RIP Gus Williams 'The Wizard'

[L.Kizzle]

Helped the Sonics reach their only Finals Championship win in 1979.
He was a 2x All-Star and 2x All-NBA player. At his peak, he topped Magic Johnson in 1982 for All-NBA 1st team honors.
He also might be the most recent NBA player to hold out for an entire season due to a contract dispute.

He peaked in 1982 at 23/7/3.

[Neal Romer]

I always hated that Washington named their team the Wizards, because The Wizard would make a cool nickname for someone, a la 'Magic'. But it's too confusing to refer to someone as a 'Wizard' when theres a team with that name as well. I'll still refer to Jokic or Lebron or whoever as 'a wizard' but not in a proper nickname fashion.

Never realized someone already had the nickname back then, when Washington was the Bullets. And I dont like recycling nicknames so I guess it's moot that Washington has that name now. Still, I find the whole 'Washington Wizards' brand a bit corny. And I honestly do think such things have a slight psychological impact on performance. Famously the woe-be-gone Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw an immediate turnaround in fortune when they ditched their dated creamsicles and found something a little more modern.

The Wizards and their whole name and logo is bunk. It's not that it's dated, it was just never good to begin with. They need to ****in rebrand all that shit.

[pandiani17]

RIP Gus. Never saw him play live, but heard that he was member of that Sonics championship team with Dennis Johnson and Jack Sikma.

[Lakers Legend#32]

Why is Gus not in the HOF?

[L.Kizzle]

Why is Gus not in the HOF?

Who was considered better between DJ, Gus and Sikma?

[dankok8]

RIP Gus

Crazy thing is I was currently watching the 1980 WCF. Gus was so damn fast and had range on his shot. Seriously looked like a modern guard. Seattle was an ensemble team and I'd say Gus/DJ/Sikma/Freddie were all at times the best players on that team.

[iamgine]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?513662-Someone-who-s-never-talked-about-but-was-up-there-with-Kareem-Magic-Bird-Dr-J

Absolutely amazing player.

[RRR3]

RIP. Great player.

[RRR3]

Why is Gus not in the HOF?
Missing a year during his absolute peak didn't help

[Lakers Legend#32]

Who was considered better between DJ, Gus and Sikma?

DJ and Sikma are in the HOF but during their time in Seattle (FOKC) I thought Gus was the best.

[Lakers Legend#32]

Missing a year during his absolute peak didn't help

Truth

[L.Kizzle]

There were a lot of guards in the early 80s who get overlooked.
How was he compared to Micheal Ray Richardson, Otis Birdsong, Fat Lever, Andrew Toney. I mean all these guys I named were All-Stars and All-NBA players.