2011 NBA Draft: Former Terp Jordan Williams Goes in Second Round to NJ Nets

Should have stayed another year

I was super super bitter and upset that he left early. I actually took some heat on here for calling his decision “irresponsible.” Fortunately, I grew out of my bitterness and hatred toward the situation. I hope he does well, makes the team, and proves everyone wrong (including me) wrong. Good luck Jordan, MD proud!

You know every future recruit was watching the draft.

I’m happy he went eary second round. Yea we all wish he would have stayed, but like everyone has been saying, he would have needed to to stay 4 because next year will be a sic draft class. I hope he represents Maryland well in the NBA. He should get playing time with NJ, and with his knack for putting the ball in the rim with his soft hands and rebounding ability he should do well. Yea i wish he would of stayed but i’m excited to see him develope into a good NBA role playe/glue guy. I don’t see him playing in the DL, he is from Maryland he will succeed because Gary taught him to work for it. He has the ability to just stick around and we should all wish him luck.

GOOD LUCK J-WILL! UMD WIL BE PULLING FOR YOU!!!!!!

Maryland will have plenty of kids deciding to turn pro early in the future do to higher skilled recruits coming aboard. We can’t hate on them, regardless if we feel its a bad decision or not. JW is a Terp for life and should be treated like one. He wanted to fulfill his life long dream and now he has…good for him!! We should be happy and applaud him.

I am happy got selected and that he was not to far off from being a first rounder. Its over so lets move on and focus on the players that are still on the team and the players we are trying to make Terps.

im a nets fan. i really do think he ended up in a great situation. DWill is a great PG, whod be able to get Jordan the ball in the right places. He’d definitely play over Johan Petro and Dan Gadzuric,and should be a good back up to Mr. Kardashian. I can see him having a year like he did with us his freshman year.

this is an opinion site, I still think he should have stayed in school. Seeing as how close he was to the first round after a mediocre-at-best season on a sub-mediocre team, imagine if he would’ve come back for redemption and led his team back to the dance. A hard-core competitor would embrace the challenge, not only for pride’s sake, but also for his career and draft position. Sure, he would be behind the ball going into next year with Barnes, Sullinger, etc. staking claims on precious draft spots, but I’ve seen the fire in JW’s belly, both on the court and the pre-draft-prove-the-haters-wrong-training, and I truly believe he could have come back to MD on a mission. And despite the greater competition next year, I think the further national exposure and more complete resume’ would have pushed him into the mid-to-late 1st territory. I mean, look at one run in the dance did for Jimmer F.

It’s all water under the bridge at this point, but like Ben, I’ll always wonder “what if”. Just like I still do about Chris Wilcox. But JW is still family, and I hope he flourishes as a pro and that Russian tycoon pays him a ton of dough 3 yrs. from now, and he in turn donates a small portion to the “Prove The Haters Wrong” scholorship fund at UMD.

Bottom line, keep pounding them JW, we’ll always the Scheyer dunk, kid!

No. I appreciate the objective journalism and there are usually 2 sides to a story, but, not here. Jordan aside, if you are in good academic standing and the program is not facing sanctions, you have to go in the first round for it to be a good decision to leave early. He can salvage the bad decision by kicking ass, but it was still a bad decision.

I wish him luck. His success will be our success.

Of course you have to say his decision was wrong. He went in the 2nd round and will not receive a guaranteed contract. If there is a lockout and no season, there is a chance he may not even make the team in 2012. James Gist and DJ Strawberry are prime examples of what can happen to 2nd Round Picks. I wish Jordan luck, but it is obvious he made a mistake when people in the know were advising him to come back. If he came back and was a 2nd Team All American he would’ve been a 1st Rounder, even in a deeper draft. Bottom line; he didn’t get a guaranteed contract. Bad decision on his part and all of the Haters were correct.

He was a high second rounder while Gist and Strawberry were picked towards the end. Also, NJN really need big men so he could get some serious PT

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