Reginald Leon Williams II (born September 14, 1986) is an American former professional

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player who most recently played for

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of the

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(BBL). He played college basketball for the

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(VMI) where he is the school's all-time leading scorer.

High school career

Williams attended

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averaging 20.5 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists per game as a senior, while sinking a total of 41 three-pointers leading his team to a 22-5 record and to the Central region quarterfinals, all of this while playing several positions, ranging from the point to the pivot.

College career

Williams attended the

where he led the NCAA in scoring two straight seasons for the fast-paced VMI team. In April 2007, Williams initially decided to skip his senior season and enter the NBA Draft, but later elected to return to school for his senior season. On March 1, 2008, Williams became the state of Virginia's all-time Division I career scoring leader with 2,526 points. Williams graduated from VMI with a bachelor's degree in

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College statistics

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, 27 , , 25 , , 33.1 , , .462 , , .317 , , .750 , , 7.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , 19.0 , - , align="left" , 2006–07 , align="left" ,

, 33 , , 33 , , 32.4 , , .531 , , .319 , , .659 , , 8.0 , , 4.4 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 28.1 , - , align="left" , 2007–08 , align="left" ,

, 25 , , 21 , , 35.1 , , .528 , , .279 , , .671 , , 9.7 , , 3.9 , , 2.2 , , .7 , , 27.8 , - , align="center" colspan="2" , Career , 112 , , 105 , , 33.8 , , .498 , , .302 , , .703 , , 7.3 , , 3.4 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , 22.8

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft, Williams signed with the French team

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. After playing in France he played in the

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. He was drafted by the

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. He averaged 26 points and 5.7 rebounds per game with Sioux Falls before signing a ten-day contract with the

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on March 2, 2010. On March 12, 2010 the Golden State Warriors re-signed Williams to another 10 day contract and later, on March 22, 2010, the Warriors signed Williams for the remainder of the season. On June 21, 2011 Williams signed a qualifying offer by the Warriors, thus becoming a restricted free agent. Following the announcement of the 2011 NBA Lockout, on August 23, 2011 Williams signed a contract with the Spanish team

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. On December 11, 2011, the Warriors rescinded their qualifying offer to Williams to conserve cap space to sign

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center

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to an offer sheet, making Williams an unrestricted free agent. On December 15, 2011, Williams signed a two-year deal reportedly worth $5 million with the

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. On July 19, 2013, Williams signed a multi-year deal with the

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. However, he was later waived on October 28, 2013. On December 20, 2013, Williams was acquired by the

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of the NBA D-League. On March 6, 2014, Williams signed a 10-day contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. On March 11, 2014, he was assigned back down to the Tulsa 66ers. He was recalled the same day after playing in the 66ers 109-117 loss to the LA D-Fenders. On March 15, 2014, he was reassigned to the 66ers. On March 16, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract, and returned to the 66ers. On March 28, 2014, he signed another 10-day contract with the Thunder. On April 7, 2014, he was again not offered a second 10-day contract by the Thunder. On May 10, 2014, he signed with the

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of the

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. On August 12, 2014, Williams signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Heat on October 13, 2014. On December 26, 2014, he was acquired by the

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. On January 28, 2015, Williams signed a 10-day contract with the

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. On February 8, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Spurs. On February 20, he signed with the Spurs for the rest of the season. On October 24, 2015, he was waived by the Spurs. On January 9, 2016, Williams signed with

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of the

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. On October 17, 2016, Williams signed with the

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, but was waived two days later. On November 3, he was re-acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue. After averaging 17.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 33.3 minutes with the Blue over 11 games, Williams signed with the

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on December 10. In his second game for the Pelicans the following day, Williams scored 11 points off the bench in the first half, including 3-of-3 shooting on three-pointers, and finished with 17 in the 120–119 overtime win over the

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. On January 1, 2017, Williams was waived by the Pelicans after appearing in five games and two days later, he was reacquired by the Oklahoma City Blue. On February 25, 2017, Williams returned to the Pelicans on a 10-day contract. On March 7, 2017, he was reacquired by the Blue. On January 23, 2019,

of the

announced that they had added Williams.

The Basketball Tournament

In 2017, Williams participated in

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with Ram Nation. Williams had 14.8 PPG and 5.3 RPG during the tournament. Ram Nation advanced to the Elite 8 before being bested by eventual tournament champs

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. The Basketball Tournament is an annual $2 million winner-take-all tournament broadcast on

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National team

Williams played with the senior United States national team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, where he won a gold medal.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 40 , , 0 , , 9.5 , , .432 , , .306 , , .476 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 3.7 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

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, 20 , , 0 , , 5.3 , , .385 , , .158 , , 1.000 , , .9 , , .5 , , .1 , , .0 , , 1.9 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

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, 6 , , 0 , , 13.2 , , .348 , , .455 , , .857 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .1 , , .0 , , 4.5 , - , align="center" colspan="2" , Career , 206 , , 32 , , 18.3 , , .458 , , .363 , , .747 , , 2.4 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , .1 , , 7.8

NBA D-League

Regular season

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, 25 , , 21 , , 38.0 , , .476 , , .355 , , .732 , , 5.7 , , 4.9 , , 1.6 , , .2 , , 20.1 , - , align="center" colspan="2" , Career , 56 , , 52 , , 39.1 , , .533 , , .380 , , .794 , , 5.6 , , 3.9 , , 1.6 , , .2 , , 23.6

International Leagues

Regular season

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, 29 , , 27 , , 29.0 , , .451 , , .223 , , .617 , , 5.3 , , 2.5 , , .8 , , .5 , , 12.7 , - , align="left" , 2011–12 , align="left" ,

, 10 , , 1 , , 11.9 , , .479 , , .167 , , 1.000 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .8 , , .0 , , 5.0 , - , align="center" colspan="2" , Career , 39 , , 28 , , 24.6 , , .455 , , .217 , , .625 , , 4.3 , , 2.1 , , .8 , , .4 , , 10.7

References

External links

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