Elliot Williams

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Elliot Williams
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1989-06-20) June 20, 1989 (age 34)
Memphis, Tennessee
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school St. George's Independent School
(Memphis, Tennessee)
College
NBA draft 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2013 Portland Trail Blazers
2013–2014 Philadelphia 76ers
2014 →Delaware 87ers
2014–2015 Santa Cruz Warriors
2015 Utah Jazz
2015 New Orleans Pelicans
2015–2016 Santa Cruz Warriors
2016 Memphis Grizzlies
2016 Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards

Elliot Jerell Williams (born June 20, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the Euroleague. He played college basketball for Duke and Memphis. He was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

High school career

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Williams was listed as the No. 3 shooting guard and the No. 16 player in the nation in 2008.[1]

College career

Duke

For the Blue Devils, Williams saw action in 34 of Duke's 37 games, starting in 12 contests, with 11 coming in the Blue Devils' final 12 games of the season (including ACC and NCAA tournaments), averaging 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. Williams also recorded 23 assists and 21 steals and shot 44.1 percent from the field, 25 percent from the three-point arc and 50 percent from the foul line in helping lead Duke to a 30–7 overall record, an ACC Tournament crown and an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance.

Memphis

Williams received an NCAA waiver in August 2009 to play immediately for the Memphis Tigers for the 2009–10 season after playing for the Duke Blue Devils for the 2008–09 season. Playing in a total of 68 career games with 46 starts, Williams averaged 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists.

Professional career

Williams was selected 22nd overall in the 2010 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. After playing in the preseason for the Trail Blazers, Williams missed the entire 2010–11 season due to a knee injury.[2][3] Williams also missed a significant portion of the 2011–12 NBA season after dislocating his shoulder during an early March practice. Williams had made 24 appearances over the course of the season, averaging 3.7 points per game.[4] Williams missed the entire 2012–13 season due to an Achilles tendon injury.

In September 2013, Williams signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[5] He was later waived on October 25.[6]

On November 20, 2013, Williams signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.[7] On January 5, 2014, he was assigned to the Delaware 87ers.[8] He was recalled the next day.[9] On October 27, 2014, he was waived by the 76ers.[10]

On November 1, 2014, Williams was selected by the Santa Cruz Warriors with the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League Draft.[11] On January 7, 2015, he signed a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz.[12] On January 17, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Jazz,[13] but after the contract expired, the Jazz decided to not retain him,[14] and he subsequently returned to Santa Cruz on January 27.[15] On February 4, 2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[16] That same day, he signed a 10-day contract with the Charlotte Hornets.[17] On February 10, he was waived by the Hornets before appearing in a game for them,[18] and again returned to Santa Cruz. On March 4, he signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Pelicans.[19] On March 14, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Pelicans.[20] He was not retained by the Pelicans following the expiration of his second 10-day contract on March 24, and subsequently returned to Santa Cruz two days later.[21] On April 26, the Warriors claimed their first D-League championship as they defeated the Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2 games to 0. Along with his first D-League championship, Williams received the Finals MVP award.[22]

On July 28, 2015, Williams signed with the Charlotte Hornets, returning to the team for a second stint.[23] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in two preseason games.[24] On November 12, he was reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors.[25] On January 8, 2016, he signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.[26] He made his Grizzlies' debut that night in a 91–84 win over the Denver Nuggets, recording two points in nine minutes of action.[27] After the contract expired, the Grizzlies decided to not retain him.[28] On January 22, he returned to Santa Cruz.[29] On January 29, he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game, earning his second straight All-Star nod.[30]

On February 9, 2016, Williams left Santa Cruz and signed with Greek club Panathinaikos.[31]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Portland 24 0 6.2 .500 .296 .333 .8 .3 .3 .1 3.7
2013–14 Philadelphia 67 2 17.3 .415 .296 .731 1.9 1.1 .5 .0 6.0
2014–15 Utah 5 0 8.4 .462 .714 .500 .6 .8 .4 .0 3.6
2014–15 New Orleans 8 0 9.6 .333 .273 .000 .6 1.0 .3 .0 2.4
2015–16 Memphis 5 0 9.0 .200 .250 .750 .8 .8 .0 .0 1.6
Career 109 2 13.5 .421 .310 .669 1.5 .9 .4 .1 4.9

References

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