Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Draft 2020 Prospect Profile: Patrick Williams
By Ben Beecken
Patrick Williams NBA Draft 2020 Prospect Profile: Fit with Timberwolves
Patrick Williams has the size and athletic ability to immediately step in and earn significant minutes at the 4 with the Timberwolves.
Williams has a complementary skill set that would fit between Russell and Towns perfectly. He’s big enough to guard multiple positions and athletic enough to be a difference-maker in the open floor offensively. Depending on who else is on the floor, Williams could ultimately function as something of a point forward and secondary playmaker.
In fact, are some similarities to current Wolves big man James Johnson, and the Wolves love his positional flexibility and all-arouond versatility.
If Williams can continue to develop his outside shot as Johnson did over the course of his career, than there’s a future for him as a true third scoring option in an NBA offense.
Even though Williams will probably struggle to check opposing 3s in one-on-one situations, he shouldn’t have too many issues with 4s. Not only that, his off-ball defense will make an immediate impact and elevate the Wolves defensively by a significant margin.
However, Williams is not likely to be selected until the middle of the lottery, and it would be a shock if he was still on the board when the Wolves pick at No. 17. If the Wolves were to trade back with a team somewhere in the No. 8 to No. 12 range, Williams could be a target.
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He probably doesn’t have a high enough ceiling for the Wolves to seriously consider moving up from the No. 17 pick, but if the chips fall just right, Patrick Williams would be a fine fit for the Minnesota Timberwolves.