Adrian Williams-Strong | |
Number: | 33, 34 |
Position: | Forward / center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 176 |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1977 |
Birth Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
High School: | Clovis West (Fresno, California) |
College: | USC (1995–1999) |
Draft Year: | 2000 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 21 |
Draft Team: | Phoenix Mercury |
Draft League: | WNBA |
Career Start: | 2000 |
Career End: | 2008 |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Phoenix Mercury |
Team2: | San Antonio Stars |
Team3: | Minnesota Lynx |
Years4: | – |
Team4: | Sacramento Monarchs |
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Bbr Wnba: | williad01w |
Adrian Williams-Strong (born February 15, 1977) is a former American professional women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Williams attended college at University of Southern California and graduated in 1999.
Following her collegiate career, she was selected as the 21st overall pick in the 2000 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury and played in the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game. In July 2004, Williams was dealt to the San Antonio Silver Stars.
After spending the 2005 season in Korea, Williams signed with the Minnesota Lynx in 2006. She averaged 4.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 15.2 minutes per game in her return to the WNBA.
In February 2007, the Lynx traded Williams to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2007 WNBA draft.Then in the winter of 2008 she played in China un until March 2008 where she hurt her left knee and had to have surgery. Coming home, she decided to take a break from the WNBA to let her knees rest.
On November 4, 2017, she was inducted into the Clovis Unified School District Hall of Fame.
She is married to Buddy Strong, keys player for the Dave Matthews Band, with whom she has one son and one daughter.
|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Phoenix| 28 || 2 || 12.5 || .403 || .000 || .526 || 2.5 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 2.8|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | Phoenix| 25 || 1 || 15.0 || .336 || .000 || .714 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.4 || 3.8|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Phoenix| 32 || 30 || 27.4 || .467 || .000 || .700 || 6.9 || 1.1 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 2.0 || 6.3|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Phoenix| 34 || 33 || 29.0 || .402 || .000 || .612 || 7.4 || 0.9 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 2.1 || 9.8|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Phoenix| 11 || 8 || 13.2 || .450 || .000 || .786 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1.4 || 5.9|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | San Antonio| 12 || 0 || 12.4 || .333 || .000 || .286 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 2.7|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Minnesota| 32 || 0 || 15.2 || .448 || .000 || .536 || 4.7 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 4.9|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Sacramento| 34 || 2 || 17.9 || .475 || .000 || .788 || 4.5 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.7 || 6.2|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Sacramento| 34 || 33 || 20.2 || .439 || .000 || .614 || 4.9 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 6.1|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 8 years, 4 teams| 242 || 109 || 19.3 || .425 || .000 || .634 || 4.7 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.5 || 5.7
|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Phoenix| 2 || 0 || 15.0 || .500 || .000 || .500 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 2.5|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Sacramento| 3 || 0 || 16.7 || .294 || .000 || .800 || 5.3 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 4.7|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Sacramento| 3 || 3 || 22.3 || .550 || .000 || .500 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 7.7|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams| 8 || 3 || 18.4 || .439 || .000 || .667 || 3.8 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 1.4 || 5.3
1995-96 | Southern California | 27 | 48.9% | 50.0% | 56.3% | 5.81 | 0.41 | 0.48 | 1.19 | 9.63 | |
1996-97 | Southern California | 29 | 40.0% | 16.7% | 61.8% | 5.55 | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.79 | 8.10 | |
1997-98 | Southern California | 27 | 42.9% | 33.3% | 57.3% | 6.85 | 0.81 | 0.93 | 1.70 | 12.96 | |
1998-99 | Southern California | 23 | 37.4% | 15.8% | 62.6% | 8.30 | 1.52 | 1.70 | 1.65 | 14.78 | |
Career | 106 | 41.8% | 18.8% | 59.7% | 6.55 | 0.86 | 0.92 | 1.31 | 11.18 |
1995-96 | Southern California | 27 | 107 | 219 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 80 | 157 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 260 | |
1996-97 | Southern California | 29 | 88 | 220 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 89 | 161 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 235 | |
1997-98 | Southern California | 27 | 139 | 324 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 124 | 185 | 22 | 25 | 46 | 350 | |
1998-99 | Southern California | 23 | 125 | 334 | 3 | 19 | 87 | 139 | 191 | 35 | 39 | 38 | 340 | |
Career | 106 | 459 | 1097 | 9 | 48 | 258 | 432 | 694 | 91 | 97 | 139 | 1185 |
During the 2006-2007 offseason, she played for Perfumerias Avenida in Spain, averaging 10.0 points (40.9 FG%, 33.3 3FG%, 50.0 FT%), 8.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.7 blocks and 27.3 minutes per game.[5]