Jerry Williams (basketball)

Jerry Williams ( born January 2, 1979 in New Jersey ) is a retired American professional basketball player. Williams celebrated as a professional player his greatest successes in the British Basketball League (BBL ), where it was named " Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the BBL season 2004. In 2006 he returned to his home in Jacksonville, Florida, where he in 2010 assistant coach of the " minor league " team Giants in the ABA after the end of his active career. His younger brother is former NFL player Rashean Mathis.

Career

Williams got an athletic scholarship at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg (South Carolina) for his achievements as American football and basketball player in high school. For the basketball team the Bulldogs no bets are recorded for him and Williams in 1999 moved to the University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg (Kentucky), whose high school teams Patriots are organized in the NAIA. Although the Patriots won no titles in their NAIA Conference, they were 2001 national finals invited, but where they were eliminated in the first round, and Williams Player of the Year his Conference in the top five players in the NAIA for the 2000 /01 season selected. 2013 Williams was honored for his individual performance in the Patriots jersey in the " Athletic Hall of Fame" ( German Sports Hall of Fame ) received his university. After finishing his studies in 2002, Williams tried to recommend it over the summer league United States Basketball League ( USBL ) for a professional career as a basketball player.

Chris Finch as coach of the Sharks from Sheffield undertook Williams for his team in the British Basketball League (BBL ). The regular season of BBL 2003, it finished first, but then lost in the semifinals of the playoffs against the eventual champions Scottish Rocks. Williams has now taken himself out of the Rocks from Glasgow for the 2003/ 04 under contract, in which he was voted the season as the "Most Valuable Player " (MVP). In the cup competition BBL Cup they lost the final against Williams' former team Sharks, while the semi-finals in the League Cup BBL Trophy went to the Chester Jets lost. As a fourth in the main round, they lost in the play- offs as defending the Erstrundenbegegnung with the Jets, who later lost the final against the Sharks. In the 2004/05 season Williams played for the Towers of London, who reached the third place in the regular season, but were subject to in the first play-off round against Williams' former team Rocks with two points difference. For the season 2005/ 06 Williams first got a contract in the first French LNB Pro A League in the Association Jeanne d' Arc Dijon, which was, however, dissolved after only four missions again. Williams returned to the BBL and played for the Bears from Brighton, also inserting as a guest player during the season the former NBA All-Star Dennis Rodman. At the end of the season, the Bears just might qualify as even in eighth place for the play- offs and left there in the first round against the dominating that season Newcastle Eagles from. Williams also took still exposures in other leagues, he should have played professionally in Tunisia.

2006 Williams was playing in its U.S. homeland Jacksonville for the JAM in the ABA that could win their division in the ABA. Then the Jam changed SLAM in the " Premier Basketball League " where they were hired by financial difficulties in 2008. Williams was still playing in Mexico and for a Texas ABA team before he returned to Jacksonville in 2010. The Blue Waves from the "World Basketball Association " (WBA ) Williams played under coach Kevin Waters, where he also served as an assistant on the sidelines after a persistent knee injury. After Waters coach of the new ABA franchise in Jacksonville Giants was, he took Williams with on in his coaching staff. For the Giants, who were masters of the 2012 ABA Williams is occasionally still used as a backup player.