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Nigel Williams-Goss Transfer: Guard Picks Gonzaga
The big news, per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, is that highly-touted transfer Nigel Williams-Goss is transferring to Gonzaga to finish out his college eligibility. The guard will have two years of eligibility left, but will have to sit out next season under transfer rules.
Nigel Williams-Goss told ESPN he will transfer to Gonzaga. Huge for the Zags.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) May 3, 2015
The guard was considering transferring to a host of different schools, including proven winners Michigan State and Georgetown, as well as UNLV, Arkansas and Texas.
Nigel Williams-Goss, transferring from UW, informs me he’s narrowed choices to UNLV, Texas, Georgetown, Michigan State, Arkansas, Gonzaga.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) April 10, 2015
When eligible, Williams-Goss will give the Zags a dynamic backcourt with Josh Perkins, who can do stuff like this.
GU was facing the prospect of a future without Kyle Wiltjer and Przemek Karnowski, but with Williams-Goss, Perkins and Domantas Sabonis in Spokane, the Zags have a nucleus that can compete nationally for years to come.
If nothing else, Williams-Goss will spice up a rivalry that has gone cold as of late. Surely UW and the schools fans won’t be happy seeing their best player depart for arguably the Huskies’ biggest instate hardwood rival.
It will be interesting to see just how much Williams-Goss progresses in Spokane. Another former Husky, Dan Dickau, transferred to GU after two years at UW (where he was a complimentary player) and became an All-American, 20 point-per-game scorer and NBA first-round draft pick. The Zags’ latest transfer comes in with more experience and better stats than Dickau. He was a two-year starter and put up 15.6 points per game, 5.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds per contest.
Given the Zags ability to drastically improve players who redshirt a year (see Kyle Wiltjer and Kelly Olynyk), it will be exciting to see just how much Williams-Goss improves. Gonzaga has been called GU, not just Gonzaga University, but “Guard University”. Dating back to John Stockton and including recent greats like Kevin Pangos and Matt Bouldin, the Zags have always turned out great guards. Williams-Goss seems like the next one of those guards.
Three Reasons Why the Tukwila Arena is a Good Idea
1. Location, Location, Location
While an arena in SoDo would be amazing and add to an already sporting atmosphere with Safeco Field and CenturyLink field, it can be tricky getting to the stadiums. It shouldn’t be, but coming from the south, it can be a bit of a hassle to get to Safeco from the highway. In other words, it shouldn’t take long, but it does. It also makes games more accessible geographically for fans south of Seattle.
2. Privately Funded
The arena project, spearheaded by the “Russell Group” will be privately funded. This means the public won’t be paying. This has been an issue in the past, not just in Seattle, but in other locals.
3. Hockey First?
Seattle is no doubt interested in the NHL making the Pacific Northwest a permanent home, but the NBA is likely a bigger draw given the city’s history with and yearning for professional basketball.
The hockey first would also solve the city’s Catch-22 situation with the NBA were the city (specifically the Seattle Arena project) needs a team to break ground on an arena, but the league wants an arena in place before it can send a team our way.
Having an NHL team first would also give the area time to get behind hockey in the same way the team threw their lot in with the Sounders.
Tukwila Arena Updates
With news breaking recently that a potential NBA/NHL arena to be built in Tukwila is in the works, their has been plenty of news on the subject of late. The arena group includes former Sonic legend Fred Brown as well as all-time NBA great Bill Russell among others.
Here’s the latest.
- According to King 5 News, the arena has been “in works for months”.
Here are some shots of the land in Tukwila and what an arena might look like-
Tukwila’s TOD District, for proposed #TukwilaArena, can been seen here: pic.twitter.com/skgur9Hphl
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 27, 2015
New documents show Tukwila Arena in works for months: http://t.co/tlXO8DzONv via @ChrisDaniels5pic.twitter.com/utXFYU1dje — KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) April 29, 2015
Here’s more specifics from Chris Daniels
Tukwila also says it only takes 11 minutes to get to Tukwila-Downtown Seattle…by car.. 18 minutes from Bellevue… http://t.co/roWDQaFiNW
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 29, 2015
Not to be outdone, the Seattle Arena is on track to make progress as well.
Checked in with #Seattle Mayor’s Office today – which maintains the FEIS on the #SeattleArena project will be done May 7th.
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 29, 2015