My Apologies : Shawne Williams

And yeah, gotta fess up—I way underestimated Shawne. This may have a been another one of those sneaky-brilliant moves by the Don. Obviously extra E won’t shoot 90% from downtown for the rest of the year, but if he can settle in around 40% he could be a huge boost off the bench for us.

Consider: Bill Walker has the skill-set of a 3, but is the size of a 2 (a very slow 2). Shawne also has the skill-set of a 3, but is tall enough to play the 4 in some cases. His rebounding and defense are both better than Bully’s, and clearly he can shoot the rock. Shawne also has a wingspan of 7’3" (!!!) and it never hurts to have a little more length on the floor.

Consider, also, that the knock on Shawn’e has that been that he’s a knucklehead with a bad attitude and poor work ethic, not that he is not talented. Dude is the same age as Mozgov, was drafted 17th (only 3 spots lower than Randolph, for what it’s worth) and is clearly a different caliber of talent than Pat Jr. (sorry Pat). According to Pringles, E has been busting his ass, working hard and very much not acting a fool since day one, and if he’s really turned the corner attitude-wise he could end up being the best 15th man signing in the league.

My only problem with him is that his extra E won’t stay silent in my brain. It’s like impossible for me to read his name as sounding like regular old “Shawn” (or Sean, Shaun or whatever). Whenever I read it or even see his bizarrely-old-looking self I think “Shawn-EEE”. Like Shawneeee, for threeeee.

Great read. When are they gonna make you official around here?

the past 2 games we’ve seen him with those score-padding/clutch 3’s he’s been making kind of reminds me of all those robert horry daggers from back in the day. granted, its only from 2 days of action. but could you imagine if he’s really THAT clutch? our knicks team would be scarier than we thought.

For him to shoot 87.5% from 3 for the rest of the year.

Something tells me he’s gonna miss a few

but it looks like Shawne really gave the Knicks some punch off the bench. That’s good, I’m happy for him….hopefully he keeps it up

“When he shoots, time stops, the ball begins to move in slow-motion and when it tickles the twine, boy does it tickle my fancy, rings my bell, tutes… my… horn… I’m not sure if I sound increasingly homerish or just plain homo but I’m fine with either the two.”

I wanted to smoke a cigarette after reading that.

That brother is special in a Fields kinda way. He took a different route to get to the same place, and that’s good for team chemistry. AND HE PLAYS “D” AND SCRAPS!!! Right now Amare is getting him open looks. Soon he’ll be getting Amare open lanes.

The guy has some real talent, and could turn out to be another great pick up by Donnie. It’s not like Donnie took a shot in the dark, he drafted him back in 2006. However, the guy has been a major knucklehead off the court more known for his arrests than his production. Hopefully, he appreciates the second chance he is getting and will keep it together off the court, so he can let his talent shine through on the court. I am pulling for the guy. Let’s hope he does not make Donnie look like a fool twice.