2019 NBA Draft: 6 Reasons for Atlanta Hawks to Draft Grant Williams at #10 Overall
By Chris Guest
Offense: Shooting
As we have already explored, Williams is a rock-solid mid-range shooter and a very good foul drawer.
Once he gets to the foul line, Williams showed improvement in each of his three college seasons, culminating in an excellent 81.9 percent clip at the foul line on a whopping 7 attempts per game in his junior year per Sports Reference.
Of course, free throw shooting in college is a better indicator of how a player’s shot will develop in the NBA, and Williams certainly has a pure form that should be portable to playing alongside Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks.
Per Red Team Scouting’s shot form assessment of Williams, his shot was dead-bang on the center on 86 percent of his attempts – though this in-depth study only accounted for a total of 78 shots.
In terms of his three-pointer in college, Williams shot 29.1 percent on a minuscule .097 three-point attempt rate per Sports Reference. Clearly, Williams will have to invest time and effort into making sure his three-pointer will go in at a decent clip at the next level – as the Atlanta Hawks must bring in players in the 2019 NBA Draft that can space the floor around Trae Young so that our shifty point guard doesn’t get bottled up inside.