Nets' Williams responds to Kobe: 'If I'm 0-for-f--king-9, I'm not shooting 20 more shots'

Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams took some time to respond to some scathing words Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made during the offseason. 

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Bryant appeared flabbergasted by Williams's 0-for-9 shooting performance in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Miami Heat. 

“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,” Bryant said at the time. “The only reason is because you’ve just now lost confidence in yourself.”

Williams scoffed at the notion, pointing out the different roles he and Bryant are asked to play. 

"I'm a point guard," Williams said, via The Brooklyn Game. "If I'm 0-for-f--king-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."

Nets coach Lionel Hollins echoed his guard's sentiments. 

"I already told him, we’re never going 3-for-23," Hollins said. "If we’re going 3-for-23 from the three-point line, then I got a problem. We’re going to try to do something else. I understand Kobe and all those guys, ‘I’m going to do this, the next shot is going in.’ That’s great confidence but it doesn’t matter if you don’t make the next shot."

For what it's worth, both men have similar shooting percentages over the course of their careers. Bryant has hit 45.4 percent of his total shots from the field, while Williams has hit 45.3.