Miami Heat: Player Grades For 2016-17
By Frank Urbina
SF/PF Derrick Williams
Final 2016-17 averages (as a member of the Heat):
- Raw Stats
- 25 games played, 39.4 field-goal percentage, 20.0 three-point percentage, 62.0 free-throw percentage, 0.4 threes, 5.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.2 blocks, 0.6 turnovers
- Advanced Metrics
- 1.1 Win Shares (301st), -0.4 Value Over Replacement Player (438th), -4.1 Box Plus/Minus (390th), -67.32 Total Points Added (419th)
F. If I could use one word to describe the Derrick Williams signing, I would go with: Flop. I don’t need much more evidence to back that claim than his advanced metrics, which, despite his age, are in some cases even worse than Haslem’s, who’s essentially a coach at this point in his career. Williams was simply a bad fit with Spoelstra, and I mean that purely in a basketball sense. He is a poor defender, who doesn’t have a discernible skill — be it shooting, driving or distributing — to warrant playing time. The big man does deserve credit for handling the situation with class, heaping praise upon Riley even after his Feb. 6 release. (He referred to Miami’s team president as a, “man of his word,” on Twitter.) After he got cut, the Cleveland Cavaliers picked him up and guess what? He doesn’t leave the bench for them, either. That’s really all you need to know about him.. SF/PF. Miami Heat. DERRICK WILLIAMS
Best performance of the season:
What does it say that Williams’ only good game as a member of the Heat came in a 30-point loss?