Arizona forward Derrick Williams played the final two months of his sophomore season with a broken right pinky finger.
Williams said that the injury nearly ended his season.

“If I cracked it a half inch lower, I would have had to have surgery,” he said. “If I had to sit out, I would sit out, but I wasn’t going to sit out if there was no reason. I just wanted to continue to play with my teammates for as long as I could.”

His willingness to play hurt — and his effectiveness while doing so — should be another positive in the eyes of NBA scouts.