Mike Williams (basketball)
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | August 14, 1963||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | De La Salle (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1986: 4th round, 51st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / Small forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | CB Murcia | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | La Crosse Catbirds | ||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Sacramento Kings | ||||||||||||||
1990 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
1990 | Caixa Ourense | ||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | La Crosse Catbirds | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Fort Wayne Fury | ||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | ||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | La Crosse Catbirds | ||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | ||||||||||||||
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Michael George Williams (born August 14, 1963) is an American retired basketball player. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended De La Salle Institute where he led the Meteors to three straight Catholic League titles and went to the state tournament's Elite Eight twice.[1] He was a 6'8" 255 lb power forward and attended the University of Cincinnati and Bradley University. In two seasons at Bradley from 1984 to 1986, Williams averaged 13.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.[2]
Williams, originally selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 4th pick in the third round of the 1986 NBA Draft, played for the NBA's Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks during the 1989–1990 season, averaging 0.7 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.
On November 29, 2009, Williams was shot and paralyzed while working at an Atlanta nightclub.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Ex-NBA player relearns to walk with help from friend". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ In '80s, Bradley spread the news Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, July 28, 2002
External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- 1963 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American shooting survivors
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Bradley Braves men's basketball players
- CB Murcia players
- Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball players
- Club Ourense Baloncesto players
- Fort Wayne Fury players
- Golden State Warriors draft picks
- La Crosse Catbirds players
- Liga ACB players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- People with paraplegia
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sacramento Kings players
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
- American men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Chicago
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American men
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs