Jonathan Williams (basketball, born 1996)

Jonathan "Johhny" Williams (born September 17, 1996[1]) is an American basketball player.

Jonathan Williams
Free agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1996-09-17) September 17, 1996
Richmond, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolSaint Benedict's
(Newark, New Jersey)
CollegeVCU (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018Aris Leeuwarden

Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), Williams plays as point guard or shooting guard. He played collegiately for four seasons with the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams. In 2018, he played his first professional season for Aris Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.

College career

As a junior, Williams averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 assists per game but did not shoot the ball particularly well.[2] In his final season with VCU, Williams averaged a career-high 9.3 points and 5.7 assists per game, which made him the assists leader of the Atlantic 10 Conference.[3]

Professional career

On July 14, 2018, Williams signed with Aris Leeuwarden of the Dutch Basketball League.[4] On December 11, 2018, Williams left Aris after he asked for the termination of his contract to focus on recovery from injury.[5] He played two games with Aris, in which he averaged 8 points and 2 rebounds per game.[6]

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References

  1. "Jonathan Williams Player Profile". RealGM. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "Johnny and Justin – VCU through and through". Commonwealth Times. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. "Jonathan Williams". VCU. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "Jonathan Williams nieuwe pointguard" [Jonathan Williams new point guard]. Aris Leeuwarden (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. "Johnny Williams terug naar Amerika" [Johhny Williams back to the United States]. www.arisleeuwarden.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. "Jonathan Williams Profile & Statistics". basketballleague.nl (in Dutch). Dutch Basketball League. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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