Texas A&M basketball‘s Robert Williams forced the Boston Celtics to postpone a conference call after he couldn’t be contacted
Robert Williams was one of the best players in Texas A&M basketball history, as evidenced by the fact that he became the fourth Aggie ever to be taken in the first round of the NBA Draft.
A&M has mostly been a football school for its existence. The recent run of success from Billy Gillespie all the way to Billy Kennedy is arguably the best stretch in Texas A&M basketball history.
But in what was supposed to be a great night for Williams quickly turned into an interesting morning as he apparently could not be contacted by the Boston Celtics (the team who took him No. 27 overall) for his conference call. They had to postpone it until further notice.
The Celtics have not been able to track down Robert Williams for his conference call this morning. It has been postponed.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) June 22, 2018
However, as of 11 am central time, it appears the Celtics did indeed track down Williams. A few reporters have been tweeting some interesting comments.
#Celtics confirm Robert Williams conference call at noon. ET!!
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) June 22, 2018
Robert Williams confirms "I don't like the Bob." Do not call him Bob.
— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 22, 2018
The cool thing about the conference call with Robert Williams is that you can’t hear a word he's saying. I did pick up that he thinks the young foundation of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum is the best part about the Celtics.
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) June 22, 2018
Robert Williams is on the conference call, not a case of some college kid blowing off the media. #Celtics
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) June 22, 2018
I would love to tell you why Robert Williams missed the conference call, and Robert Williams is perfectly happy to tell you why he missed the conference call, but as you may have seen elsewhere, the audio quality was … less than ideal.
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) June 22, 2018
Conference calls are the funniest thing ever. I swear that Robert Williams is doing a full workout, cleaning or at a mall during this one.
— Courtney Cox (@coxcourtney) June 22, 2018
Could not understand anything on the Robert Williams conference call. Bad audio. But I could decipher that he ended the call by saying, "Thanks so much."
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) June 22, 2018
Tough conference call day for the #Celtics. Felt like I just listened to the teacher in the Peanuts cartoon speak for the last 15 minutes. Few takeaways that rookie Robert Williams feels everything happens for a reason, he loves defense and he is an Al Horford fan.
— Scott Souza (@Scott_Souza) June 22, 2018
This was almost certainly a case of Williams partying, or at least staying up late after realizing his life-long dream of being taken in the NBA Draft. Despite the fact that he probably would have been a lottery pick had he come out of college a year earlier and he ended up falling all the way to 27, he says he has no regrets.
Robert Williams, the newest member of the #Celtics roster, says he has no regrets about dropping to late 1st round after he likely would have been late-lottery, mid-teens pick in last yr's draft.
— A. Sherrod Blakely (@ASherrodblakely) June 22, 2018
It may hurt his wallet initially, but that’s about the only negative that can be taken from Williams falling to No. 27. He is set up to be maybe as successful as he could possibly be with the Celtics and Brad Stevens.
I identified the Celtics as one of the best fits for Williams because he won’t be asked to contribute offensively other than cleaning up rebounds and rolling to the basket. He will be the Celtics’ version of Clint Capela, who was a major factor in the Houston Rockets’ 65-win season (even though Williams is not a fan of that comparison).
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Don’t read much into Williams being late for his first press conference. He probably overslept. We’ve all done it. He’ll be just fine.
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