Shammond Williams
Personal information | |
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Born | The Bronx, New York | April 5, 1975
Nationality | American / Georgian |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Fork Union Military Academy (Fork Union, Virginia) |
College | North Carolina (1994–1998) |
NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall |
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
Playing career | 1998–2011 |
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
Number | 3, 1, 11 |
Coaching career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1998–1999 | Atlanta Hawks |
1999 | Ülkerspor |
1999–2002 | Seattle SuperSonics |
2002–2003 | Boston Celtics |
2003 | Denver Nuggets |
2003–2004 | Orlando Magic |
2004 | New Orleans Hornets |
2004–2005 | UNICS Kazan |
2005–2006 | FC Barcelona |
2006–2007 | Los Angeles Lakers |
2007–2009 | Pamesa Valencia |
2009–2010 | Unicaja Málaga |
2010 | CB Murcia |
2011 | Apollon Limassol |
2011 | Fabi Shoes Montegranaro |
As coach: | |
2013–2016 | Tulane (assistant) |
2016–2017 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,892 (5.8 ppg) |
Rebounds | 518 (1.6 rpg) |
Assists | 765 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Shammond Omar Williams (born April 5, 1975) is a retired American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he played at both point guard and shooting guard positions. During his career he played in the NBA and in Europe.
Collegiate career[]
After attending Fork Union Military Academy, Williams played college basketball at North Carolina under Dean Smith and later, Bill Guthridge.[1] During the 1997-1998 season, he was a member of coach Guthridge's "Six Starters" rotation with Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Ademola Okulaja and Makhtar N'Diaye. That season (his final college season), he averaged 16.7 points and 4.2 assists per game to go along with career averages of 10.7 points and 3.0 assists per game.[1]
When Williams graduated from North Carolina, he held the following school records:
- Most Career Three Point Field Goals Made: 233
- Most Season Three Point Field Goals Made: 95
- Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game: 8 (tie)
- Highest Career Free Throw Percentage: .849
- Highest Season Free Throw Percentage .911[2]
Williams also became a pioneer of the internet during his collegiate career. In 1995, Shammond Williams became the very first collegiate athlete to have a website dedicated to him on the World Wide Web. The website was developed by Seth Fleishman, and an archive of [[3] "Shammond's World"] is still available for viewing.
Professional career[]
Williams was selected in the second round, 34th overall, of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. While he never played for the Bulls, he did play for the Atlanta Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Hornets, and Orlando Magic.
He played internationally for Unics Kazan of Russia (where he obtained Georgian citizenship)[4] and for Winterthur FC Barcelona of the Spanish Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). He has played for the Georgia national team[4] and was the Most Valuable Player of the 2005 EuroChallenge All-Star Game.
Williams signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 12, 2006.[5] After spending one season with the Lakers, Williams returned to Europe and signed with Pamesa Velencia for three seasons.[6] Before the start of the 2009-2010 ACB regular season, Pamesa Valencia released Williams, whereupon he trained on his own in the United States. On November 9, 2009, Williams returned to Spain and signed with Unicaja Málaga.[7]
In January 2011 he signed with Apollon Limassol BC in Cyprus.[8] After finishing the season in Cyprus he signed with Sutor Basket Montegranaro in Italy.[9]
Personal[]
He is a cousin of former basketball player Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves[10] and Louis McCullough, who has played professional basketball overseas.[11] He is a member of the Psi Delta chapter of Omega Psi Phi. He is godfather to Mitchell Robinson.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Shammond Williams Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com
- ^ UNC Records
- ^ http://www.sethfleishman.com/blue/shammond/index.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b Georgia on Williams's mind, July 29, 2004
- ^ Sports | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
- ^ Pamesa adds Shammond Williams Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UNICAJA lands guard Shammond Williams
- ^ BC Apollon lands former NBA Shammond Williams
- ^ Un Williams in più Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ NBA.com: Shammond Williams Printable Stats Archived December 9, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chester complete McCullough swoop
External links[]
- NBA.com Profile
- Euroleague.net Profile
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Basketpedya.com Profile
- HoopsHype.com Profile
- Profile On Pamesa Valencia Official Site
- 1975 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- Apollon Limassol BC players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Baloncesto Málaga players
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- Basketball players at the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players from New York (state)
- BC UNICS players
- Boston Celtics players
- CB Murcia players
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Denver Nuggets players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- Liga ACB players
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Men's basketball players from Georgia (country)
- New Orleans Hornets players
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- Orlando Magic players
- Point guards
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from the Bronx
- Sutor Basket Montegranaro players
- Tulane Green Wave men's basketball coaches
- Ülker G.S.K. basketball players
- Valencia Basket players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball coaches