Lorenzo Williams (basketball, born 1969) explained

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:
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
Highlights:
  • Second-team All-TAAC (1991)
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).

College career

Born in Ocala, Florida, Williams attended Polk Community College and Stetson University, both in Florida, and was known for his shot-blocking ability.[1]

Professional career

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).

Post-retirement

After retiring, Williams worked helping youth to develop basketball skills at University of Central Florida's Five Star Basketball Camp, during the summer.[2]

Personal life

Williams has been married to Tracey Williams since July 13, 1996.

NBA career statistics

Led the league

Regular season

|-| 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

Playoffs

|-| 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lorenzo Williams, Stetson, 6-9, C . SportsStats . https://web.archive.org/web/20050106220223/http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/cba91/williams.htm . 2005-01-06 .
  2. Web site: Five Star Basketball Camp . 2006 . 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060312152724/http://www.five-starbasketball.com/pdfs/junior06.pdf . 12 March 2006 . 3 March 2023.