<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-grant-williams-defends-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-amid-bostons-playoff-struggles');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grant Williams defends Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown amid Celtics’ playoff struggles');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Grant-Williams.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Grant Williams defends Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown amid Celtics’ playoff struggles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-09T11:04:07-07:00">May 9th, 11:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-09T11:04:15-07:00">May 9th, 11:04am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.spiering.3" rel="facebook">Chris Spiering</a>Chris Spiering graduated from the University of San Diego with a Communication Studies Degree. He spent his final year as the Sports Editor for the USDVista newspaper. Chris manages the betting team at ClutchPoints and contributes about the NFL, MLB, and NBA, but he follows most sports, including NCAA Basketball. Chris also covers San Diego State men's basketball for East Village Times.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Celtics are in a hole as they are down 0-2 to the New York Knicks for the second-round matchup. Grant Williams shared his thoughts on X about the two Celtics’ superstars.</p><p>Nobody saw this coming. The defending champions have lost two straight playoff games to a team that has not had any postseason success since 2013. Jalen Brunson and the Knicks are turning heads and making the Celtics<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-zach-lowe-destroys-bostons-gross-offense-in-nsfw-rant"> look silly with their 4th quarter surges.</a></p><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-reveals-whos-to-blame-for-boston-0-2-deficit-vs-knicks">falling down 0-2, Jayson Tatum</a> and Jaylen Brown are taking the hits to the chin as they prepare for Game 3 at MSG.</p><p>Former Boston Celtic Grant Williams is <a href="https://x.com/Grant2Will/status/1920887664967815643" rel="noopener">backing his former teammates.</a></p><p>“Not even with them anymore but this C’s discourse is wild. Everyone has a right to an opinion but JT and JB are Superstars. They are able 2 have bad games but we’ve all witnessed them both takeover. Don’t let recent events cloud your eyes from what they’ve done and accomplished.”</p><p>Williams did not win a championship with the Celtics last season but was a part of their run in 2022 and the ECF loss to the Heat in Game 7 a year later. Before last season started, Williams signed with the Dallas Mavericks before being shipped to the Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>Williams was a valuable player to the Celtics during his tenure and hopes to help turn things around with the Hornets. Charlotte’s head coach, Charles Lee, was an assistant with the Celtics for one season after coming over as an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><p>The Celtics are a much better team on the road than at TD Garden this season. The C’s finished 33-8 away from Boston and many believe that they will find a way to steal at least one game in New York with their road success.</p><p>The last time the Celtics were down 0-2 and won the series is back in 2017 when Isaiah Thomas and Al Horford led the C’s past the Chicago Bulls in six games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grant Williams defends Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown amid Celtics’ playoff struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-grant-williams-helped-locker-room-potentially-serious-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hornets’ Grant Williams suffers torn ACL');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hornets-news-Grant-Williams-helped-to-locker-room-with-potentially-serious-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Hornets’ Grant Williams suffers torn ACL</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-24T08:17:27-08:00">November 24th, 8:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-24T10:30:29-08:00">November 24th, 10:30am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Charlotte Hornets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Charlotte Hornets will be without one of their key veterans for the rest of the season after Grant Williams went down with a knee injury against the Milwaukee Bucks. After suffering the injury, Williams <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1860523652103782439" rel="noopener">went to the locker room</a> and didn’t return. NBA insider Chris Haynes first reported Sunday that Williams <a href="https://x.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1860747022070100085" rel="noopener">suffered a torn ACL</a>, and ESPN’s Shams Chariana reported that the Hornets forward also <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/42584530/sources-hornets-grant-williams-done-season-torn-ligaments" rel="noopener">tore his meniscus and “associated ligaments.”</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Grant Williams had to be helped off the court after suffering an apparent knee injury late in Hornets-Bucks.</p><p>Hope he’s okay 🙏🏽</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/puF9bIRY4I">pic.twitter.com/puF9bIRY4I</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1860523652103782439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Hornets also ended up losing the game <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-lamelo-ball-makes-history-50-point-eruption-bucks">despite LaMelo Ball going for 50 points</a> and becoming the third-youngest player in NBA history to do so, making this injury news a double whammy. Charlotte has already been without Miles Bridges due to an injury.