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Grant Williams
No. 12 – Boston Celtics
PositionForward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 (age 25)
Gotham City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolProvidence Day
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeTennessee (2016–2019)
NBA draft2019: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–presentBoston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Grant Dean Williams (born November 30, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. A 6'7" power forward from Charlotte, North Carolina, he was drafted 22nd overall in the 2019 NBA draft.

College career

Williams was an All-Southeastern Conference player as a freshman, sophomore, and junior.[1] He was awarded back-to-back SEC Player of the Year honors for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, becoming the first player to do so since Corliss Williamson in 1995.[2][3] He led Tennessee to a #3-seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and #2-seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

Professional career

Boston Celtics (2019–present)

Williams was selected with the 22nd overall draft pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2019 NBA draft.[4] On July 11, 2019, the Boston Celtics announced that they had signed Williams to a four-year, $11.8 million rookie-scale contract.[5] On October 23, 2019, Williams made his NBA debut, coming off the bench in a 93–107 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers with a rebound.[6] While not always playing a ton of minutes, Williams found himself a spot in the rotation as a solid, literally and figuratively, face-up defender, rebound chaser, and energy provider. On December 4, 2019, Williams made his first career start in a winning effort against the Miami Heat where he didn't do much statistically in 17 minutes.[7] Only a few weeks later, in some extended run during a blowout win against the Detroit Pistons, Williams dropped a career high 18 points on 8-10 shooting.[8] In an effort to garner support for his teammates making the NBA All-Star Game, Grant pledged to dye his hair pink if Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Kemba Walker all made the all-star game.[9] He finished his rookie season averaging just over 15 minutes per game in 69 contests where he chipped in 3.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.[10]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Boston 69 5 15.1 .412 .250 .722 2.6 1.0 .4 .5 3.4
2020–21 Boston 61 9 18.1 .437 .372 .588 2.8 1.0 .5 .4 4.7
Career 132 14 16.5 .426 .320 .657 2.7 1.0 .5 .5 4.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020 Boston 17 0 10.0 .577 .588 .700 1.5 .4 .1 .3 2.8
2021 Boston 5 0 11.4 .500 .500 1.000 2.0 .8 .2 .8 3.4
Career 22 0 10.3 .563 .571 .769 1.6 .5 .1 .4 2.9

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Tennessee 32 29 25.4 .504 .375 .667 5.9 1.1 .8 1.9 12.6
2017–18 Tennessee 35 35 28.8 .473 .120 .764 6.0 1.9 .6 1.3 15.2
2018–19 Tennessee 37 37 31.9 .564 .326 .819 7.5 3.2 1.1 1.5 18.8
Career 104 101 28.9 .516 .291 .758 6.5 2.1 .9 1.5 15.7

Personal life

Williams' mother, Teresa Johnson, is an electrical engineer who works for NASA.[11] His father, Gilbert, is a jazz artist and former college player who has worked as a bodyguard for musicians including Prince.[12] He is a cousin of former NBA players Salim and Damon Stoudamire.[13] Turning down offers from Ivy League schools Harvard and Yale,[14] Williams graduated from Tennessee in three years with a degree in business.[15] At Tennessee, he received the C & C Millwright Athletic Scholarship.[16] After missing his first 25 career three-point attempts, Williams' Celtics teammates hired the physical tone setter Aron Baynes to inspire Williams."[17]

Williams threw out the first pitch at the Boston Red Sox August 7, 2019 game.[13]

References

  1. ^ "University of Tennessee Athletics". utsports.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Wilson, Mike. "UT Vols basketball sweeps SEC honors: Rick Barnes, Grant Williams best in SEC". www.knoxnews.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tennessee's Grant Williams named AP SEC player of year". News Observer.
  4. ^ "Celtics Draft Langford, Williams, Edwards & Waters". NBA.com. June 21, 2019. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Celtics Sign Pair of First-Round Draft Picks Langford, Williams officially join Celtics". NBA.com. July 11, 2019. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "76ers top Celtics 107-93 in 1st battle of East favorites". ESPN.com. October 23, 2019. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Grant Williams to make first career start vs. Heat". December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Celtics' Grant Williams: Career-high 18 points in win". Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Grant Williams Will Dye His Hair Pink If Celtics Teammates Make NBA All-Star Team". CBS Boston. January 14, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Grant Williams 2019-20 Game Log". Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "5 things to know about former Tennessee star and Celtics draft pick Grant Williams". Boston.com. June 21, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  12. ^ Washburn, Gary (August 3, 2019). "Celtics first-round pick Grant Williams, a true student of life and basketball - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  13. ^ a b Wilson, Mike. "Grant Williams throws out first pitch at Boston Red Sox game". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Tennessee basketball star Grant Williams admits he's a nerd, but he sure can play basketball, too". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  15. ^ Business, Haslam College of (June 13, 2019). "Grant Williams". Haslam College of Business. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "Grant Williams - Men's Basketball". University of Tennessee Athletics. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Twitter.com. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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