When Anthony Davis told his head coach who he thought should remain with the New Orleans Pelicans, he made a point of saying the undrafted rookie from TCU should stick.
Kenrich Williams, ignored out of high school, the kid who could only land a spot on a juco team in New Mexico, taken by a then TCU head coach Trent Johnson, unselected by the NBA last year, is a player of preference by the one of the top five talents in basketball.
“First day of training camp, he’s just a guy and we thought we’d cut him the next week,” Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said Monday.