Adrian Williams-Strong Explained

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
Highlights:
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.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| 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

Playoffs

|-| 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

Southern California statistics

Source[1] [2] [3] [4]

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1995-96Southern California2748.9%50.0%56.3%5.810.410.481.199.63
1996-97Southern California2940.0%16.7%61.8%5.550.790.690.798.10
1997-98Southern California2742.9%33.3%57.3%6.850.810.931.7012.96
1998-99Southern California2337.4%15.8%62.6%8.301.521.701.6514.78
Career10641.8%18.8%59.7%6.550.860.921.3111.18
! scope="col"
1995-96Southern California27107219124580157111332260
1996-97Southern California29882204245589161232023235
1997-98Southern California271393241371124185222546350
1998-99Southern California2312533431987139191353938340
Career106459109794825843269491971391185

Overseas

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FINAL 1996 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. ncaa.org. 2021-07-20.
  2. Web site: FINAL 1997 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. ncaa.org. 2021-07-20.
  3. Web site: FINAL 1998 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. ncaa.org. 2021-07-20.
  4. Web site: FINAL 1999 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. ncaa.org. 2021-07-20.
  5. http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/adrian_williams/bio.html WNBA.com: Adrian Williams-Strong Bio