Williams went 51-for-54 on dunk attempts in his rookie season, according to Basketball Reference. He didn’t slow down in his second season, completing his first 11 dunk attempts before dislocating his left wrist in the fifth game of the season. When he returned from surgery five months later, Williams was a different player. Whatever edge he possessed as an attacker had dissolved during recovery. Williams became tentative on the glass and timid with the ball in his hands. And then the lowlights began — dunks that died at the rim, slipped from his grip to ricochet off the backboard, caromed off the iron to fly skyward. Since returning from the wrist injury, Williams is 94-for-132 (71.2%) on dunk attempts. This season, he has made only four of nine attempts, including the finish against the Pelicans on Tuesday. Two of his completed dunks this season occurred in the same game — a Nov. 13 upset of the New York Knicks, which also was Williams’ highest-scoring game of the season (18 points). -via Chicago Tribune / January 16, 2025
Patrick Williams on the block
