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Charles Lee: Grant Williams is including physicality/basketball IQ to our group

February 2, 2026


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Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee loves what Grant Williams has introduced since coming back from a torn ACL/meniscus in his proper knee (averaging 4.7 PPG/3.4 RPG/1.1 APG/0.6 SPG/0.2 BPG/0.6 TOV/1.1 PF/17.4 MPG by way of 9 video games performed).

(by way of After the Buzzer):

“I feel he’s been taking part in effectively. I feel he’s discovering his rhythm, his groove each recreation he will get to play. I feel the 2 greatest issues that he’s added to our group is physicality and basketball IQ. There’s simply been so many performs defensively the place his Reds… like with the ability to steer in a Crimson, and he’s ensuring his man’s not setting good screens or he’s not in a position to roll shortly. There’s been a pair clips that we’ve watched the place a shot goes up and perhaps Moussa [Diabate] went to go contest or he’s slightly out of place, and Grant’s coming over and cracking his man and never permitting him to get an offensive rebound putback. 

“The identical physicality is there offensively. I do know a pair ATO’s we drew up or aspect out of bounds and Grant has a accountability to display, and he freakin’ cracks a man and will get Kon [Knueppel] open or Brandon [Miller]. And so, we’ve actually felt it there. The physicality on the offensive glass: I feel he’s offensive rebounded far more this 12 months than I keep in mind him final 12 months. So making that dedication, after which the basketball IQ stuff. He’s in a position to talk to our guys at a extremely high-level as a result of he sees the sport very well, and he does it in a extremely efficient means.”

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