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C Amir Williams (Worcester Wolves - England)

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Amir's size/length on defense is critical against the better big men out there, that's why he almost has to play big minutes against the likes of Duke and Kansas, and probably why he is starting now. He has had some struggles this year, hopefully he will keep improving.
 
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Thad said that Williams was playing very well in practice and I think that he likes ER coming off of the bench. Perhaps he may be more comfortable in that type of situation. Sort of like last year. Matta also said that certain guys play better with other guys but I didn't quite understand that as to how that affected Williams starting:confused:
 
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New Amir: OSU junior Lenzelle Smith Jr. told a story Friday that should enthuse those who have been waiting to see more from sophomore starting center Amir Williams, who is averaging four points and four rebounds in 16 minutes per game while sometimes looking like he lacks fire on the court. Smith said Williams for the first time showed a new level in practice that teammates hadn't seen.

“He sprinted up and down and made a block and I had a wide-open shot but I saw him running so I threw him the ball and he dunked on five people,” Smith said. “That's the first time I've seen him do that this year. I think two of them slapped him on the arms and he still almost broke the rim.

“We were just so excited. The ball bounced on the other court so we had like 45 seconds of celebration and I'm just so excited to see when we play against Nebraska, if I see him running I'm going to throw him the ball and see if he can do the same thing.”
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/02/buckeyes_not_planning_on_overl.html#incart_river
 
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Amir's play is the biggest key to this team reaching its potential. Ross is starting to come on, and now Amir is the last guy that you can see has the most room to improve to help the team. There are sometimes big men that produce modest stats for much of the season but come on at the end of the year for certain teams and become serious double-double threats that help those teams make runs in the tournament (Brian Zoubek at Duke and Harrellson at UK in their respective Senior seasons come to mind). Hopefully Amir will follow in their footsteps, only a couple years before his Senior season.
 
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DZ83CK said:
Amir's play is the biggest key to this team reaching its potential. Ross is starting to come on, and now Amir is the last guy that you can see has the most room to improve to help the team. There are sometimes big men that produce modest stats for much of the season but come on at the end of the year for certain teams and become serious double-double threats that help those teams make runs in the tournament (Brian Zoubek at Duke and Harrellson at UK in their respective Senior seasons come to mind). Hopefully Amir will follow in their footsteps, only a couple years before his Senior season.
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The only problem I see with Amir now is that when he gets matched up against a guy with a fairly large frame he has difficulty defending them. I think he probably tries to be physical with them and he would be better served letting them catch the ball and using his athleticism to defend.
 
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The only problem I have with Matta is how stubbornly he sticks to his rotations. Amir was a beast in the beginning of the game but instead of riding it Matta goes to the bench and puts Ravenal in on schedule. Same with players that are struggling mightly during the game they all seem to get roughly the same amount of minutes goood or bad.
 
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Ohio State men's basketball: Williams? progress follows a familiar path
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Nearly 20 years ago, Ohio State had a 6-foot-11 center from Detroit who wasn?t immediately ready to handle the demands of Big Ten basketball. It didn?t matter: He was the best center the Buckeyes had, so they threw him in with the sharks.

?I was forced to go in there and either get better or go home,? Ken Johnson said, laughing at the memory of former coach Jim O?Brien putting it in exactly those terms. ?I had to develop confidence. I didn?t have it my first couple years. It was very, very difficult playing with guys who were experienced. That was a huge, huge deficit for me the first couple of years.?

Johnson, now living in central Ohio after a nine-year professional career, including one in the NBA, sees a lot of himself in Amir Williams, a 6-11 sophomore from Detroit who is trying to establish a foothold in the post for the Buckeyes against some of the best big men in college basketball.
Williams? next test comes today against fourth-ranked Michigan State and its tag team of 270-pound Derrick Nix and 6-10 pterodactyl Adreian Payne, both older, stronger and more experienced than him.

?I understand (what he?s going through) because he isn?t necessarily heavy,? Johnson said. ?It?s difficult for us because we really don?t have a backside.?

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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...illiams-progress-follows-a-familiar-path.html
 
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