Overview
- Following a 70–57 ACC-opening win, Wade blasted a reporter’s question about Williams, called it a terrible question, and told people to “shut the hell up” about the forward.
- Williams shot 3-for-12 for eight points in 21 minutes but posted six rebounds, four assists, one block, one steal, and zero turnovers against the Demon Deacons.
- Wade highlighted that Williams scored only one point against Ole Miss yet finished plus-13, insisting the forward “affects winning” even during a shooting slump.
- Wade disclosed Williams has been playing through a painful shoulder for five games and said many players in that position would have shut it down.
- The outburst fits a season pattern that includes a Dec. 17 “Kindergarten is over” warning, and it drew fresh criticism from columnists questioning Wade’s postgame conduct.