Lorenzo Williams (basketball, born 1969)

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Lorenzo Williams
Personal information
Born (1969-07-15) July 15, 1969 (age 52)
Ocala, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolForest (Ocala, Florida)
College
NBA draft1991 / Undrafted
Playing career1992–2000
PositionPower forward / Center
Number40, 43, 44
Career history
1992Charlotte Hornets
1992Orlando Magic
1993Boston Celtics
1993Orlando Magic
1994Charlotte Hornets
1994–1996Dallas Mavericks
1996–2000Washington Bullets / Wizards
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-TAAC (1991)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Lorenzo Williams (born 15 July 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

College career[]

Born in Ocala, Florida, he attended Polk Community College and Stetson University, both in Florida, and was known for his shot-blocking ability.[1]

Professional career[]

In the NBA, 6'9" center Williams played with the Charlotte Hornets (1992, 1994), Orlando Magic (1992), Boston Celtics (1993), Dallas Mavericks (1994–96) and the Washington Bullets/Wizards (1996–2000). During 253 regular season games, he averaged 3 points and 6 rebounds per game, shooting less than 38% from the line. Williams was a top shot blocker in the NBA.

Williams also played in the GBA (1991–92), the USBL (1991, 1992) and the CBA (1992–93 and 1993–94).

Post-retirement[]

Upon retiring, Williams worked with helping youth develop basketball skills at University of Central Florida's Five Star Basketball camp, during the summer.[2]

Personal life[]

Williams has been married to Tracey Williams since July 13, 1996.[citation needed]

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
* Led the league

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1992–93 Charlotte 2 0 9.0 .333 – – 4.5 .0 .0 1.0 1.0
1992–93 Orlando 3 0 3.3 .000 – – .7 .0 .3 .3 .0
1992–93 Boston 22 7 6.9 .516 – .286 2.0 .2 .2 .6 1.5
1993–94 Orlando 3 0 6.3 .167 .000 – 1.3 .7 .7 1.0 .7
1993–94 Charlotte 1 0 19.0 .000 .– – 4.0 .0 1.0 2.0 .0
1993–94 Dallas 34 11 19.9 .466 – .429 6.1 .7 .4 1.2 3.2
1994–95 Dallas 82* 81 29.1 .477 – .376 8.4 1.5 .6 1.8 4.0
1995–96 Dallas 65 61 27.8 .407 .000 .343 8.0 1.3 .7 1.9 3.0
1996–97 Washington 19 0 13.9 .645 – .714 3.6 .2 .3 .4 2.4
1997–98 Washington 14 6 7.9 .765 – .000 1.9 .2 .1 .2 1.9
1999–2000 Washington 8 0 9.5 .778 – – 3.1 .1 .4 .8 1.8
Career 253 166 21.9 .469 .000 .377 6.3 1.0 .5 1.4 3.0

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993 Boston 1 0 3.0 1.000 – – 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
1997 Washington 2 0 2.5 – – – .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 3 0 2.7 1.000 – – .3 .0 .0 .0 .7

References[]

  1. ^ College stats at SportsStats.com Archived 2005-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Five Star Basketball camp info

External links[]

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