T. J. Williams (basketball)

T. J. Williams
Oostende
Position Point guard
League Pro Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1994-10-26) October 26, 1994
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Pflugerville (Pflugerville, Texas)
College Northeastern (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 Greensboro Swarm
2018 Santeros de Aguada
2018–present Oostende
Career highlights and awards

T. J. Williams (born October 26, 1994)[1] is an American basketball player for BC Oostende of the Pro Basketball League (PBL). He played in college for Northeastern University.

College career

For his first three years at Northeastern, he played a supporting role behind Quincy Ford and David Walker. In his senior year, he was named CAA Player of the Year. Williams led the conference in scoring at 21.6 points per game and was second in Division I in minutes per game with 38.1. He had a career-high 33 points against CAA regular-season champ UNC-Wilmington on February 16.[2]

Professional career

Greensboro Swarm (2017–2018)

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft, Williams was signed by the Charlotte Hornets to their training camp roster on August 2, 2017,[3] but was released on October 13 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts.[4] Ten days later, he signed with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League as an affiliate player,[5] playing in 37 games and averaging 8.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 19.2 minutes.[6]

Santeros de Aguada (2018)

On May 18, 2018, Williams signed with Santeros de Aguada of the Puerto Rican BSN.[7]

Oostende (2018–present)

On July 5, 2018 Williams signed a 2 year contract with B.C. Oostende, the Belgian record champions.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "T.J. Williams". NBADraft.net. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hewitt, Steven (March 2, 2017). "Northeastern's T.J. Williams named CAA Player of the Year". Boston Herald. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Isaiah Hicks and T.J. Williams to Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Charlotte Hornets Waive Four Players". NBA.com. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Mills, Jeff (October 23, 2017). "Second-year Swarm opens training camp in new G-League landscape". Greensboro.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ "T.J. Williams Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ "CAMBIOS EN SANTEROS DE AGUADA: LLEGA TJ WILLIAMS POR TONY MITCHELL". CanchaLatina.com (in Spanish). May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  8. ↑ "BC Oostende trekt Amerikaan aan: "T.J. Williams zal lijnen uitzetten"". Sporza. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
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