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T. J. Williams (basketball)

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T. J. Williams
Free Agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1994-10-26) October 26, 1994 (age 30)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High schoolPflugerville (Pflugerville, Texas)
CollegeNortheastern (2013–2017)
NBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018Greensboro Swarm
2018Santeros de Aguada
2018–2019Oostende
2019–2020Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2020–2021Vanoli Cremona
2021Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2021–2022Gießen 46ers
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

T. J. Williams (born October 26, 1994)[1] is an American basketball player who last played for Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played in college for Northeastern University before playing professionally in the NBA G League, Puerto Rico, Belgium and Israel.

College career

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For his first three years at Northeastern, he played a supporting role behind Quincy Ford and David Walker. In his senior year, he was named CAA Player of the Year. Williams led the conference in scoring at 21.6 points per game and was second in Division I in minutes per game with 38.1. He had a career-high 33 points against CAA regular-season champ UNC-Wilmington on February 16.[2]

Professional career

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Greensboro Swarm (2017–2018)

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After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Williams was signed by the Charlotte Hornets to their training camp roster on August 2, 2017,[3] but was released on October 13 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts.[4] Ten days later, he signed with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League as an affiliate player,[5] playing in 37 games and averaging 8.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 19.2 minutes.[6]

Santeros de Aguada (2018)

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On May 18, 2018, Williams signed with Santeros de Aguada of the Puerto Rican BSN.[7] Three days later, Williams recorded a career-high 24 points in his debut, along with four rebounds and seven assists in a 123–116 loss to Capitanes de Arecibo.[8]

Oostende (2018–2019)

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On July 5, 2018, Williams signed a two-year contract with Oostende of the Belgian Pro Basketball League.[9] On January 22, 2019, Williams recorded a season-high 21 points, shooting 7-of-14 from the field, along with three rebounds in an 82–62 win over Medi Bayreuth.[10] In 49 games played for Oostende, he averaged 11.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Williams won the 2019 Belgian League Championship with Oostende, as well as reaching the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals, where they eventually were eliminated by Pallacanestro Varese.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2019–2020)

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On July 8, 2019, Williams signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League.[11] On October 12, 2019, Williams tied his career-high 24 points in his second game with Be'er Sheva. He shot 9-of-15 from the field, along with four assists in a 69–75 loss to Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[12] He averaged 18.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in Winner League.[13]

Vanoli Cremona (2020–2021)

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On August 10, 2020, Williams signed a one-year deal with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[14]

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2021)

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On August 8, 2021, he has signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Premier League.[15] Williams parted ways with the team on October 28, after appearing in three games.[16]

Gießen 46ers (2021–2022)

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On November 30, 2021, he has signed with Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "T.J. Williams". NBADraft.net. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Hewitt, Steven (March 2, 2017). "Northeastern's T.J. Williams named CAA Player of the Year". Boston Herald. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Isaiah Hicks and T.J. Williams to Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Hornets Waive Four Players". NBA.com. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Mills, Jeff (October 23, 2017). "Second-year Swarm opens training camp in new G-League landscape". Greensboro.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "T.J. Williams Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Cambios en Santeros de Aguada llega TJ Williams por Tony Mitchell". CanchaLatina.com (in Spanish). May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Santeros de Aguada 116 at Capitanes de Arecibo 123". RealGM.com. May 21, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "BC Oostende trekt Amerikaan aan: "T.J. Williams zal lijnen uitzetten"". Sporza. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Filou Oostende v medi Bayreuth boxscore - Basketball Champions League". ChampionsLeague.basketball. January 22, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Skerletic, Dario (July 8, 2019). "Hapoel Be'er Sheva inks T.J. Williams". Sportando. Sportando.basketball. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "Winner League, Game 2: Be'er Sheva Vs M. Rishon". basket.co.il. October 12, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  13. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (August 10, 2020). "TJ Williams signs with Vanoli Cremona". Sportando. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  14. ^ "T.J. Williams è un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 10 August 2020.
  15. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (August 8, 2021). "TJ Williams signs with Maccabi Rishon Lezion". Sportando. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  16. ^ Skerletic, Dario (October 28, 2021). "Maccabi Rishon, TJ Williams part ways". Sportando. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  17. ^ "T.J. Williams soll Backcourt stützen". giessen46ers.de. November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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