After playing all the matches this season, Patrick Williams was not in uniform against the Bucks, nor Friday night against the Hawks. Why then? An inflammation in the left foot, which seems mild according to him.
“If it were up to me, I would be playing right now. But I don't want to go back to the way things were.”, announcement the Chicago winger, operated on for a fractured left foot last March and who had experienced a small relapse in September. Obviously, it's not completely behind him.
“I’m not really worried,” he tempers. “I rely on the doctors and the technical staff. Nobody seems worried. This happens after an operation. The first year after surgery is a bit of the hardest. It swelled a little. »
A simple absence of a few days?
If the Bulls player is calm, it is because when the pain arose, before the match against the Rockets, it was not as strong as last season. “I couldn’t put any effort into it. Every step and every run was hard before the operation”he remembers. “We are a long way from that. »
After two matches missed by his winger, and even if he is also reassuring overall, Billy Donovan cannot give a return date.
“We are always worried when it is the same area that has been operated on. But the tests show that there is inflammation. Will he have to manage this in the long term? I don't know “, admits the coach. “Everything will depend on how he responds. We are not in the situation where we have to put a player in the fridge for two months. We don't talk about that. He needs to slow down. We are there. »
| Patrick Williams | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | CHI | 71 | 28 | 48.3 | 39.1 | 72.8 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 9.2 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 17 | 25 | 52.9 | 51.7 | 73.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 82 | 28 | 46.4 | 41.5 | 85.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 43 | 27 | 44.3 | 39.9 | 78.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 15 | 29 | 37.6 | 39.4 | 84.0 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 9.9 |
| Total | 228 | 28 | 46.2 | 40.9 | 78.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 9.7 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
