Deron Williams
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| Position | Point guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Team | Utah Jazz |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | June 26, 1984 Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| College | Illinois |
| Draft | 3rd overall, 2005 Utah Jazz |
| Pro career | 2005 – present |
| Awards | 2005-06 NBA All-Rookie First Team |
Deron Williams (born June 26, 1984 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is also a former collegiate player for the University of Illinois. Williams attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas and averaged 17 points, 9.4 assists, and 2 steals per game as a junior. As a senior, he averaged 17.6 points, 8.4 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game and led the Cougars to a 29-2 mark in 2002.
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[edit] College
Williams came to Illinois for the 2002-03 NCAA season. In his freshman year, he started 30 of 32 games, ranked third in the Big Ten in assists with 4.53 per game. As a sophmore, Deron improved his scoring average from 6.3 to 14.0 points per game (led team) and improved his assists per game to 6.17 per game. Deron was a First-Team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and media.
In 2005, as a Junior starting point guard, Williams led the Fighting Illini to the NCAA championship game, where they lost to the University of North Carolina. Williams declared for the NBA Draft after the 2005 season, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility.
Williams led the Big Ten Conference in assists in the three seasons he played at Illinois. Williams received many awards after the 2004-05 season. These honors include being named a consensus Second Team All American, as well as being named First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, and All-Final Four team. Williams was also a finalist for the Wooden Award and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Chicago Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Williams was named First-Team All-Big Ten as a sophomore in 2004 and as a junior in 2005, the year in which Williams, called by coach Bruce Weber "the MVP of the team", led the Illini to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship game before losing a close game to North Carolina.
[edit] Pro
Following the season, Williams declared for the 2005 NBA Draft, in which the Utah Jazz selected Williams with the third overall selection. Williams was the first of three point guards selected in succession following #1 selection Andrew Bogut and #2 pick Marvin Williams. Following Williams were #4 pick Chris Paul and #5 Raymond Felton. Williams started the season coming off the bench, but eventually moved into the role of starting point guard for Utah. Williams finished his rookie season averaging 10.8 points and 4.5 assists per game, in 80 games played. Williams was rewarded by being named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, as well as being the only other rookie besides Chris Paul to receive a first-place vote in the 2005-06 NBA Rookie of the Year voting (Williams received 1 first-place vote). [1].
Deron began the 2006-07 season as the starting point guard for the Jazz, and the team jumped out to an 11-1 record, which was the best in team history and in the league. In the first 12 games of the season, Deron has been excellent, delivering five double-doubles, including back-to-back performances of 26/14 and 27/15 (points/assists). Both of these assists totals bested his previous career high. In the second of those two games, he also had a career high in steals, with five.
[edit] Career highs
- Points - 28 at Atlanta Hawks, March 17, 2006
- Assists - 15 at Milwaukee Bucks, November 11, 2006
- Rebounds - 8 vs. Milwaukee Bucks December 04, 2006
- Steals - 5 at Milwaukee Bucks, November 11, 2006
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| 2005 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Andrew Bogut | Marvin Williams | Deron Williams | Chris Paul | Raymond Felton | Martell Webster | Charlie Villanueva | Channing Frye | Ike Diogu | Andrew Bynum | Fran Vázquez | Yaroslav Korolev | Sean May | Rashad McCants | Antoine Wright | Joey Graham | Danny Granger | Gerald Green | Hakim Warrick | Julius Hodge | Nate Robinson | Jarrett Jack | Francisco García | Luther Head | Johan Petro | Jason Maxiell | Linas Kleiza | Ian Mahinmi | Wayne Simien| David Lee |
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| Second Round Salim Stoudamire | Daniel Ewing | Brandon Bass | C.J Miles | Ricky Sánchez | Ersan Ilyasova | Ronny Turiaf | Travis Diener | Von Wafer | Monta Ellis | Roko Ukić | Chris Taft | Mile Ilić | Martynas Andriuškevičius | Louis Williams | Eražem Lorbek | Bracey Wright | Mickaël Gelabale | Andray Blatche | Ryan Gomes | Robert Whaley | Axel Hervelle | Orien Greene | Dijon Thompson | Lawrence Roberts | Amir Johnson | Marcin Gortat | Uros Slokar | Cenk Akyol | Alex Acker |
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