Scouting Report

Reggie Williams was one of the players the Golden State Warriors called up from the NBA’s Developmental League last season because of their injury plagued roster. During 31 D-League games last season, Williams averaged 26 points (58% shooting, 41% from three), five rebounds and three assists. Perhaps just looking to add another man to the team, without expecting much production, the Warriors found themselves quite a piece in Williams, who is one of the rare D-League superstars that actually had success at the NBA level.

Williams is six-foot-six and is capable of playing the shooting guard and possibly the small forward spot. Its hard to tell because of the small ball line-ups Don Nelson put on the floor last season. He should be a two guard but I suppose you could do worse at SF as well. Either way, no matter what angle or position he is coming from, Williams can score the basketball. And he can score it efficiently.

Yes, he plays for the Warriors, a team that scores a lot of points but gives up even more, but that doesn’t discount his ability to put the ball in the basket. He may have more chances and possessions to do so, but that doesn’t change the fact that he shot 50% from the field in 24 regular season games last season shooting mostly jumpers. According to HoopData, Williams shots 49% from 16-23 feet last season, a tremendous number considering how inefficient the long two point jumper is.

Reggie also took quite a bit of three’s last season (3.8 per game), connecting on 36% of them. That’s not as good as his D-League 3PT% but its still a pretty effective number, especially because 88% of them came off of an assist, meaning he wasn’t just jacking them up, he was actually hitting them within the flow of the offense. Should he keep up that pace from long range, a duo of Stephen Curry and himself is one of the league’s better shooting combinations.

According to Synergy Sports Technology, Williams averaged 1.08 points per possession overall last season, the 18th best mark in the league. Again, he didn’t spend a ton of time in the NBA last season but that number is still very impressive. Also from Synergy, Reggie shot 40% overall on spot-up jumpers (not as impressive as his 16-23 foot numbers because of a poor showing from 10-15 feet), was extremely effective on basket cuts (10 out of 11 buckets were good) and averaged 1.22 points per possession on 74 transition opportunities (good, not great).

I’m not even going to attempt to evaluate a D-League player that played just 24 games in the NBA last season for a coach that couldn’t care less about anything but offense on the defensive end so I’ll just say Synergy has Williams ranked as the 419th defender in the NBA and leave it at that.

As an efficient scorer that can hit shots from long-two point range as well as three-point range, Reggie seems to be the perfect fit for the Warriors offense. Williams is an excellent shooter and pure scorer and if you pair him with Curry and an efficient big man like David Lee, Golden State has some of the best weapons in the league on the offensive end.