KAEO: Chaz Williams

MassMan06 · Post by **MassMan06** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:37 pm

The size of any KAEO thread is only indicative of the hype that precedes the player. Oriakhi, and rightfully so, has a lot more hype coming in.

Tman1319 · Post by **Tman1319** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:05 pm

cox'n wrote:I hadn't thought of this before, but I wonder if Traynham saw the writing on the wall the first time he saw Chaz practice. That might have messed up Traynham's psyche knowing he'd start for a year then almost never see the floor again.

Traynham was talented, but he was also a punk . He got kicked out of Lee Academy after several warnings. The last straw was when he shot a few people with a bb gun. Traynham was as hard headed as they come.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:12 pm

I never shared the optimism about Traynam's game once we got a look at it. I thought he'd make a clever play or two here or there, but few and far between. He was not going to be a PG on a winning A10 team.

Easy to say now, but I did feel that way at the time.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:16 pm

Pesky because he was quick, but took a lot of chances.

uz2b-len · Post by **uz2b-len** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:23 pm

Minutemaniac74 wrote:
bittym87 wrote:The first couple pages of this thread are fun to read now in hindsight.
My personal favorite is Len worrying about Chaz hurting team chemistry

That was the other Len

69MG · Post by **69MG** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:12 pm

ktabz16 wrote:i remember traynham being a pesky defender.

His best move was drawing a charge at mid-court. I think he drew 3 of them in 10 minutes against BC. Then the refs caught on and he hardly got a call the rest of the year, but it was fun for a while.

UMass87 · Post by **UMass87** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:13 pm

Chris20 wrote:I'm excited. He averaged 10 ppg and 4 rpg as a freshman in a decent league. That's not easily done. Puts some heat on DT to bring it this coming year. Again....we need more guys with actual skills to complement the young "potential" players we have....and guys who are 5'9" don't get scholarships unless they have strong skills. And SPEED!

Nice get, DK.

This. and, of course, this:

UMass87 wrote:I'm gonna paraphrase Chris20:

He's 5'9" and averaged 4.3 rebounds as a freshman.

that's enogh for me.

cam9219 · Post by **cam9219** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:29 am

I am proud of myself for looking through Chaz's boxscore from the year and found this telling stat.

When Chaz scores 12 points or less, we are 3-8. The only losses where he did his thing scoring and we still lost was @Miami, @La Salle, and @Temple.

Chaz must be a scorer and a distributor for this team to have success and I think he balances the two persona's about as well as any point guard could.

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:18 am

Chaz Williams is coming to UMASS?!?!?!?! That kid is a STUD!

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:23 am

I'm partial to this......

Chris20 wrote:We're going to love Chaz. It will be like Traynam never left, got way better, and grew up to be a leader on and off the court.

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:24 am

^

Have you seen that NIT run Chaz has had so far?? It will be a steal if we can land that kid! I'm excited!!

69MG · Post by **69MG** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:38 am

^
I didn't know he was transferring. Can you imagine us getting Chaz, Evan, Carson and Alex? We'll be undefeated for years.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:41 am

hahaha.....that would be nice.

If we can only get one of them, though, I'll take Chaz.

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:50 am

We already got him! Didn't you see the subject line of the thread?!?!?!?!

69MG · Post by **69MG** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:04 am

InnervisionsUMASS wrote:We already got him! Didn't you see the subject line of the thread?!?!?!?!

How did I miss that? I was reading the Globe and there was no mention of it.