 Williams with the Atlanta Hawks in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1986-06-19)June 19, 1986 (age 38) Bremerton, Washington, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bremerton (Bremerton, Washington) |
| College | North Carolina (2004–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by theAtlanta Hawks | |
| Playing career | 2005–2020 |
| Position | Power forward /small forward |
| Number | 24, 2, 20 |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2012 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2012–2014 | Utah Jazz |
| 2014–2020 | Charlotte Hornets |
| 2020 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 10,965 (10.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 5,546 (5.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,373 (1.3 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Marvin Gaye Williams Jr. (born June 19, 1986) is an American former professionalbasketball player. He played one season ofcollege basketball forNorth Carolina before being drafted second overall by theAtlanta Hawks in the2005 NBA draft.
Born and raised inBremerton, Washington,[1] Williams attendedBremerton High School, where he was a two-time all-state selection and the Washington Player of the Year by theAssociated Press.[2] As a junior in 2002–03, he averaged 23.9 points and 14 rebounds and was named area player of the year.[2] As a senior in 2003–04, he averaged 28.7 points, 15.5 rebounds, 5.1 blocked shots and 5.2 assists. He was subsequently named aMcDonald's All-American and earned first-teamParade All-American honors.[2]
Williams played a lone season atNorth Carolina in 2004–05, helping the Tar Heels win theNCAA championship. His tip-in with 1:26 remaining in theNCAA final againstIllinois broke a 70–70 tie, propelling UNC to a 75–70 victory.[1] He earnedACC Rookie of the Year honors and was a unanimous selection to theACC All-Freshman Team.[1] He also earned All-ACC Honorable Mention.[3] In 36 games all off the bench, he averaged 11.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 22.2 minutes per game.[4]
In April 2005, Williams declared for theNBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility.[5]
Williams was selected by theAtlanta Hawks with the second overall pick in the2005 NBA draft, going on to earnNBA All-Rookie Second Team honors after averaging 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 79 games during the 2005–06 season.[1] On December 20, 2005, he scored a season-high 26 points against theMiami Heat.[1]
Williams missed the first 17 games of the 2006–07 season due to a broken bone in his left hand.[6] On January 5, 2007, he scored a season-high 24 points against theToronto Raptors. He tied that mark on April 13, scoring 24 points against theWashington Wizards.[7]
The 2007–08 season saw Williams average a career-high 14.8 points per game.[8] On January 25, 2008, he scored a career-high 33 points in a 99–90 win over theSeattle SuperSonics.[9]
On February 25, 2009, Williams scored a season-high 31 points against theDenver Nuggets.[1] Between early March and early April of the 2008–09 season,[10] Williams missed 16 games with a lower back injury.[11] Williams knocked down 55 three-pointers on the season after making just 25 in his first three seasons combined.[12]
On August 7, 2009, Williams re-signed with the Hawks to a five-year, $37.5 million contract.[12] On November 20, 2009, he scored a season-high 29 points against theHouston Rockets.[1] On December 5, 2009, he had a career-high 15 rebounds against theDallas Mavericks.[1][13]
In early November of the 2010–11 season, Williams missed four games with a right knee injury.[14] Between late December and late January,[15] Williams missed 11 games with a bruised back.[16] On March 27, 2011, he scored a season-high 31 points against theCleveland Cavaliers.[1]
In thelockout-shortened 2011–12 season, Williams played in 57 of the Hawks' 66 regular-season games.[1] He missed three games in early January with a sprained left ankle,[17] and five games in mid-March with a hip flexor.[18] On April 22, 2012, he scored a season-high 29 points against theNew York Knicks.[1]
Williams helped the Hawks advance to the playoffs in five straight seasons between 2008 and 2012, appearing in 42 playoff games (27 starts), after the franchise had failed to make the postseason the previous eight years.[19] He was a two-time recipient (2008 and 2011) of the Hawks' Jason Collier Memorial Trophy for his work as a community ambassador.[19]
On July 11, 2012, Williams was traded to theUtah Jazz in exchange forDevin Harris.[19] He made his debut for the Jazz in their season opener on October 31, 2012, scoring 21 points in a 113–94 win over theDallas Mavericks.[20] He failed to surpass that scoring mark during the season, recording one other 20-point game on November 23 against theSacramento Kings.[21]
Williams missed the first five games and last four games of the 2013–14 season.[22] In February 2014, he twice scored a season-high 23 points.[22]
On July 21, 2014, Williams signed a two-year, $14 million contract with theCharlotte Hornets.[23][24] He made his debut for the Hornets in their season opener on October 29, 2014, scoring 19 points 108–106 win over theMilwaukee Bucks.[25] He failed to surpass that scoring mark during the season.[26]
