Washington Wizards Draft Prospects: University of Colorado Forward Cody Williams

Breaking down the top ten draft prospects for the Washington Wizards over the next ten weeks.

As a top pick for the Washington Wizards continues to look more and more likely, we have begun looking at possible draft picks.

This is our second prospect we are looking into as last week we went over Perth Wildcats center Alexandre Sarr.

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This week's prospect we are deep diving into Colorado Buffaloes forward Cody Williams.

The younger brother of the Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams stands at six foot eight inches and weighs 190 pounds.

Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes forward Cody Williams (10) finishes off a basket in the second half against the USC Trojans at the CU Events Center / Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Willams' height is good for his position and will bode well for him in the NBA.

Averaging 14.1 points per game this season in nine games played, WIlliams has shown an ability to create his own shot in the lane and in transition.

At the rim he can give multiple different looks, finish in different ways, and can draw a lot of fouls.

Cody Williams is so fun to watch pic.twitter.com/dPFUPEhKoR

— DNVR Buffs (@DNVR_Buffs) January 14, 2024

But when it comes to jump shots, he hasn't quite yet shown the ability to knock them down at a high rate.

Most of his shots are coming in the paint and he is making a solid 56 percent from the field.

But from outside Williams isn't a great volume guy as he has only taken 15 three-pointers but has shown he can make them as he is shooting 40 percent from deep.

Defensively, Williams has great length which gives him the ability to recover well when beat or for help defense, contest jump shots, and also block shots.

Cody Williams with the steal & slam! 💪 pic.twitter.com/LXNGPr3bIz

— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) January 14, 2024

Having six blocked shots on the year he has a chance to be a great rim defender in driving guards.

He is a superior athlete in college and can hold his own on that side of the floor but has yet to show he can keep up with more agile guards which could limit his defensive versatility at the NBA level.

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Williams would fit well on the Wizards team if it were to move on from forward Kyle Kuzma and if he can continue to improve defensively and show off his playmaking this year, he could make his case to be the next part of this rebuild.

Next week we will look at Serbian guard Nikola Topic.

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