We knew he was a big mouth and a talker but, since his transfer to Charlotte during the trade deadline, Grant Williams is the subject of criticism outright describing him as a problem in the locker room.
In the wake of his departure from Dallas, Tim MacMahon, of ESPN, explained that the former Celtic “annoyed a lot of people” in Texas. The anecdote reported by assistant GM, Michael Finley, about Luka Doncic who punished Grant Williams' “trashtalking” in training, can certainly go in this direction, but the club's GM, Nico Harrison, was all also stepped up to defend his former player.
Except that in the process, it was Mike Gorman, the Celtics commentator for 43 years, who came clean, explaining that Grant Williams had already ended up annoying everyone in Boston.
“He’s an eighth, ninth or tenth guy on a team, and those guys are easy to replace. It's a problem in the locker room. If you are a problem in the locker room, and you are the eighth or ninth player on the team, you will not be the eighth or ninth player for long because you will quickly pack your bags. he blurted.
Support from Jayson Tatum
Difficult criticism to hear for Grant Williams, whose main concern is to support his teammates, and who therefore does not understand how he can be a “problem in the locker room”.
“I do my best to stay on top of it most of the time. I have always tried to treat people with respect” he explains to the Charlotte Observer. “Gorman was just talking about what he thought he had experienced but if you ask any of my teammates during my career in this league, they will know that I have been a great teammate, but also someone to look up to. they can count on, a person they can talk to. This is something I am particularly proud of. »
Grant Williams was notably able to count on the support of Jayson Tatum who, as soon as Mike Gorman left, completely contradicted him by explaining that his former comrade was on the contrary a great teammate.
“Honestly, I didn’t even ask him (to do it). That's why it was even cooler and I had to thank him afterwards because he's my guy, for life. And all these guys in Boston too. I talk to them more often than anyone else. I've always tried to treat the people of Boston with respect, especially the commentators. So I'm surprised Gorman said that. But maybe that's really what he thinks. »
