The 2021-22 season finally served as the breakout campaign many Boston Celtics fans believed Robert Williams III was on the verge of since coming into the league back in 2018.
Seeing career highs virtually all across the board, the big man went on to post sensational per-game averages of 10 points, 9.6 rebounds, two assists, and 2.2 blocks per game on an insanely efficient 73.6 percent shooting from the floor all while serving as the security blanket down low for the league’s top-ranked defensive unit.
With his brand of production last season, Williams managed to work his way into the conversation for Defensive Player of the Year as well as being one of the most improved players in the association.
However, despite all of his accomplishments, heading into 2022-23 the folks at Bleacher Report still believe that the star big man has a few key areas of his game that he could improve upon, most notable his “short roll pass.”
"A brief explainer of the short roll pass: Off a pick-and-roll when defenses double the ball handler, the screen rolls to the free-throw line area creating a passing outlet for the ball handler. From there it is a four-on-three advantage for the offense and it is usually a center making the decisions. Draymond Green has mastered it, but several centers are very good at it, including Boston’s own Al Horford.Williams is capable of making the short roll pass; he’s done it. He needs to become more consistent in seeing when to make that pass to the corner as well as delivering it properly. Adding that with the plethora of shooters Boston has will make a very tough team to defend even tougher."
As writer Mo Dakhil insinuated, Robert Williams is more than capable of improving this area of his game. Standing at 6-9, the big man may not look like a true dime dropper but time and time again we’ve seen him dish out assists rather effortlessly.
In fact, some have gone as far as to deem him the “Dimelord.”
That said, regardless of this desired improvement, Williams still serves as the third cog alongside Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown in arguably the best Big 3 in the entire league.
By adding this aspect to his game, however, the Boston Celtics could find themselves possibly rolling out three All-Stars in their starting lineup next season.