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Veteran Clippers talent Lou Williams is a player of his own breed, a box of dynamite packed into a 6-foot-1, 175-pound frame that deals blows like a heavyweight boxer at the top of his game. Yet the L.A. Clippers guard has an uncharacteristic habit, essentially starving himself in game days, eating a big breakfast and often going nearly 12 hours between meals in hopes to feel as nimble as possible before game-time, according to Scott Cacciola of The New York Times.
“It is one of several habits that Williams, 32, has developed over the years, and one that clearly works for him,” wrote Cacciola. “It is also the opposite of how most elite athletes prepare for games. But Williams is different: He wants to take the court with an appetite.
“That’s crazy,” Landry Shamet, the first-year Clippers guard, said. “I’d weigh about 115 pounds if I did that.”
It is with that same hunger that Williams prepares for his biggest meal of the day on game day, feasting on his opponents' weaknesses and often making up for his half-day starvation with bucket after bucket of delicious finishes.
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The former Sixth Man of the Year has made the Golden State Warriors his ultimate buffet, putting up a combined 61 points in the first two games of the first round, shooting a combined 24-of-43 from the floor while dropping 20 dimes in the two encounters.
Williams is once again one of the frontrunners to win the lauded bench extraordinaire award, which could tie Jamal Crawford's record of three after first receiving the award in 2015 with the Toronto Raptors, as well as last season with the Clippers.
The way he's been playing this season, it's sure to say the dynamo is hungry for one more.
