“I haven’t talked to [Fisher] about it,’’ Williams said Wednesday. “It’s his choice. I can’t really argue with the coach’s decisions, minutes and things like that. It comes from the coaching staff. I try whenever I’m in the game, I try to make an impact. That’s the only thing I can do.’’
Williams found his situation in Sacramento wobbly last season, playing for three coaches — Mike Malone, Tyrone Corbin and George Karl. Karl knocked Williams in the press once, chiding him for grabbing zero rebounds in a 20-minute stint. But Williams feels Karl improved him.
“He’s a good coach,’’ Williams said. “He wasn’t really tough like that. That was one game. He expects a lot of things out of me. I think that’s always good, when you have a coach that really expects things out of you, wants to bring out the best in you. Myself and him, we talked about it. It was no hard feelings with the quotes. That happens when a coach expects a lot of you. At the end of the day, he wasn’t too, too hard on me. He wanted the best out of me.
“He’s a great guy. I really thrived under him.’’
Williams said he would talk to Karl — which would be more than he talked to Fisher. Williams has the same agent as Fisher (Rob Pelinka) but doesn’t seem to have a communication flow. After the season, Williams didn’t speak with Sacramento, holding interviews with Dallas, the Knicks and Washington.