldn’t think but offensively there will be with floor spacing since he isn’t much of a shooter.
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Oops, yes. Thanks for the correction!
What a bummer. Hope that the ankle sprain will not linger on the whole season. Will set back William’s conditioning. Am looking forward to seeing what Williams will do with a season under his belt and on a better team.
I wouldn’t like to say that a #4 of the draft having a stat line of 9.2 & 4.6 had a strong performance in his rookie year… they seem very low & modest numbers!
I hardly had him as the last man in the 2nd All-Rookie Team myself… which means that in my book he was a bit of a disappointment last year, not great start this year either…
He wasn’t drafted number 4 to score 20 points a game, he was drafted there for his defensive versatility and the hope that his offensive game would continue to evolve, which it did throughout the season, he was also the youngest player in the draft, so being 19 and sticking solid defense against every teams best player and continuing to improve offensively is actually decently successful, what website posted your all rookie teams?
So sorry you are happy with mediocrity… I mean I am not happy using a top pick for a role player, I would like to think I can use it to pick up a star player, a possible HoFer… but that is just me!
For example in the last 30 years, there have been some great #4 picks… Mutombo, Mashburn, Marbury, Jamison, Bosh, CP3, Westbrook & KP6… clearly you aren’t hitting the jackpot all the time, but I believe with the #4 you must look to get a franchise changing talent, not just a defensive, glue type of guy, but I wasn’t trying to offend you so just settle down, dude!
PatW gets a pass from having to play the 4 for a while.
There’s been a number of Florida St players come into the nba of late with a style nba scouts like, but it hasn’t worked at the 4&5 yet.
PW is supposed to transform into a mobile big. It hasn’t happened yet and I doubt it will to match expectations. PW is a perimeter guy. Cavs have a similar issue with the 250-pound Kabangele; and how will 6-10 Jonathan Isaac emerge in ORL after a long layoff?