Suns substitute inside: Ma Wei is not depressed by injury, he will play 70 times in the new season

Phoenix Suns conducted daily training camp. After the training, the team's inside player Nick Richards was interviewed by reporters, and he also talked about the team's inside new player Mark Williams in the interview. In Richards' view, Williams has the opportunity to play more than 70 games this season and he has the opportunity to stay healthy throughout the season.

Richards said: Of course we hope he can stay healthy throughout the season, but judging from the situation I usually get along with him, he doesn't seem to be frustrated by his injury. On the contrary, he is still optimistic about his situation. Richards continued: We don’t actually talk much about this topic in our daily lives. I don’t think he always wants to think about it. This is not something that is particularly frustrating or requires repeated thinking, but I can see that he has a very positive attitude and he has nothing particularly worried about it. In my opinion, Williams is full of expectations for the new season, and like the rest of us, he hopes that the new season will start soon. In terms of playing games, the new season is likely to be one of his best performances and most appearances.

Williams was born in December 2001 and is 23 years old, 213cm tall and weighs 109kg. He is an inside player from Duke University selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 15th pick in the first round in the 2022 NBA Draft. In the NBA regular season last season, Williams played 44 games in total due to injury, averaging 26.6 minutes per game, with averaging 15.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.2 blocks, and 1.6 turnovers and 2.4 fouls, shooting percentage of 60.4%, three-point shooting percentage of 0%, and free throw shooting percentage of 80.4%. The Hornets reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers in the middle of last season, and Williams was once sent to the Lakers by the Hornets. However, because they failed the Lakers' physical examination, Williams was also "returned" by the Lakers.

This summer, the Suns reached an agreement with the Hornets, who sent the No. 28 first-round pick and a 2029 first-round pick in this year's NBA Draft, and exchanged Williams for the Hornets. Obviously, the Suns have high expectations for Williams, otherwise they would not have given him two first-round picks. But Williams' attendance rate is really worrying. He has only played 106 NBA regular season games in the past three seasons. Last season's 44 regular season appearances are already the highest number of season attendances in his career. This situation is really worrying. After joining the Suns, will Williams really play more than 70 games as Richards said?

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