About halfway between Texarkana, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana is a little town of less than 4,000 people called Vivian.
Just north of Caddo Lake and west of Interstate 49, it’s not a big town. But a kid from that small town may be the next big to make it in the NBA.
Robert Williams was a four star recruit in the 2015 class, and the 6-foot-9-inch forward joined a Texas A&M squad that was fresh off a loss in the Sweet 16 to Buddy Hield and the Oklahoma Sooners.
When Williams first joined the team, he had to look up on the depth chart behind sophomore center Tyler Davis and junior power forward Tonny Trocha-Morelos, two 6-foot-10-inch bigs that were more than capable of soaking up big minutes in the frontcourt.