Louis Tyrone Williams was born on October 27,1986 and is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
35 Facts About Lou Williams
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Lou Williams was drafted directly out of high school by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 45th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft.
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Lou Williams is a 3-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
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Lou Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee and moved to Atlanta at age 11.
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Lou Williams played at Snellville's South Gwinnett High School under Roger Fleetwood, where he was a four-time All-State selection and was named Georgia's "Mr Basketball" as a junior and senior.
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Lou Williams participated in the Nike Hoop Summit and Jordan Brand Classic.
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Lou Williams finished his career as the second all-time leading scorer in Georgia high school basketball history.
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Lou Williams played sparingly as a rookie, averaging 1.9 points and.
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The next season, Lou Williams was sent to play for the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League on November 28,2006.
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Lou Williams was the runner-up finisher for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.
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On July 12,2012, Lou Williams signed with the Atlanta Hawks.
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On January 18,2013, against the Brooklyn Nets, Lou Williams landed awkwardly on his right knee and had to leave the game on a wheelchair.
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Lou Williams made his debut on November 20,2013, scoring 6 points off the bench.
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On December 14,2013, Lou Williams scored a season high of 27 points.
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Lou Williams finished the season with averages of 10.4 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.1 rebounds.
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On June 30,2014, Lou Williams was traded, along with the draft rights to Lucas Nogueira, to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for John Salmons and a 2015 second round pick.
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On July 9,2015, Lou Williams signed a three-year, $21 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Lou Williams became the first Lakers player to score at least 38 points in successive games since Kobe Bryant in March 2013.
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On February 23,2017, Lou Williams was traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Corey Brewer and a 2017 first-round draft pick.
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Lou Williams finished with 35 points to lead a dominant bench effort for the Clippers.
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Lou Williams shot 16 for 27 with a career-best eight 3-pointers and made all 10 of his free throws.
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Lou Williams became the first player in league history to reach 30 points, 10 steals, and seven assists in a game since steals became a recorded stat.
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Lou Williams's bench scoring led the NBA in his 13th season.
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Lou Williams was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year for the second time in his career.
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Lou Williams became only the second bench player in NBA history with a 30-point, 10-assist performance in the playoffs.
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At the NBA's end-of-season awards night, Lou Williams was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year, joining Jamal Crawford as the only three-time winners of the award.
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Lou Williams has two brothers, Taurus Stinnett and Willie Louis Williams II, and one sister, Shaun Haynes.
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Lou Williams is a close friend of Bow Wow and was seen socializing with him at his house on an episode of MTV Cribs.
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Lou Williams has recorded several rap tracks and was featured on Meek Mill's single "I Want It All".
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In December 2011, Lou Williams claimed his NBA recognition saved him from an armed robbery attempt in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Manayunk.
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In 2014, it was revealed that Lou Williams was dating both Ashley Henderson and Rece Mitchell at the same time.
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Lou Williams is the subject of a song by Canadian rapper Drake called "6 Man" on Drake's mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late.
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The song was released on February 12,2015, the same season Lou Williams won the Sixth Man of the Year Award.
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In July 2020, while on an excused absence from the Orlando NBA quarantine bubble, Williams attended a funeral viewing for Paul G Williams, the father of a family friend.
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The controversy caused NBA investigators to question Lou Williams and assess the length of his re-quarantining process.