Deron Williams has been receiving a lot of warranted criticism as of late, due to his lack of development and consistency for the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets traded for him a long time ago, waited for him to turn into a superstar, but he never did. Now critics want answers. One critic is Brooklyn Nets head coach Lionel Hollins.
According to Mike Mazzeo Of ESPN:
“He’s not a franchise player anymore,” Hollins said on Saturday morning during break-up day. “He’s a good player, he’s a solid player, but I don’t think he’s a franchise player anymore. That’s just my opinion. He’s a good player. I’m proud of the way he’s bounced back and played, and there’s so much pressure on him to be a franchise player, and everybody talks about a franchise player, but we need to have a franchise team.
“That means we have everybody going out there and playing hard, playing together, sharing the ball. If a guy is open, he makes a shot. If a guy is not open, he passes to another guy and he makes the shot. To me, that’s what basketball is about. It’s not about a franchise player. I mean, those guys come along once in a lifetime, and everybody doesn’t get a chance to coach one. When you don’t have one, you can’t say you can’t win. There are teams that have won championships without franchise players, what everyone considers a franchise player. I’m not worried about that. That’s something you guys talk about and worry about. I worry about us going out there and playing hard, playing together and trying to scratch and claw to win a game. That’s what it’s all about.”
Deron Williams has received criticism from Paul Pierce saying that he doesn’t know how it is to be a superstar, and that he can’t deal with pressure. He choked in the 1st round and now the Nets are stuck with an aging cast of players, with no future. Let’s see how they get out of this one.
