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Deron Williams
Utah Jazz
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1984-06-26) June 26, 1984 (age 40)
West Virginia Parkersburg, West Virginia
NationalityUSA
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
CollegeIllinois
NBA draft2005: 3rd overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career2005–present
Career highlights and awards
2005-06 NBA All-Rookie First Team
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Deron Michael Williams (born June 26 1984 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is also a former collegiate player for the University of Illinois.

High School

Williams attended The Colony High School in The Colony, TX and averaged 17 points, 9.4 assists, and 2 steals per game as a junior in 2001. That year he lead his team, the Cougars, to a 32-2 record and the Class 5A state semifinals. In 2002 as a senior he averaged 17.6 points, 8.4 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. His team, the Cougars, went 29-2 that season. [1]

College

Williams played college basketball at the University of Illinois beginning with the 2002-03 NCAA season. In his freshman year, he started 30 of 32 games and ranked third in the Big Ten Conference in assists with 4.53 per game. As a sophomore, Deron improved his scoring average from 6.3 to 14.0 points per game (led team) and improved his assists per game to 6.17. Deron was a First-Team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and media.

In 2005, as a junior starting point guard, Williams led the Fighting Illini to the NCAA championship game, where they lost to the University of North Carolina. Williams declared for the NBA Draft after the 2005 season, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility.

Williams received many awards after the 2004-05 season. These honors include being named a consensus Second Team All American, as well as being named First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, and All-Final Four team. Williams was also a finalist for the Wooden Award and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Chicago Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Williams was named First-Team All-Big Ten as a sophomore in 2004 and as a junior in 2005, the year in which Williams, called by coach Bruce Weber "the MVP of the team", led the Illini to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship game before losing to North Carolina.

NBA Career

Following the season, Williams declared for the 2005 NBA Draft, in which the Utah Jazz selected Williams with the third overall selection. He was selected after #1 pick Andrew Bogut and #2 pick Marvin Williams. Williams started the season coming off the bench, but eventually moved into the role of starting point guard. Williams finished his rookie season averaging 10.8 points and 4.5 assists per game, in 80 games played. Williams was rewarded by being named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team[2], as well as being the only other rookie besides Chris Paul to receive a first-place vote in the 2005-06 NBA Rookie of the Year voting (Williams received 1 first-place vote).

Deron began the 2006-07 season as the starting point guard for the Jazz. The Jazz started the season with a 12-1 record. This record was the best in team history and in the league. In theses first 13 games of the season Deron was excellent, delivering five double-doubles. Two of these double-doubles were back-to-back performances of 26/14 and 27/15 (points/assists). Both of these assists totals bested his previous career high. In the second of those two games, he also had a career high in steals, with five. On January 17, 2007, in a game against the Detroit Pistons, he recorded a career high 31 points. A few days later, on January 24, he recorded a career high 21 assists in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies which helped contribute to Carlos Boozer's career high 39 points. In his second season, his numbers have improved in almost all categories, increasing to 16.2 points and 9.3 assists per game.[3]

Career highs

References

  1. ^ Player Bio Fighting Illini
  2. ^ Paul headlines All-Rookie Team as lone unanimous pick Espn
  3. ^ Player Card Espn
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