</p><p>So far this season, the Hornets have had an up-and-down start to the season, but head coach Charles Lee has them playing some solid basketball.</p><h2>Hornets’ young core blossoming early in season</h2><p>The Hornets seem like they are figuring out their young core, as the past week has been well for both Brandon Miller and LaMelo Ball. Against the Detroit Pistons, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-brandon-miller-lamelo-ball-react-massive-performances-pistons">Miller scored a career-high 38 points</a> and didn’t even know it.</p><p>“I honestly didn’t know tonight was my career high,” Miller said. “I was just playing basketball and going out there looking to win a ball game in front of a great home crowd tonight.</p><p>“I think just my teammates encouraging me to be more aggressive. LaMelo (Ball) fouled out at the end, and I think it was just an opportunity to be more aggressive. I think as a competitor and as a winning teammate, we want to do everything to go out there for 48 minutes and win the ball game.”</p><p>Against the Bucks, Ball scored 50 points, having his best game of the season despite losing. If the Hornets can get some players back from injury, they can be a team that continues to get better throughout the season and may surprise some people with a play-in chance. Unfortunately, Grant Williams will not be returning this year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hornets’ Grant Williams suffers torn ACL

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-draymond-green-destroys-grant-williams-jayson-tatum-hit');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Draymond Green destroys ‘goofy’ Grant Williams for Jayson Tatum hit');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Warriors-news-Draymond-Green-destroys-%E2%80%98goofy-Grant-Williams-for-Jayson-Tatum-hitant-Williams-for-Jayson-Tatum-hit.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors’ Draymond Green destroys ‘goofy’ Grant Williams for Jayson Tatum hit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-02T09:04:44-07:00">November 2nd, 9:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T09:04:44-07:00">November 2nd, 9:04am</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Charlotte Hornets forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-fans-losing-their-minds-over-grant-williams-miles-bridges-ejections">Grant Williams received a lot of criticism</a> for his hit on Jayson Tatum with Draymond Green being one of his loudest critics. The Golden State Warriors forward was upset with Williams’ handling of the incident after getting ejected from the game with a flagrant two foul.</p><p>Williams said the hit on Tatum was unintentional, a comment that Green <a href="https://x.com/money23green/status/1852589486938472658?s=46&amp;t=F3EHcHWqtIKLgxZ-tRlIaQ" rel="noopener">called “mad wild.”</a> The 34-year-old did not stop there, continuing to blast Williams <a href="https://x.com/money23green/status/1852589939990368375?s=46&amp;t=F3EHcHWqtIKLgxZ-tRlIaQ" rel="noopener">for being “goofy”</a> and <a href="https://x.com/money23green/status/1852590425879564532?s=46&amp;t=F3EHcHWqtIKLgxZ-tRlIaQ" rel="noopener">“frustrated” with not being a member</a> of the Boston Celtics’ championship-winning team.</p><p>“Thinking a blindside hit ‘on ya mans’ is a smile-worthy offense means 1 of 2 things,” Green tweeted. “You have zero awareness or you a goofy… And both make you a goofy… goofy.”</p><p>“He mad at JT about something lol,” Green wrote in a later tweet. “[Ring emoji] He was supposed to keep him in Boston lol. JT got a ring and dude let his frustrations out about it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Grant Williams was ejected after this flagrant 2 foul on Jayson Tatum 😳 <a href="https://t.co/YbhC1psP7r">pic.twitter.com/YbhC1psP7r</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1852527710532174069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Fans criticized Williams for his actions after the game along with members of the Celtics. Jaylen Brown said he thought Tatum and Williams were friends but <a href="https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1852541950831800739" rel="noopener">“actions speak louder”</a> the moment likely changed their relationship. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-claps-back-grant-williams-jayson-tatum-incident">Derrick White was also critical</a> of the hit, condemning his former teammate for being reckless with his size.</p><p>Many members of the current Celtics roster are the same players who were on the team when Williams was last in Boston in 2023. In his final year with the team, Boston was eliminated by the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Williams infamously mocked Jimmy Butler in that series right before the Heat forward unloaded on the Celtics to close out the series.</p><p>In the ensuing offseason, Williams signed with the Dallas Mavericks in free agency. The Celtics would go on to win the 2024 NBA Finals without him.</p><h2><b>Warriors face Celtics on Nov. 6</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Draymond-Green.jpg"><figcaption>David Gonzales-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Green was largely in defense of Tatum from Williams’ on-court attack, he has not traditionally been on their side. Green has been one of the biggest targets of Celtics fans on social media for his aggressive play style against the team during numerous previous encounters.