Lionel Hollins on Deron Williams: ‘He’s Not a Franchise Player Anymore’

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Lionel Hollins on Deron Williams: ‘He’s Not a Franchise Player Anymore’

 

 

The Nets were eliminated from the 2015 NBA Playoffs on Friday night. Saturday morning, Brooklyn head coach Lionel Hollins admitted PG Deron Williams is “not a franchise player anymore.” Do you agree or disagree?
Hollins explains, via Mike Mazzeo of ESPN:

A day after the Brooklyn Nets were eliminated from the playoffs, head coach Lionel Hollins admitted point guard Deron Williams is no longer a franchise player.
 
“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.”

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[Teagz]

He's not wrong

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Been this way for a long time, fans are always 2 or 3 years behind for whatever reason though.

 

[buzzy]

Capt'n Obvious on the call

 

[CameronCrazy06]

*generic post about this being obvious*

 

[Pugz]

idek if he fell off hard, or if he was just never as good as we all thought. he never really seemed to have the drive to be great

 

[buzzy]

He was pretty fucking good.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Super good. Injuries derailed him

 

[Pugz]

yea he was real good but it the system he was in helped a ton. it seems like he just didn't care as much when he left utah, too.

 

[buzzy]

Crazy to think that a team around him and Carlos And One Boozer were a staple in the Western playoffs for years.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Young Paul Millsap haha

AK47

Memo Okur

 

[buzzy]

Okur was a boss. Stretch 5

 

[cruzg24]

I remember back in the day when there was a debate between cp3 and deron.... Those were the days.

 

[BwareDWare94]

Not much a debate. CP3 plays defense.
 
Lionel Hollins is a great coach, nevertheless. If they can get him a few more pieces, this Brooklyn team could be pretty good.

 

[cruzg24]

Thats te problem they cant get anymore pieces with deron and jj, and brook probanly being resigned. They dont have 1st rounders because they traded a bunch of them to the celtics.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Deron used to take it to CP back in the day

 

[Pugz]

and the bulgarian brute now residing in moscow aka their owner has been rumored to want to sell the team already.

 

[cruzg24]

Didnt he say he would get married if the Nets didnt win in 5 years?