Williams Forgets Recruiting, Raises Game

Troy Williams, playing forward for the NBA East team in the Nike Global Challenge in Alexandria

, Va., On Friday, stood on the left wing, making a subtle signal with his left hand for Jaquan Lyles to pass him the ball inside.

Williams caught the pass at his waist, in stride, and threw down a two-handed slam, abusing Chinese defender Zhao Tianyil in the process. The dunk was up on YouTube before halftime.

"I didn" t know I was going to get the dunk and when I got it, that "s when all the energy started to build back up," Williams said. "That" s what got my momentum going. "If I start inside-out, with a dunk, I start to relax a bit and the next thing you know, I" m playing my game. "

Williams scored 27 points, hitting 75% of his shots from the floor, including three three-pointers, to lead USA East to a 109-70 defeat of China in the U19 tournament on Friday. Williams said he made sure not to notice North Carolina "s Roy Williams, Kentucky" s John Calipari, Louisville "s Rick Pitino and other head coaches in the stands.

"I didn" t recognize anyone because I didn "t look in the stands," he said. "I might see somebody I don" t want to see. Even if it " s halftime, I never want to look in the stands. "

He initially planned to announce his college choice between North Carolina and Kentucky on May 1 via Twitter. After talking with his uncle, well-known AAU coach Boo Williams, Williams pushed back his decision and added Florida, Louisville, Alabama and Georgetown to the mix .

"When I was playing in a AAU tournament (in Minneapolis) in April, I was just so caught up in the colleges, I wasn" t playing my style, "Williams said." I was trying to impress the coaches.

"After I slowed my recruiting down and started worrying about AAU and the camps, that" s when I started realizing the game was getting easier when I wasn "t worried about what other people were saying."

Williams, who played for Phoebus (Hampton, Va.) Last season, is transferring 300 miles away this fall to play his senior year at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.). He said his next college visit is to Alabama.

by: Yes-Shoes

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