</p><p>Green will get his chance to top the defending champions on Nov. 6 when the Warriors travel to Boston. The game will be the third of Golden State’s five-game road trip that begins on Nov. 2 against the Houston Rockets.</p><p>The Celtics and Warriors have both gotten off to scorching hot starts to the 2024-2025 campaign. As of Nov. 2, the Celtics remain one of the top teams in the NBA with a 5-1 record with the Warriors right behind them at 4-1. Golden State has continued to win even in Stephen Curry’s absence with an ankle injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Draymond Green destroys ‘goofy’ Grant Williams for Jayson Tatum hit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-grant-williams-reflects-on-flagrant-2-call-jayson-tatum-celtics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hornets’ Grant Williams reflects on flagrant 2 call against Jayson Tatum, Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hornets-Grant-Williams-reflects-on-flagrant-2-call-against-Jayson-Tatum-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Hornets’ Grant Williams reflects on flagrant 2 call against Jayson Tatum, Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-02T07:12:22-07:00">November 2nd, 7:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T07:12:22-07:00">November 2nd, 7:12am</time><address><a>Jerry Donatien</a>Jerry Donatien has worked for ClutchPoints since 2018. He is currently the company's Charlotte Hornets reporter, and he also does voiceovers on different sports stories. He worked the NBA All-Star weekend in 2019 and 2023, the NCAA woman's tournament, and he interned with Beasley Media group.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Boston Celtics 124-109, but the game’s outcome was a much smaller footnote in a much larger mess. Grant Williams was assessed a flagrant two after a hard foul to Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-claps-back-grant-williams-jayson-tatum-incident">His teammate, Derrick White, said</a>, “The stuff at the end was BS, but we got the win.”</p><p>Jaylen Brown even drew a comparison to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-makes-ray-lewis-comparison-grant-williams-foul">NFL Hall of Famer Ray Lewis coming across the middle</a> to make a tackle to describe how bad the hit from Williams was.</p><figure><video><source src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/YeSq8PEcpKLxKZh.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><h2><b>Grant Williams said the hit on Jayson Tatum was not intentional</b></h2><p>Both Derrick White and Jaylen Brown have every right to be upset and come to the defense of their teammate. Despite Brown calling Williams’ actions intentional, Grant refutes any claims that say it was.</p><p>“Think it was more so he didn’t see me more than anything else,” Hornets’ Williams said. “I definitely made contact with his body before I reached, but probably a hard foul, not intentional, not trying to hurt anybody. We all know that’s one of my closest friends in the league. As you see, he got up and walked away. (Jaylen Brown) kind of escalated, but I understand he’s trying to protect his teammate. That’s my dog, no matter what.”</p><p>Tatum and Williams did play four seasons together in Boston. The two even took a trip to the 2022 NBA finals as teammates while he was a Celtic. The two were seen catching up during warmups before tipoff. There was no way to tell what would’ve transpired later on in the game, but it’s an unfortunate situation, to say the least.</p><h2><b>Williams considers Jayson Tatum as one of his best friends</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jayson-Tatum-Grant-Williams.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With all the drama swirling around Williams and his former Celtics teammates, he calls Tatum one of his best friends in the association.</p><p>“Jayson Tatum is one of my closest friends in the league. I don’t think anybody thought it was a malicious intent by any means.”</p><p>There is no room for these kinds of actions in basketball, and it’s clear that Williams knows that. Even after the play took place, the Hornets standout was seen raising his hand to accept responsibility for the hard foul. Actions on a basketball court happen in the blink of an eye, but it’s safe to say that his former Celtics teammates are going to hold on to the episode from Friday night’s matchup. At least until Saturday’s game since they play each other back-to-back.</p><h2><b>Charles Lee still appreciates what Grant Williams brings to the table</b></h2><p>The incident doesn’t define who or what Grant Williams is for this team. His head coach, Charles Lee made sure that everyone knew that too.</p><p>“Grant’s been great. I think some of that passion that he plays with has helped us in a lot of moments this year. I think that it helps us, number one, as we prepare and we practice, and he brings great energy – a bounce and a juice to practice. As you’ve seen during games, because he has so much passion and is fearless, he’ll guard a lot of different people. He takes on a lot of different matchups, so I don’t want him to lose that. I just want him to harness it in a way that we can keep him on the court.”</p><p>Charlotte will have to bounce back <a href="https://www.nba.com/hornets/schedule" rel="noopener">Saturday night in a rematch</a>, but it won’t be easy. Boston could have a chip on their shoulder heading into that matchup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hornets’ Grant Williams reflects on flagrant 2 call against Jayson Tatum, Celtics

