he will never be deron williams. BUT i think he will be a poor mans jason kidd. if you can come up with a direct comparison yes, but his shooting skills are no where near dwillz. 9pts 8asts 4.5rebs average season stats.

I think he has a chance to become a player like Rod. Rod was never a great shooter and it definitely isn’t a strength of Williams. If he’s able to consistantly get to the hoop, finish and/or distribute, he could fit into this mold.

This kid has talent, without a doubt. all he needs is a team who beleives in him, and a coach who is willing to develop him. Nelson is notorious in developing young talent. nash, nowitzki, howard, daniels, ELLIS.

Sure Nelson develos but all of those players benifitted from his system. nelson never plays rookies and look how he did with c-webb

Marcus Williams can be somewhat of a poor man’s Deron. It’s just that MW doesn’t play in a system that puts emphasis in running pick and rolls with a 20/10 all-star PF.

I’m not saying that Marcus would be just as good as DW if he played for Jerry Sloan, but with this running style of offense he’ll hopefully showcase some great passing.

He won’t be as great a scorer, but he has very good court vision.

Deron has an opportunity to be a very important 6th or 7th man for our team. This kid was the starting pg on good UCONN teams just a few years ago. Last I checked UCONN produces some good NBA players( Rip, Butler, R. Allen, Okafur, and B. Gordan) are all at least decent players. He will have a huge chip on his shoulder which is always good motivation for a young player. And he is a Cali guy, so maybe he plays better closer to home. And Nellie likes skilled players on the court. He needs to work on getting into ball shape because he hasn’t played a ton on games the past 2 years, so he is fresh and thats another bonus. If he puts in some hard work and gets on Nelson good side he can have a chance to earn good bench mins. and have a break-out season.

I think being the only true PG on the Warriors right now will give MW much better opportunities than he had in Jersey. We all know the potential he showed in Jersey and we should feel lucky that Mullin was smart enough to nab him for such a cheap price while the Nets had their fire sale. This kid was a steal and I think he is going to show us some great stuff, but in Golden State he is going to be a completely different style of PG than Deron WIlliams.

comparing a player to another player by the similar physical appearance. doesn’t anthony randolph sorta look like lebron james?

…bear a passing physical resemblance. Also, the Nets learned quickly that William’s pass-first street cred is a little dubious; his trigger is plenty itchy.