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Jason Williams (born April 15, 1979)[1] is an American former basketball player.

Playing career

Williams is from Bladensburg, Maryland[2] and attended Bladensburg High School.[3] In his senior year of 1996–97, Williams was named to Prince George's County's 3A/2A First Team and also to the Washington, D.C. all-metro area fourth team.[3]

Williams went on to play college basketball at Radford University from 1997 to 2001.[4] During his four-year career, Williams recorded 1,176 points (12.6 per game average), 412 rebounds (4.4), 173 assists (1.9) and 128 steals (1.4).[4] His best season came in 1999–2000 during his junior year. He averaged career-highs of 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as he led the Highlanders to a 12–2 Big South Conference record.[4][5] They won the conference regular season championship[5] and Williams was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year.[6] Other accolades in college include being a two-time First Team All-Conference player (2000, 2001) and an All-Big South tournament selection (2001).[6]

After college, Williams had a brief stint in the NBA Development League. He appeared in eight games for the Greenville Groove in the late portion of the 2001–02 season.[7] In the 2002 playoffs he appeared in five games; the Groove went on to win the D-League championship.[7][8] In 2008–09 Williams played for Kecskeméti TE, a professional basketball team in Hungary.

References

  1. ^ "Jason Williams Player Profile, Kecskemeti Univer KSE, News, Stats - Eurobasket".
  2. ^ "Jason Williams stats". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2001. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "1996–97 All-Met Basketball". The Washington Post. 1997. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Jason Williams college statistics". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "1999–2000 Radford Highlanders men's basketball season". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "2008–09 Radford Men's Basketball Media Guide". pp. 90–91. Radford University. 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Jason Williams D-League stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "2001–02 Greenville Groove season". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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