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By JOHN MANASSO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/21/05
After classes ended at the University of Illinois this spring, Deron Williams
headed home to Houston to work with a personal trainer.
His playing weight of 210 pounds was good enough during a two-loss season and
a berth in the NCAA championship game, but the 6-foot-3 point guard knew he
needed to slim down for the NBA.
Projected as a top-five pick, Williams worked out for the Hawks at a slimmer
195 pounds on Tuesday at Philips Arena and seemingly impressed onlookers.
After having dinner on Monday with Williams and going through interviews with
him, Hawks coach Mike Woodson described Williams as "very professional, very
serious about his approach to the game."
"I think he knows how to play," said Woodson, who spent a frustrating first
season trying to teach his young team just that.
In addition to training in Houston, Williams also worked out with former NBA
player Derek Harper and former Utah coach Rick Majerus. Williams said losing
the weight was crucial to raising his stock.
He said his speed and quickness had been questioned at 210 pounds.
"I definitely think so," he said. "I think most of the NBA people, that's what
they question about me. I think that probably contributed a little to why
they thought I was slow and not athletic --- because I was so big out there."
One day after working out another projected top-five pick --- Wake Forest
point guard Chris Paul --- the Hawks certainly had reason to be tempted by
Williams.
Nonetheless, with their weakness up front, today's workout with North Carolina
forward Marvin Williams and Friday's with Utah center Andrew Bogut loom large
in their plans.
General manager Billy Knight said the main purpose of the workouts is for the
coaching staff to see these players in person for the first time so they can
gauge size and athletic ability. In comparison, Knight said he has seen most
of the top prospects play about 10 times in person.
"It's hard to say what we're going to do," Woodson said of the second overall
pick. "We've got Marvin and the big kid Bogut coming in. Then we'll evaluate
which way we're going to go."
大意是Deron Williams為了增加他的速度與敏捷而減少了約15磅。效果似乎不錯，跟Paul
的三分砲火一樣讓Hawks球團「印象深刻」，評價上升中。
不過之前在別的地方看到一個有趣消息，大意是說Williams之前在New Orleans的Workout
中迴避了與Felton放對的練習，因為Felton可以用速度痛宰Williams。Williams則是回應
他不怕與任何人對決...
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