On February 5, 2016, Williams scored a season-high 27 points in a 98–95 loss to theMiami Heat.[27][28] Williams totaled 521 rebounds and 152 three-point field goals, making him one of only five players to tally at least 500 rebounds and 150 three-pointers in 2015–16 – along withKevin Durant,Paul George,James Harden andKevin Love – and the first player in Charlotte NBA history to do so. His 152 three-point field goals marked the third-best single-season total ever by a Charlotte forward, trailing onlyGlen Rice's 1996–97 and 1995–96 seasons.[29]
On July 10, 2016, Williams re-signed with the Hornets to a four-year, $54.5 million contract.[29][30] On March 10, 2017, he grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds in a 121–81 win over theOrlando Magic.[31] On March 11, he scored a season-high 27 points in a 125–122 overtime loss to theNew Orleans Pelicans.[32] On March 13, he tied a career high with 18 rebounds in a 115–109 loss to theChicago Bulls.[33]
On January 15, 2018, Williams scored a season-high 21 points against theDetroit Pistons.[34]
On December 21, 2018, Williams made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored a then season-high 24 points in a 98–86 win over the Pistons.[35] On January 23, 2019, against theMemphis Grizzlies, Williams passedRex Chapman for 12th on the franchise's scoring list.[36] On March 8, he made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 points in a 112–111 win over theWashington Wizards.[37]
On June 11, 2019, Williams exercised his $15 million player option for the 2019–20 season.[38]
On February 8, 2020, the Hornets reached a contract buyout agreement with Williams.[39]
On February 10, 2020, Williams signed with theMilwaukee Bucks.[40] On August 29, Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 8 rebounds while coming off the bench for the Bucks in a deciding Game 5 win to end a round one matchup versus theOrlando Magic, in theNBA Bubble.[41] On September 8, following the Bucks' second-round playoff exit after an upset loss against theMiami Heat, Williams announced his retirement from professional basketball.[42]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Atlanta | 79 | 7 | 24.7 | .443 | .245 | .747 | 4.8 | .8 | .6 | .3 | 8.5 |
| 2006–07 | Atlanta | 64 | 63 | 34.0 | .433 | .244 | .815 | 5.3 | 1.9 | .8 | .5 | 13.1 |
| 2007–08 | Atlanta | 80 | 80 | 34.6 | .462 | .100 | .822 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .4 | 14.8 |
| 2008–09 | Atlanta | 61 | 59 | 34.3 | .458 | .355 | .806 | 6.3 | 1.3 | .9 | .6 | 13.9 |
| 2009–10 | Atlanta | 81 | 81 | 30.4 | .455 | .303 | .819 | 5.1 | 1.1 | .8 | .6 | 10.1 |
| 2010–11 | Atlanta | 65 | 52 | 28.7 | .458 | .336 | .845 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .5 | .4 | 10.4 |
| 2011–12 | Atlanta | 57 | 37 | 26.3 | .432 | .389 | .788 | 5.2 | 1.2 | .8 | .3 | 10.2 |
| 2012–13 | Utah | 73 | 51 | 23.7 | .423 | .325 | .778 | 3.6 | 1.1 | .5 | .5 | 7.2 |
| 2013–14 | Utah | 66 | 50 | 25.4 | .439 | .359 | .781 | 5.1 | 1.2 | .8 | .5 | 9.1 |
| 2014–15 | Charlotte | 78 | 37 | 26.1 | .424 | .358 | .713 | 4.9 | 1.3 | .9 | .5 | 7.4 |
| 2015–16 | Charlotte | 81 | 81 | 28.9 | .452 | .402 | .833 | 6.4 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.0 | 11.7 |
| 2016–17 | Charlotte | 76 | 76 | 30.2 | .422 | .350 | .873 | 6.6 | 1.4 | .8 | .7 | 11.2 |
| 2017–18 | Charlotte | 78 | 78 | 25.7 | .458 | .413 | .829 | 4.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .5 | 9.5 |
| 2018–19 | Charlotte | 75 | 75 | 28.4 | .422 | .366 | .767 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .9 | .8 | 10.1 |
| 2019–20 | Charlotte | 41 | 1 | 19.7 | .448 | .376 | .860 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 6.7 |
| 2019–20 | Milwaukee | 17 | 0 | 18.9 | .439 | .308 | .857 | 4.4 | 1.1 | .6 | .5 | 4.0 |
| Career | 1,072 | 828 | 28.2 | .443 | .362 | .808 | 5.2 | 1.3 | .8 | .5 | 10.2 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Atlanta | 7 | 7 | 28.4 | .414 | .000 | .889 | 4.0 | .7 | .3 | .4 | 11.4 |
| 2009 | Atlanta | 6 | 3 | 16.2 | .345 | .167 | .692 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .8 | .3 | 5.0 |
| 2010 | Atlanta | 11 | 11 | 31.4 | .392 | .500 | .906 | 5.7 | .7 | .6 | .5 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | Atlanta | 12 | 3 | 18.0 | .393 | .273 | .769 | 2.3 | .5 | .8 | .6 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | Atlanta | 6 | 3 | 24.2 | .356 | .500 | .778 | 5.5 | .8 | .5 | .3 | 7.8 |
| 2016 | Charlotte | 7 | 7 | 32.6 | .275 | .353 | .500 | 6.9 | .9 | .9 | .4 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | Milwaukee | 10 | 0 | 17.9 | .447 | .435 | 1.000 | 4.8 | .9 | .5 | .3 | 5.5 |
| Career | 59 | 34 | 23.9 | .378 | .387 | .836 | 4.3 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 6.7 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | North Carolina | 36 | 0 | 22.2 | .506 | .432 | .847 | 6.6 | .7 | 1.1 | .5 | 11.3 |
Williams is the son of Marvin Williams Sr. and Andrea Gittens.[1][2] He has two brothers, Demetrius and J’Tonn.[1] Williams, whose middle name is Gaye, said about his middle name: "I was named after my dad. My grandma named my dad afterMarvin Gaye."[43]
In July 2014, Williams completed his degree inAfrican-American studies at North Carolina. For nine years, he attended summer school and some classes during the NBA season, studying both after practice and on the road.[44][45]