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He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams weighs around 236 pounds, which is close to the size of fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis. Celtics star Jaylen Brown thought the resemblance was uncanny on Friday night when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-grant-williams-ejected-foul-jayson-tatum">Williams bowled into</a> five-time All-Star Jayson Tatum.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Grant Williams has been EJECTED after this hard foul on Jayson Tatum was upgraded to a Flagrant 2 👀<br> <a href="https://t.co/40kGYRNt2G">pic.twitter.com/40kGYRNt2G</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1852522076797804869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Williams, who was traded to the Charlotte Hornets last year after leaving Boston for the Dallas Mavericks, couldn’t just sit back and watch as Tatum moved the ball up the court late in the fourth quarter. Instead, he sprinted at his former teammate and caused a massive collision, warranting him <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-fans-losing-their-minds-over-grant-williams-miles-bridges-ejections">an ejection from the contest</a>.</p><p>This hard foul gifted Tatum a pair of free throws that would put the C’s up 116-105 with just a little over two minutes remaining. But Brown wasn’t appreciative of the reward, <a href="https://x.com/NoaDalzell/status/1852536529953894883">deeming the play reckless</a>, per Noa Dalzell of SB Nation.</p><p>“It was for sure intentional,” Brown emphasized. “He hit him like a football play, like Ray Lewis coming across the middle. It is what it is. Grant knows better than that.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown said “actions speak louder than words” multiple times when it came to Grant Williams </p><p>“Y’all see the same play? He hit him like that was a football play.” <a href="https://t.co/WF5x2R8fA7">pic.twitter.com/WF5x2R8fA7</a></p><p>— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoaDalzell/status/1852535870324138130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Following that bump, any momentum Charlotte once had evaporated. The Hornets soon fell 124-109 to the Celtics, dropping to 2-3 while the Green Team improved to 5-1.</p><h2><b>How Grant Williams justified his flagrant foul on Jayson Tatum</b></h2><p>Since Tatum and Williams have been friends for years, the offending Hornet claimed innocence and that there was <a href="https://x.com/RealBobManning/status/1852530707890925667">no ill will behind his foul</a>, via Bobby Manning.</p><p>“It was a transition opportunity and I was trying to make a play on the ball … He’s one of my closest friends in the league,” Williams stated. “We all know [Tatum] is my guy. Nothing intentional,” Williams claimed.</p><p>While Brown disagreed, Tatum and Williams do have a good history. When there were rumblings last season that Williams was a bad teammate and that people grew tired of him in Boston, Tatum was there to set the record straight on X.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Grant Williams= Great teammate! <a href="https://t.co/JYHCavRNC3">https://t.co/JYHCavRNC3</a></p><p>— Jayson Tatum (@jaytatum0) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaytatum0/status/1768047386864103638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This isn’t even the first incident the pair have had on the court, as Tatum completely swatted a shot attempt from Williams in January and let him hear about it shortly after.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That was cold, Jayson 😭 <a href="https://t.co/edH2w46xSu">pic.twitter.com/edH2w46xSu</a></p><p>— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1749622904990363707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although some argued this was a sign of bad blood, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-newsjayson-tatum-fires-back-at-claims-grant-williams-is-a-bad-locker-room-guy">Tatum dismissed those rumors</a> to the media.</p><p>“I can’t repeat what I said, but it was all friendly, competitive nature,” he said of the big block. “But I had to get that one off.”</p><p>Despite all these instances of a cordial relationship, Brown doesn’t seem to buy it. The reigning 2024 NBA Finals MVP <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1852545606998528258">doubled down on his accusations</a> against Williams, per Celtics CLNS.</p><p>“I don’t know what that was. It just wasn’t a basketball play,” he told reporters. “Actions speak loud … There’s no place in the game for that. I thought JT and Grant was friends, I guess not.”</p><p>Regardless of intent, Tatum wasn’t shaken by the hit, recording five of his 32 points (a game-high) in the wake of the dust-up. He also added 11 rebounds and three steals on the night while Brown contributed 25 points, six rebounds, and five assists.</p><p>Charlotte put up a valiant effort, yet it mustered just four points in the last three minutes of the contest. As for Williams, he notched six points off the bench, converting on two of his five attempts from beyond the arc.</p><p>The Hornets don’t have to wait long for a chance at redemption. They host the Celtics once again at the Spectrum Center on Saturday evening. Thanks to Williams, there’ll be some extra drama for this generally disregarded Eastern Conference matchup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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