This likely wasn’t the start Ziaire Williams envisioned after r e-signing with the Nets on a two-year deal in September .

After posting career highs last season, with 10 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game across 63 appearances and 45 starts while shooting 41.2% from the field and 34.1% from 3-point range, both the numbers and the eye test suggest Williams has opened his second campaign in Brooklyn in something of a slump, if not an outright regression.

The 24-year-old’s effective field goal percentage is down to .490 compared with .511 last season, and while his turnovers have dropped through his first 14 appearances, his points, rebounds, assists and steals are all lower than a year ago, and he’s scoring with far less efficiency.

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