Lorenzo Williams | |
Number: | 40, 43, 44 |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1969 |
Birth Place: | Ocala, Florida |
Highschool: | Forest (Ocala, Florida) |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 1991 |
Career Start: | 1992 |
Career End: | 2000 |
Team1: | Charlotte Hornets |
Team2: | Orlando Magic |
Team3: | Boston Celtics |
Team4: | Orlando Magic |
Team5: | Charlotte Hornets |
Years6: | – |
Team6: | Dallas Mavericks |
Years7: | – |
Team7: | Washington Bullets / Wizards |
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Bbr: | willilo01 |
Lorenzo Williams (born July 15, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. He played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Born in Ocala, Florida, Williams attended Polk Community College and Stetson University, both in Florida, and was known for his shot-blocking ability.[1]
In the NBA, Williams, a 6'9" center, played with the Charlotte Hornets (1992, 1994), Orlando Magic (1992), Boston Celtics (1993), Dallas Mavericks (1994–96) and the Washington Bullets/Wizards (1996–2000). During 253 regular season games, he averaged three points and six rebounds per game, shooting less than 38% from the line. Williams was a top shot blocker in the NBA.
Williams also played in the Global Basketball Association (1991–92), the United States Basketball League (1991, 1992) and the Continental Basketball Association (1992–93 and 1993–94).
After retiring, Williams worked helping youth to develop basketball skills at University of Central Florida's Five Star Basketball Camp, during the summer.[2]
Williams has been married to Tracey Williams since July 13, 1996.
Led the league |
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte| 2||0||9.0||.333|| - || - ||4.5||.0||.0||1.0||1.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Orlando| 3||0||3.3||.000|| - || - ||.7||.0||.3||.3||.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston| 22||7||6.9||.516|| - ||.286||2.0||.2||.2||.6||1.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Orlando| 3||0||6.3||.167||.000|| - ||1.3||.7||.7||1.0||.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte| 1||0||19.0||.000||. - || - ||4.0||.0||1.0||2.0||.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas| 34||11||19.9||.466|| - ||.429||6.1||.7||.4||1.2||3.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|82*||81||29.1||.477|| - ||.376||8.4||1.5||.6||1.8||4.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas| 65||61||27.8||.407||.000||.343||8.0||1.3||.7||1.9||3.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington| 19||0||13.9||.645|| - ||.714||3.6||.2||.3||.4||2.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington| 14||6||7.9||.765|| - ||.000||1.9||.2||.1||.2||1.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington| 8||0||9.5||.778|| - || - ||3.1||.1||.4||.8||1.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 253 || 166 || 21.9 || .469 || .000 || .377 || 6.3 || 1.0 || .5 || 1.4 || 3.0
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1993| style="text-align:left;"| Boston| 1||0||3.0||1.000|| - || - ||1.0||.0||.0||.0||2.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1997| style="text-align:left;"| Washington| 2||0||2.5|| - || - || - ||.0||.0||.0||.0||.0|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 3||0||2.7||1.000|| - || - ||.3||.0||.0||.0||.7