Brandon Williams | |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 190 |
League: | NBA |
Team: | Dallas Mavericks |
Number: | 10 |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1999 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
High School: | Crespi Carmelite (Encino, California) |
College: | Arizona (2018–2019) |
Draft Year: | 2021 |
Career Start: | 2021 |
Years1: | 2021–2022 |
Team1: | Westchester Knicks |
Team2: | Portland Trail Blazers |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Team3: | College Park Skyhawks |
Years4: | 2023 |
Team4: | Osceola Magic |
Years5: | –present |
Team5: | Dallas Mavericks |
Years6: | 2023–present |
Team6: | →Texas Legends |
Brandon Williams (born November 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Williams attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California, where he was a four-star recruit and committed to playing college basketball for Arizona in May 2018.[1]
Williams played the 2018–19 season for the Wildcats, averaging 11.4 points per game and earning honorable mention Pac-12 Conference All-Freshman team honors. He had knee surgery in 2019, missing what would have been his sophomore season. He left Arizona in 2020 to heal and to prepare for his eventual professional career.[2]
After going undrafted in the 2021 NBA draft, Williams joined the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League in October 2021.[3] He averaged 17.7 points, 4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game in 10 games.
On December 26, 2021, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) signed Williams to a 10-day contract to fill out the roster after several players were lost due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.[4]
On January 5, 2022, Williams was reacquired by the Westchester Knicks.[5] On January 22, he scored a career-high 35 points and had eight assists in a 142–117 loss to the Maine Celtics.[6]
On February 22, 2022, Williams signed a two-way contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.[7] He was waived on October 7.[8]
On November 4, 2022, Williams was named to the opening night roster for the College Park Skyhawks.[9]
On September 12, 2023, Williams signed with the Orlando Magic,[10] but was waived on October 21.[11] On November 2, he joined the Osceola Magic.[12]
On December 28, 2023, Williams signed a two-way contract with the Dallas Mavericks.[13] Williams reached the 2024 NBA Finals where the Mavericks lost to the Boston Celtics in five games.[14] He was re-signed on July 12, 2024, to a two-way contract.[15]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 24 || 16 || 26.7 || .372 || .292 || .701 || 3.1 || 3.9 || 1.0 || .4 || 12.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas| 17 || 0 || 6.6 || .370 || .200 || .647 || .8 || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || 3.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 41 || 16 || 18.4 || .372 || .281 || .693 || 2.1 || 2.7 || .6 || .3 || 8.9
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona| 26 || 21 || 28.2 || .377 || .316 || .819 || 2.8 || 3.4 || .8 || .2 || 11.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| Redshirt