The former Seminole has had an underwhelming first four years in the NBA. Could a change of scenery be needed?
While the NBA Finals are about to start on Thursday, 28 other teams are going through their offseason and getting ready for the NBA Draft and Free Agency. Of the upcoming free agents, former Florida State forward and current Chicago Bull Patrick Williams is one of the more intriguing names as he's still young with a lot of potential. Injuries and a franchise seemingly going nowhere have done the 22-year-old no favors.
Williams and the Bulls couldn't agree on a contract extension last year, with the North Carolina native looking for north of $20 million per year while the Bulls' highest offer reportedly capped at $16 million per year. There's an incentive for the Bulls' front office to retain Williams as he was Chief Basketball Executive Artūras Karnišovas' first draft selection in Chicago when they surprised everyone by taking him 4th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft.
OKC is coming off a great season, finishing as the Western Conference's No. 1 seed before losing to the Dallas Mavericks in six games in the Western Conference Semifinals. Mayberry isn't wrong in saying that the Thunder need more size, but they need options to play center, not as much on the perimeter. Williams, listed at 6'7" and 215 pounds, is more of a wing option than a big body.
If the Thunder were to sign the Bulls forwards, their roster would have just about every Williams in the league, as they already employ Jalen Williams, Jaylin Williams, and Kenrich Williams. They could also use their stacked draft capital to trade up and acquire Jalen's brother Cody if they wanted to.
Patrick Williams played just one season in Tallahassee, averaging 9.2 PPG and 4.0 RPG for the dynamic 2019-20 Florida State Seminoles, a team that will likely go down as the best in program history. The former five-star used the elongated pre-draft process due to COVID-19 to build his draft stock from a mid-to-late first-round pick into the Top 5. He's consistently averaged about 10 points and 4 rebounds for his entire NBA career so far.
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