Why we love Big Nasty

by Matt Watson on Apr 19, 2006 3:04 PM EDT

Remember when Corliss Williamson used to fill the current Antonio McDyess role as the first big off the bench? Of course you do, it wasn't that long ago. He was good at it, too, winning Sixth Man of the Year in 2002. Now the poor guy is wasting away at the end of the bench in Sacramento. He played in just 37 games this year, averaging 9.8 minutes and 3.4 points. He's only 32 years old, and I believe next season will be the final year of his contract (the same six-year deal he signed with Detroit back in 2001), so maybe he'll re-surface somewhere as a force off the bench after being traded to a team seeking cap relief this summer.

In the meantime, remember this? As Jermaine O'Neal figured out, Big Nasty didn't get that nickname for nothing:

(Did the "Tree Rollins came in to break it up -- luckily no one got bitten" reference throw you off? Here's an explanation.)

Corliss Williamson punks Jermaine O'Neal [YouTube]

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I love Big Nasty too. Loved him coming back to Sacramento after winning a NBA ring with the Pistons; looked forward to whatever ‘tude’ he could impart…

After the C-Webb trade, you could always count on his defensive spark off the bench. Instant ‘tude’ adjustment in a flat 3rd quarter was to bring in ’da Nasty, baby!

Wish he was being used more. The KTHK King’s talk radio analysis is that he ahem doesn’t fit the “Princeton offensive”-scheme(of coach Rick Adelman).

Perhaps not. But with the post-up additions like Ron Artest, Bonzi Wells, & Shareef Abdur-Raheem; it seems “princeton offense” is allready being tweaked anyway…what the hell, tweak it some more!

I’ll allways be appreciative as a King’s fan for how Corliss was the the one to say in the off-season that the King’s needed to play thru calls, not ‘wine’ to the refs & instead ‘suck it up’. His leadership in the locker-room has made this team better.

But I’d still like to see him clogging up the lane like old times. Let’s see the Spurs with Tony Parker or Manu actually getting past Nasty in the lane if he’s planted like a ‘tree’ in front of them. It’ll make me nostalgic for when Corliss was here before.smile

by Rhondda Nunes on Apr 21, 2006 6:30 AM EDT reply actions