PG Deron Williams Responds to Kobe Bryant's Comments About Poor Shooting

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant may not have been taking a shot at Brooklyn Nets star Deron Williams with his recent comments about poor shooting nights, but the point guard responded to Bryant regardless.

Back in August, Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard did a feature on the Black Mamba. Bryant talked about a variety of things in the piece, including how he handles a poor shooting performance. He just happened to mention Williams' name while talking about getting "psyched out," which could be seen as a shot at the point guard.

Here's what Bryant said about tough nights on the court: "I would go 0-30 before I would go 0-9. 0-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game, because Deron Williams can get more shots in the game. The only reason is because you've just now lost confidence in yourself."

Williams apparently didn't take kindly to those comments.

Check out Williams response, via The Brooklyn Game's Devin Kharpertian: "I'm a point guard. If I'm 0-for-f-----g-9, I'm not shooting 20 more shots. Not going to happen. I'm a point guard. I'm going to find somebody else. Kobe Bryant, that's what he's supposed to do. He's got that mentality. That works for him, I got my mentality, it works for me."

Williams didn't appear to take the comments as a slap in the face, but he did want to make it known that his job isn't to shoot the basketball. As a point guard, he is expected to set up his teammates and score when he has an open shot.

Although some point guards choose to take 20 or more shots a night, that's not what Williams believes his role should be. People can say that he doesn't shoot enough, but he isn't going to change his game.