Robert Williams III – center – 1 season experience – $1,937,520
At the start of Time Lord’s 2019-20 season, there was plenty to be excited about. A drop-off in mistakes on defense combined with a nascent passing and away-from-the-basket game suggested the Louisiana native was on the verge of a big leap.
Then, his hip betrayed him — or the fact he kept landing on it so damn much, perhaps. After he’d healed with an extended absence, the league shut down due to the pandemic, nearly robbing Rob of his second season.
He showed enough in the Disney restart to convince us that growth was real, even if he didn’t get time to polish it. Given that was hardly his fault, we have to give the big man an A- for what he came up with in a season full of setbacks.