Williams, a five-year collegiate product out of Drexler and Kentucky, will likely spend his first professional season with the Maine Celtics in the G League. Boston has enjoyed strong success with their developmental pipeline in recent years. Brad Stevens will undoubtedly be hoping that the pipeline continues to pay dividends for the franchise.

At 6-foot-11 and 250 pounds, the Nottingham, UK native can do things at his size that not many others can. Sure, sometimes the big man will produce a head-scratching decision, but more often, he makes your jaw drop with an unbelievable play.

After Williams was selected by the Celtics, the Kentucky basketball social media pages put out a video of Coach Mark Pope sharing a message with Williams.Here was Pope's message to Williams after he was selected by the Boston Celtics,