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Freshman forward Donovan Williams


Goo Punch

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He's an example of a player who Shaka misuses when it comes to developing the player, his roster, and team cohesion for the long term. Shit you could probably say the same for players like James Banks, Hepa, and even Liddell. You can discipline them by being restrictive with minutes and frequently taking them out to immediately teach them when they make mistakes, but you should never go multiple games or half the season without them getting in game reps to improve. Shoot,  even Will Baker could fall into this category, but Shaka deploys him in the most ineffective, nonoptimal manner that it probably wouldn't do him much more good if he got more game reps in this ridiculously stupid system. 

Is there any doubt that Williams would turn into a Jarrett Culver level player under a coach like Beard? It's so fucking obvious that it's almost laughable that it took multiple injuries to get him extended minutes. 

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Notice how all of his highlights are from Big XII play? It's because Shaka, as he always does, refused to play his depth during the non conference schedule despite it being the weakest non-con since we joined the Big XII. Donovan's minutes during the non-con:

17 minutes vs N Colorado and Mcneese State; 15 vs Prairie View; 10 vs Providence; and then 6, 6, 4, 3, 3, 1, and 1 minutes played in the rest of the games. He played 6.6 mpg through January 20th. But then the injury bug hit, and he played more than 17 mpg from there on out. During that time he shot 35% from the field, 40% from 2P, and 27% from 3P. My gut says he wouldn't have fared so poorly if he'd actually gotten some run against that awful non-conference lineup. I dunno what it is with Shaka and wing players, but he doesn't seem to like them very much. 

edit: didn't mean to act like it was breaking news that he didn't get any run during the non-con, just watching that video and then looking up the actual stats really drove it home. 

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