Marvin Gaye Williams Jr. (born June 19, 1986) is an American former skilled basketball participant. He performed one season of faculty basketball for North Carolina earlier than being drafted second total by the Atlanta Hawks within the 2005 NBA draft.
Skilled profession
Atlanta Hawks (2005–2012)
Williams in April 2010
Williams was chosen by the Atlanta Hawks with the second total decide within the 2005 NBA draft, occurring to earn NBA All-Rookie Second Workforce honors after averaging 8.5 factors and 4.8 rebounds in 79 video games in the course of the 2005–06 season.[1] On December 20, 2005, he scored a season-high 26 factors in opposition to the Miami Warmth.[1]
Williams missed the primary 17 video games of the 2006–07 season on account of a damaged bone in his left hand.[6] On January 5, 2007, he scored a season-high 24 factors in opposition to the Toronto Raptors. He tied that mark on April 13, scoring 24 factors in opposition to the Washington Wizards.[7]
The 2007–08 season noticed Williams common a career-high 14.8 factors per sport.[8] On January 25, 2008, he scored a career-high 33 factors in a 99–90 win over the Seattle SuperSonics.[9]
On February 25, 2009, Williams scored a season-high 31 factors in opposition to the Denver Nuggets.[1] Between early March and early April of the 2008–09 season,[10] Williams missed 16 video games with a decrease again harm.[11] Williams knocked down 55 three-pointers on the season after making simply 25 in his first three seasons mixed.[12]
On August 7, 2009, Williams re-signed with the Hawks to a five-year, $37.5 million contract.[12] On November 20, 2009, he scored a season-high 29 factors in opposition to the Houston Rockets.[1] On December 5, 2009, he had a career-high 15 rebounds in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks.[1][13]
In early November of the 2010–11 season, Williams missed 4 video games with a proper knee harm.[14] Between late December and late January,[15] Williams missed 11 video games with a bruised again.[16] On March 27, 2011, he scored a season-high 31 factors in opposition to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[1]
Within the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, Williams performed in 57 of the Hawks’ 66 regular-season video games.[1] He missed three video games in early January with a sprained left ankle,[17] and 5 video games in mid-March with a hip flexor.[18] On April 22, 2012, he scored a season-high 29 factors in opposition to the New York Knicks.[1]
Williams helped the Hawks advance to the playoffs in 5 straight seasons between 2008 and 2012, showing in 42 playoff video games (27 begins), after the franchise had did not make the postseason the earlier eight years.[19] He was a two-time recipient (2008 and 2011) of the Hawks’ Jason Collier Memorial Trophy for his work as a neighborhood ambassador.[19]
Utah Jazz (2012–2014)
On July 11, 2012, Williams was traded to the Utah Jazz in trade for Devin Harris.[19] He made his debut for the Jazz of their season opener on October 31, 2012, scoring 21 factors in a 113–94 win over the Dallas Mavericks.[20] He did not surpass that scoring mark in the course of the season, recording one different 20-point sport on November 23 in opposition to the Sacramento Kings.[21]
Williams missed the primary 5 video games and final 4 video games of the 2013–14 season.[22] In February 2014, he twice scored a season-high 23 factors.[22]
Charlotte Hornets (2014–2020)
On July 21, 2014, Williams signed a two-year, $14 million contract with the Charlotte Hornets.[23][24] He made his debut for the Hornets of their season opener on October 29, 2014, scoring 19 factors 108–106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[25] He did not surpass that scoring mark in the course of the season.[26]
On February 5, 2016, Williams scored a season-high 27 factors in a 98–95 loss to the Miami Warmth.[27][28] Williams totaled 521 rebounds and 152 three-point area targets, making him one in all solely 5 gamers to tally no less than 500 rebounds and 150 three-pointers in 2015–16 – together with Kevin Durant, Paul George, James Harden and Kevin Love – and the primary participant in Charlotte NBA historical past to take action. His 152 three-point area targets marked the third-best single-season complete ever by a Charlotte ahead, trailing solely Glen Rice’s 1996–97 and 1995–96 seasons.[29]
On July 10, 2016, Williams re-signed with the Hornets to a four-year, $54.5 million contract.[29][30] On March 10, 2017, he grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds in a 121–81 win over the Orlando Magic.[31] On March 11, he scored a season-high 27 factors in a 125–122 extra time loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.[32] On March 13, he tied a profession excessive with 18 rebounds in a 115–109 loss to the Chicago Bulls.[33]
On January 15, 2018, Williams scored a season-high 21 factors in opposition to the Detroit Pistons.[34]
On December 21, 2018, Williams made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored a then season-high 24 factors in a 98–86 win over the Pistons.[35] On January 23, 2019, in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies, Williams handed Rex Chapman for twelfth on the franchise’s scoring checklist.[36] On March 8, he made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 factors in a 112–111 win over the Washington Wizards.[37]
On June 11, 2019, Williams exercised his $15 million participant possibility for the 2019–20 season.[38]
On February 8, 2020, the Hornets waived Williams.[39]
Milwaukee Bucks (2020)
On February 10, 2020, Williams signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.[40] On August 29, Williams scored 12 factors and grabbed 8 rebounds whereas coming off the bench for the Bucks in a deciding Recreation 5 win to finish a spherical one matchup versus the Orlando Magic, within the NBA Bubble.[41] On September 8, following the Bucks’ second-round playoff exit after an upset loss in opposition to the Miami Warmth, Williams introduced his retirement from skilled basketball.[42]
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