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Forward-Guard · Dallas Mavericks

Walt Williams

Age 56 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 104 kg · Born Apr 16, 1970 · Maryland

11.9 PPG 3.9 RPG 2.4 APG 840 games 11 seasons
Walt Williams

Career snapshot

11seasons
840games
9,989career pts
14.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 238 games · 1992-93–1995-96

Position rank · 2002-03

#67PPG rank
#56PER rank
#47WS rank
Among 98 Forward-Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 17.0 1992-93 · SAC
RPG 5.0 1996-97 · TOR
APG 4.1 1994-95 · SAC
PER 16.3 1998-99 · POR
WS 5.4 1996-97 · TOR

Draft

1992
Round 1 · Pick 7
from Maryland

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1992

Career by team

Dallas Mavericks
2002-03 – 2002-03 · 1 seasons
5.5 PPG 3.1 RPG 0.9 APG
66 games
Houston Rockets
1999-00 – 2001-02 · 3 seasons
9.6 PPG 3.6 RPG 1.6 APG
196 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1997-98 – 1998-99 · 2 seasons
8.9 PPG 2.8 RPG 1.7 APG
79 games
Toronto Raptors
1996-97 – 1997-98 · 2 seasons
15.3 PPG 4.8 RPG 2.6 APG
101 games
Miami Heat
1995-96 – 1995-96 · 1 seasons
12.0 PPG 4.0 RPG 2.3 APG
28 games
Sacramento Kings
1992-93 – 1995-96 · 4 seasons
15.0 PPG 4.4 RPG 3.3 APG
238 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1992-93 SAC 59 26 28.4 17.0 4.5 3.0 1.1 0.5 43.5 31.9 74.2 15.0 1.6
1993-94 SAC 57 4 23.8 11.2 4.1 2.3 0.9 0.4 39.0 28.8 63.5 10.4 -0.7
1994-95 SAC 77 77 35.6 16.4 4.5 4.1 1.6 0.8 44.6 34.8 73.1 15.0 5.1
1995-96 NBA 73 73 29.7 13.6 4.4 3.2 1.2 0.8 44.4 38.9 70.3 — —
1995-96 MIA 28 28 28.1 12.0 4.0 2.3 1.1 0.6 46.3 45.5 55.0 15.1 2.2
1995-96 SAC 45 45 30.7 14.6 4.6 3.7 1.2 0.9 43.5 34.1 75.6 16.2 2.9
1996-97 TOR 73 73 36.3 16.4 5.0 2.7 1.3 0.8 42.7 40.0 76.5 14.9 5.4
1997-98 NBA 59 17 24.9 10.3 3.4 2.1 1.0 0.6 38.6 36.5 86.4 — —
1997-98 POR 31 1 19.2 8.4 2.6 1.7 0.6 0.4 37.8 34.4 90.8 14.0 1.4
1997-98 TOR 28 16 31.3 12.4 4.2 2.5 1.4 0.8 39.2 38.0 81.7 13.0 0.8
1998-99 POR 48 16 21.8 9.3 3.0 1.7 0.8 0.6 42.4 43.8 83.2 16.3 3.7
1999-00 HOU 76 66 24.5 10.9 4.0 2.1 0.6 0.6 45.8 39.1 82.1 15.6 4.4
2000-01 HOU 72 31 22.0 8.3 3.4 1.3 0.4 0.4 39.4 39.5 77.0 12.6 3.0
2001-02 HOU 48 25 23.3 9.4 3.4 1.4 0.4 0.2 41.9 42.6 78.4 13.1 1.7
2002-03 DAL 66 1 17.6 5.5 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 39.3 37.4 62.0 11.7 2.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2002 Houston Rockets Dallas Mavericks season change
Jul 1999 Portland Trail Blazers Houston Rockets season change
Oct 1997 Portland Trail Blazers Toronto Raptors mid season trade From 1997-98 to 1997-98
Jul 1997 Toronto Raptors Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 1996 Miami Heat Toronto Raptors season change
Jul 1996 Sacramento Kings Toronto Raptors season change
Oct 1995 Miami Heat Sacramento Kings mid season trade From 1995-96 to 1995-96
Jul 1995 Sacramento Kings Miami Heat season change

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Born on April 16

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About Walt Williams

Walter Ander "the Wizard" Williams is an American former professional basketball player. A sharpshooting 6'8" swingman, Williams played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins from 1988 to 1992, and has been credited for helping to revive the school's basketball program.