Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)

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Eric Williams
Personal information
Born (1972-07-17) July 17, 1972 (age 51)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolMalcolm X Shabazz
(Newark, New Jersey)
College
Charlotte Bobcats
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
5,642 (8.6 ppg)
Rebounds2,139 (3.3 rpg)
Assists936 (1.4 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Eric C. Williams (born July 17, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1995 to 2007. He played for seven teams during his career, including two stints with the Boston Celtics.

Career

Following a collegiate career which began at

New Jersey Nets prior to the 2004–05 season. Williams was soon part of a blockbuster player trade when the Nets sent him, Aaron Williams, Alonzo Mourning and two future first-round draft picks to the Toronto Raptors for franchise player Vince Carter
.

In 2005, Williams decided to launch his own line of clothing honoring the fictional Negro Basketball League.[2]

On June 21, 2006, Williams was traded with

Rasho Nesterovič and cash.[3]

On February 13, 2007 he was traded along with the 2nd round pick in the

Charlotte Bobcats for Melvin Ely. On March 16, Williams was waived by the Bobcats to make room for Alan Anderson.[4]

He holds career averages of 8.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.[5]

Life outside basketball

Williams, whose wife was Jennifer Williams from 2007 to 2011, appeared in multiple episodes of the reality TV show Basketball Wives from seasons 1–4.[6] Eric also went on to appear in the 2013 film The Caribbean Heist.[7] In 2015 Williams was featured in the painting, "Freedom from What," an artwork by Pops Peterson based on "Freedom from Fear" by Norman Rockwell.[8][9]

Career statistics

Legend
  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

NBA

Source[5]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995–96 Boston 64 6 23.0 .441 .300 .671 3.4 1.1 .9 .2 10.7
1996–97 Boston 72 67 33.8 .456 .250 .752 4.6 1.8 1.0 .2 15.0
1997–98 Denver 4 4 36.3 .393 – .689 5.3 3.0 1.0 .0 19.8
1998–99 Denver 38 8 20.5 .365 .231 .799 2.1 1.0 .7 .2 7.3
1999–2000 Boston 68 17 20.3 .427 .347 .793 2.3 1.4 .6 .2 7.2
2000–01 Boston 81 11 21.5 .362 .331 .714 2.6 1.4 .8 .2 6.6
2001–02 Boston 74 30 23.6 .374 .279 .731 3.0 1.5 1.0 .1 6.4
2002–03 Boston 82 79 28.7 .442 .336 .750 4.7 1.7 1.0 .2 9.1
2003–04 Boston 21 0 24.4 .435 .344 .716 4.5 1.2 1.0 .0 11.6
2003–04 Cleveland 50 36 27.5 .366 .253 .787 3.8 1.9 1.0 .2 9.4
2004–05 New Jersey 21 21 35.2 .470 .425 .685 4.5 2.0 .8 .1 12.6
2004–05 Toronto 34 18 17.1 .379 .333 .717 2.3 1.5 .6 .1 4.7
2005–06 Toronto 28 11 12.6 .387 .278 .737 1.8 .5 .3 .1 3.3
2006–07 San Antonio 16 0 5.5 .441 .471 .571 .9 .4 .1 .0 2.6
2006–07 Charlotte 5 0 6.6 .308 .000 .571 .6 .2 .2 .0 2.4
Career 658 308 23.9 .415 .318 .736 3.3 1.4 .8 .2 8.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002 Boston 16 16 30.4 .500 .467 .739 4.4 1.3 1.6 .3 7.8
2003 Boston 11 0 31.0 .375 .200 .794 3.2 1.7 .9 .0 9.6
Career 27 16 30.7 .440 .378 .772 3.9 1.5 1.3 .2 8.5

References

  1. ^ "Eric Williams".
  2. ^ Jim Byers. "Nostalgia for a basketball league that never was". The Star. November 11, 2005.
  3. ^ NBA.com Press Release, June 21, 2006
  4. ^ After being waived, Anderson re-signs with Bobcats, March 17, 2007
  5. ^
    Basketball Reference
    . Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  6. ^ John, Caroline (31 July 2018). "Jennifer Williams' Wiki: Facts about the "Basketball Wives" Comeback Kid". Earthen Necklace. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Ex-NBA Player and 'Bball Wives' Star Eric Williams in 'The Caribbean Heist'". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  8. Berkshire Eagle
    . Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ tb727 (24 August 2016). "What the Hell Happened to...Eric Williams". Celtics Life. Retrieved 21 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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