Is Louis Williams More Important Than Iggy?

A poor man’s Monta Ellis won’t get you into the second round of the playoffs, even out East.

Trying to right my reputation here, five days later: I kind of botched this post, which was supposed to emphasize that an inessential Iggy for tons of money was a worse long-term idea than a cheap Williams, who could play the SG role fairly well or come off the bench for a long time to come. I’m not nuts about Williams, but big picture, signing him is more constructive than inking Iguodala.

How do you figure that Lou Williams is a poor man’s Monta Ellis? Lou is good, I’ll give you that, but Monta Ellis good? I don’t think so. He’s getting a lot better at shooting, he’s getting to be a pretty good defender, he’s pretty clutch, and he’s extremely athletic, but he’s Rajon Rondo, not Monta Ellis, and everybody knows it. He is the point guard of the future for this team, it’s been said many times that when Miller eventually moves on, Williams will have a shot to fill that role.

Iggy might not be a number 1(yet, cus if you ask me, he has it in him), but he’s one of the most athletic players in the league, is getting a better shot, and has proven to be a leader when he actually has a team around him and not guys like Dalembert and the more immature version of Lou Williams that you saw for the first part of the season, and in the playoffs. Not to mention, he shut down guys like Kobe and LeBron as a rookie, and once he stops concentrating so much on his offensive game, he’ll shut them down again. Again, if you ask me, Paul Pierce is a poor man’s Andre Iguodala