If You Could Ask Monty Williams One Question...
By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com, @Jim_Eichenhofer
February 7, 2012
New Orleans Hornets team president Hugh Weber recently held a contest on Twitter (@hughweber1) in which fans were prompted to answer this query: “If you could ask Monty Williams one question, what would it be?” The fans who sent in the most creative responses were given free tickets to a home game. That would’ve been the end of the story – except we decided to take some of those interesting questions from fans directly to Williams to find out how he would answer. Here was the result:
From @GeauxHornets: Which players on our team remind you or yourself and in what way? Also, from @RealTOdoubleD: Which player on the Hornets would you most compare yourself to?
Williams: Gosh, we don’t have anybody who played like I did. It would probably be a combination of Al-Farouq, Gustavo and Greivis – all three of those guys together.
From @LSUtiga21: Could you take Dell Demps in a game of one-on-one?
Williams: Yes. And I used to do it all the time in San Antonio. [smiles] I don’t play very much now.
From @blandry1212: What can the fans do to help this team stay positive and continue to play hard game in and game out?
Williams: They can just come out and support the guys. The ones who do come, I really appreciate them and their support. For the ones who aren’t coming, I wish they would come on out, because we’re going to get going. We’re going to get this turned around, and when we do, it’s going to be a lot of fun.
From @jburle5: How do you yell at a guy like Gustavo Ayon who doesn’t even speak the same language?
Williams: What I do is, I yell at Greivis, and then Greivis yells at Gustavo. [smiles]
From @DLeBoeuf84: Who is your favorite player of all time to watch and why?
Williams: I probably couldn’t pinpoint all the guys, but obviously I loved Michael Jordan. And Len Bias was a guy who was from my hometown and from my county. He was certainly a guy I looked up to when I was younger.
From @w0211593: How did your experiences as a player with health problems help you in your coaching career with player injuries?
Williams: I just know what it’s like. I can relate to guys. I know what it’s like to get your knee drained and have to play a game, or to play with broken bones, a broken nose, chipped teeth, the flu, all that stuff. You just have a different experience level that most people don’t have, because they haven’t had to deal with it.
From @Ddonov3: If you could spend a day to learn as much as you can from a basketball legend (living or passed away), who would it be and why?
Williams: I would probably go spend a day with Dean Smith. I’ve heard he’s a genius. He’s forgotten more than most of us will ever know. I’d love to go watch him work a basketball camp, or spend time talking to him, and have him break down one of our games.
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By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com, @Jim_Eichenhofer
February 7, 2012
New Orleans Hornets team president Hugh Weber recently held a contest on Twitter (@hughweber1) in which fans were prompted to answer this query: “If you could ask Monty Williams one question, what would it be?” The fans who sent in the most creative responses were given free tickets to a home game. That would’ve been the end of the story – except we decided to take some of those interesting questions from fans directly to Williams to find out how he would answer. Here was the result:
From @GeauxHornets: Which players on our team remind you or yourself and in what way? Also, from @RealTOdoubleD: Which player on the Hornets would you most compare yourself to?
Williams: Gosh, we don’t have anybody who played like I did. It would probably be a combination of Al-Farouq, Gustavo and Greivis – all three of those guys together.
From @LSUtiga21: Could you take Dell Demps in a game of one-on-one?
Williams: Yes. And I used to do it all the time in San Antonio. [smiles] I don’t play very much now.
From @blandry1212: What can the fans do to help this team stay positive and continue to play hard game in and game out?
Williams: They can just come out and support the guys. The ones who do come, I really appreciate them and their support. For the ones who aren’t coming, I wish they would come on out, because we’re going to get going. We’re going to get this turned around, and when we do, it’s going to be a lot of fun.
From @jburle5: How do you yell at a guy like Gustavo Ayon who doesn’t even speak the same language?
Williams: What I do is, I yell at Greivis, and then Greivis yells at Gustavo. [smiles]
From @DLeBoeuf84: Who is your favorite player of all time to watch and why?
Williams: I probably couldn’t pinpoint all the guys, but obviously I loved Michael Jordan. And Len Bias was a guy who was from my hometown and from my county. He was certainly a guy I looked up to when I was younger.
From @w0211593: How did your experiences as a player with health problems help you in your coaching career with player injuries?
Williams: I just know what it’s like. I can relate to guys. I know what it’s like to get your knee drained and have to play a game, or to play with broken bones, a broken nose, chipped teeth, the flu, all that stuff. You just have a different experience level that most people don’t have, because they haven’t had to deal with it.
From @Ddonov3: If you could spend a day to learn as much as you can from a basketball legend (living or passed away), who would it be and why?
Williams: I would probably go spend a day with Dean Smith. I’ve heard he’s a genius. He’s forgotten more than most of us will ever know. I’d love to go watch him work a basketball camp, or spend time talking to him, and have him break down one of our games.
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