When free agency began, the Clippers had no point guards under contract. Now, Jason Hart -- thee Jason Hart -- is on the third string (NOO!!) as L.A.C. has signed Jason Williams to (presumably) back up Baron Davis. Yep, the Clippers poached two players from the 2007-08, 15-win Miami Heat ... and those two players are J-Wil and Ricky Davis. Buy your season tickets now!White Chocolate will turn 33 before Thanksgiving, and I assume he's signed up for the veteran's minimum (less than $1.5 million, with the league pitching in half the amount). It's not a bad get -- swear to blog, J-Wil's still better than Hart. Not a ringing endorsement. Not a breathing endorsement, actually. (I'm sorry, Jason H. Big love. Kind-of.) J-Wil's problem is his loss of quickness -- he's turned into a pull-up/spot-up three-ball shooter, because he can't convert more than 45% of his twos. The fellow who got to the rim at will died a long time ago.
That said, Williams is not a scorer -- he didn't need to be one as Dwyane Wade's backcourt mate in Miami. He commits few turnovers at this stage in his career, and gets a fair amount of assists for what he does. The Clips quite obviously can't lose Davis for anything resembling a substantial amount of time, as Williams-as-starter isn't going to help Marcus Camby or Chris Kaman put up too many points. But J-Wil could be one of the more calming back-up PGs in the West, if he isn't asked to carry the load.
