Jason Williams (basketball, born 1979)

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Jason Williams
Personal information
Born (1979-04-15) April 15, 1979 (age 44)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Bladensburg
(Bladensburg, Maryland)
College Radford (1997–2001)
NBA draft 2001: undrafted
Playing career2001–2009
Position Forward
Career history
2001Washington Justice
2002 Greenville Groove
2002–2003Prissi Macon
2004–2005 Maryland Nighthawks
2006Northeastern Pennsylvania Breakers
2006Ciro Perez
2007–2008 Albany Patroons
2008–2009 Kecskeméti TE
Career highlights and awards

Jason Williams (born April 15, 1979) [1] is an American former basketball player.

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Playing career

Williams is from Bladensburg, Maryland [2] and attended Bladensburg High School. [3] In his senior year of 1996–97, Williams was named to Prince George's County's 3A/2A First Team and also to the Washington, D.C. all-metro area fourth team. [3]

Williams went on to play college basketball at Radford University from 1997 to 2001. [4] During his four-year career, Williams recorded 1,176 points (12.6 per game average), 412 rebounds (4.4), 173 assists (1.9) and 128 steals (1.4). [4] His best season came in 1999–2000 during his junior year. He averaged career-highs of 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as he led the Highlanders to a 12–2 Big South Conference record. [4] [5] They won the conference regular season championship [5] and Williams was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year. [6] Other accolades in college include being a two-time First Team All-Conference player (2000, 2001) and an All-Big South tournament selection (2001). [6]

After college, Williams had a brief stint in the NBA Development League. He appeared in eight games for the Greenville Groove in the late portion of the 2001–02 season. [7] In the 2002 playoffs he appeared in five games; the Groove went on to win the D-League championship. [7] [8] In 2008–09 Williams played for Kecskeméti TE, a professional basketball team in Hungary.

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References

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