2007 Ex-Commitment- DeAaron Williams

[flipper]

DeAaron can be a fine player in the MVC. His athleticism can be a plus even tho his outside shooting is suspect.
Couisnard is a fine player at WSU but isn't a great outside shooter.
Tatum takes a ton of 3-pointers (23-92) and only makes a fourth of them, but he is their leading scorer.
Lawrence Wright is only 1-9 on 3-pointers, but has a 45% overall FG%.
And it might give BU that "difficult matchup" when DW can post up a guard but drive on a bigger player.
I am anxious to see him in a Braves uniform.

t - what do those players listed above have to do with williams?

[BradleyBrave]

DeAaron can be a fine player in the MVC. His athleticism can be a plus even tho his outside shooting is suspect.
Couisnard is a fine player at WSU but isn't a great outside shooter.
Tatum takes a ton of 3-pointers (23-92) and only makes a fourth of them, but he is their leading scorer.
Lawrence Wright is only 1-9 on 3-pointers, but has a 45% overall FG%.
And it might give BU that "difficult matchup" when DW can post up a guard but drive on a bigger player.
I am anxious to see him in a Braves uniform.

t - what do those players listed above have to do with williams?

I think Tornado was comparing them to DW because they all have similar builds and similar skillsets. Hopefully DW will have as much of an impact as Cousinard and Tatum. I think the Cousinard comparison is a good one. I think Eric Roberson is a good comparison as well.

[tornado]

DeAaron can be a fine player in the MVC. His athleticism can be a plus even tho his outside shooting is suspect.
Couisnard is a fine player at WSU but isn't a great outside shooter.
Tatum takes a ton of 3-pointers (23-92) and only makes a fourth of them, but he is their leading scorer.
Lawrence Wright is only 1-9 on 3-pointers, but has a 45% overall FG%.
And it might give BU that "difficult matchup" when DW can post up a guard but drive on a bigger player.
I am anxious to see him in a Braves uniform.

t - what do those players listed above have to do with williams?

The comment had been made in several posts that Williams isn't
a good shooter and that BU has too many poor shooters and
doesn't need another.
I was just giving examples of how a player who might be a poor
shooter could still help if he is a team player who can contribute
in other ways, including scoring from within his range.

[beanocook]

DeAaron can be a fine player in the MVC. His athleticism can be a plus even tho his outside shooting is suspect.
Couisnard is a fine player at WSU but isn't a great outside shooter.
Tatum takes a ton of 3-pointers (23-92) and only makes a fourth of them, but he is their leading scorer.
Lawrence Wright is only 1-9 on 3-pointers, but has a 45% overall FG%.
And it might give BU that "difficult matchup" when DW can post up a guard but drive on a bigger player.
I am anxious to see him in a Braves uniform.

t - what do those players listed above have to do with williams?

The comment had been made in several posts that Williams isn't
a good shooter and that BU has too many poor shooters and
doesn't need another.
I was just giving examples of how a player who might be a poor
shooter could still help if he is a team player who can contribute
in other ways, including scoring from within his range.

Agreed Tornado. I think BU needs more shooters but they arent all going to be shooters. A guy like DeAaron can help a team win, thats for sure. I see a combo between Lawrence Wright and Eric Roberson.

I dont see DW being a superstar but a nice, double-digit scorer by the time he is done at the Hilltop. All while being a very good defender and good rebounder for a guard.

[BU fan]

I remember Curtis Stucky at Bradley. He was not a great shooter, but still has the highest career scoring average in Bradley history. Of course he benefitted from being Stan Albeck's primary scorer for 2 years.

[Big Mike]

Todays PJS aarticle says DW is not enrolled at BU according to the admissions office wed? So is he going to Bu or has he changed his mind again?

[user1]

Here's a laugh-

Wisconsin lost their first Big Ten Conference game last night, and the local headlines in Madison blame the loss on being
"SHORTHANDED".

"The team announced before the game that sophomore forward Greg Stiemsma and freshman forward Marcus Landry didn't make the trip to Columbus. The 6-foot-11 Stiemsma is taking a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons, while the 6-7 Landry was declared ineligible for the game.
A third Badger, redshirt freshman DeAaron Williams, left the team two weeks ago amidst academic problems and is apparently enrolling at Bradley."

http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/index.php?ntid=69350&ntpid=0

Then when they explain being short handed they note the three players who were missing were Landry, Stiemsma, and DeAaron Williams.
None of these guys have ever started, and I doubt if they were present, the outcome would have been different.

[northernboy]

DeAron's Father said he is enrolled at Bradley, So who do you believe.

[BradleyBrave]

DeAron's Father said he is enrolled at Bradley, So who do you believe.

I will believe it when I see him sitting on the Bradley bench.

[Big Mike]

I heard the same thing? Maybe their just waiting for the coach's to make the announcement?

[northernboy]

is there a deadline for enrollment?

[BU fan]

I think I have heard that it is possible to enroll up to 2 weeks after the start of classes, as long as the missed work can be made up. Has anyone else heard this?

[Big Mike]

Some say you can enroll late.....but what ='s late?

[BUBravesMan]

Here's a laugh-

Wisconsin lost their first Big Ten Conference game last night, and the local headlines in Madison blame the loss on being
"SHORTHANDED".

"The team announced before the game that sophomore forward Greg Stiemsma and freshman forward Marcus Landry didn't make the trip to Columbus. The 6-foot-11 Stiemsma is taking a temporary leave of absence for medical reasons, while the 6-7 Landry was declared ineligible for the game.
A third Badger, redshirt freshman DeAaron Williams, left the team two weeks ago amidst academic problems and is apparently enrolling at Bradley."

http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/index.php?ntid=69350&ntpid=0

Then when they explain being short handed they note the three players who were missing were Landry, Stiemsma, and DeAaron Williams.
None of these guys have ever started, and I doubt if they were present, the outcome would have been different.

Then when they explain being short handed they note the three players who were missing were Landry, Stiemsma, and DeAaron Williams.
None of these guys have ever started, and I doubt if they were present, the outcome would have been different.[/quote]

Although Steisma and Landry don't start, they certainly are important to Wisconsin's lineup.

Both players have played in all 16 of the Badgers' games:
Stiemsma 2.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.5 BlocksPG, in 11.7 MPG.
Landry 6.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 15.4 MPG.

In the OSU loss, they only played 3 reserves (one player for 1 minute), and that amounted to 5 total points--ALL from Joe Krabbenhoft.

[user1]

The PJS reports this year that as of Thursday afternoon, DeAaron was still not registered at BU and attempts to reach him by phone were unsuccessful.