Former Tennessee Vols star gets compared to NFL Hall of Famer in the most unexpected way ever
Former Tennessee Vols basketball standout Grant Williams, who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets, went viral on Friday night for a hard foul on Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum. Williams, who spent the first four years of his career with the Celtics, was ejected after a hard foul on Tatum that was determined to be […]
Former Tennessee Vols basketball standout Grant Williams, who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets, went viral on Friday night for a hard foul on Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum.
Williams, who spent the first four years of his career with the Celtics, was ejected after a hard foul on Tatum that was determined to be flagrant.
After the game, Celtics guard Jaylen Brown said that he thought Williams hit Tatum like it was a football play.
"He hit him like it was a football play," said Brown to reporters after the game. "Like Ray Lewis coming across the middle or something. It is what it is. Grant knows better than that."
I didn't expect Grant Williams to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ray Lewis on Friday night, but that's why we love sports so much — you never know what's going to happen on a random Friday night in November.
Williams, by the way, said after the game that he was just going for the ball.
"Probably a hard foul," said Williams. "Definitely not intentional. Not trying to hurt anybody. We all know [Tatum] is one of my closest friends in the league."
The Hornets and the Celtics play again on Saturday night in Charlotte.
