The Rainmen recently announced that Devino Williams, the teenage talent with the Rainmen's best 3-pointer stats, was released from the team, apparently for not displaying "the level of maturity to play professional basketball.", according to Coach Lewis on the Rainmen website. James Booyer, a 6'9" forward will be re-joining the team after spending the first few weeks of the season holding down one end of the bench because of an injured leg.
I wonder if there is some kind of internal deal with the players to keep a maximum of 10 players on the team? We definitely need more forwards and fewer guards, so hopefully this is a step in the right direction. While Devino is talented, we have other shooting guards who have more facets to their game. It also seems like Coach Lewis has favourites, and apparently Devino wasn’t one of them. From the first round of Booyer’s stay with the Rainmen, he allegedly is one of Coach’s favourites. How will this play with the rest of the team?
Having the players live in one house may be good for bonding as a team, but having the wrong guy in a house can act as a poison for morale. Was Williams that wrong guy? Was Booyer (in his original stint with the team)? One thing is for sure, the revolving door cannot be helping morale. Not knowing if you will still be with a team that has moved you to Halifax for a few weeks and then cuts you (Hardy, Gladden, and now Williams) must weigh on the players’s minds.
On the other hand, all of this speculation is just that - speculation. We fans don’t live in the house and we don’t really know how the dynamics run in that household. I just hope the core players are able to overcome this apparent obstacle of player turnover and finish the season strong. The wins will come if the players are happy.
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I think we will see in the next few games how this plays out
I don't think there is any agrement for only 10 players. just seems to be luck of the draw. The Williams situation is messy though.
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