"I think, first, we live in this area," Williams said. "If they can criticize the President of the United States, then they can criticize a basketball player, so you have to (the criticism) that for granted. If he's a some places, you know, in Columbus, Ohio, I coached there, you know, it's rah-rah for the Buckeyes all the time. It's not quite like that around here, so that's part of it.

"Greivis is a personality that's not afraid to show his emotions; I'm sure that's part of it. Some people resent that because your're not a cookie cutter-type player. You don't act like people think you should act all the time, but every player has a way to play to get himself to play the best he can play, and Greivis grew up, you know, playing with a lot of emotion, playing with a lot of guys that played with emotion, and that's the way he plays."