LAS VEGAS -- Lou Williams has played well the 76ers first two games in the Las Vegas summer league. He has scored a total of 51 points and has shown an ability to drive to the basket. Williams has also been deadly from the foul line, hitting 22 of 23 free throws.
That said, he still has to work on taking care of the ball.
Prior to the beginning of the summer league, Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said that he wanted to see Williams cut down on his turnovers while running the team at point guard.
If the season started today and it’s a good thing it isn’t beginning just yet, Williams would likely be the backup point guard to Andre Miller.
Williams has the ability to score and is working at running a team, but the turnovers have continued to come in bunches. The first two games he has committed 13 turnovers.
What will happen when he’s going against varsity players on a nightly basis?
That is not to suggest that Williams, who turns 21, hasn’t made great progress. He impressed the Sixers when he got a chance to play late last season, scoring 12 or more points in five of the last six games.
Yet for Williams to play a prominent role, he has to cut the turnovers because the Sixers won’t go into a majority of their games with more talent then their opponent. They have to execute well, play fundamentally sound basketball – the kind that Miller demonstates.
Williams will continue to score plenty of points this summer. He is playing with a lot of confidence, but as with most young players, he gets caught trying to do too much.
A little less in the turnover department will lead to a lot more in the minutes played column.
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Marc Narducci is in his 23rd year as a sports reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 2007-2008 season will be his first as the 76ers beat writer. For the past two seasons, Marc had been the backup writer for the Eagles. Over the past few years Marc covered the NBA, NHL and Major League baseball as well as writing on sports media. Prior to covering professional sports, Marc was a long-time high school sportswriter for The Inquirer's South Jersey section.
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