DONOVAN WILLIAMS

Position: Guard

Height: 6'6" (198cm)

Weight: 189 lbs (86kg)

Birthdate: September 6, 2001

Hometown: Houston, Texas

High School: Fort Bend Elkins

College: UNLV '22

PROFESSIONAL CAREER 


Career average: 14.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 26.7 minutes per game in 111 games …  Shot 70.9% from the line, 55.5% mid range and 31.6% from the three … 


2023-24: Signed to the Santa Cruz Warriors on October 30 … He played 50 games with the Warriors where he averaged 29.2 minutes, 17.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists … Shooting 72.3% from the line, 60.1% from the field, and 29.5 from three … Had a double-double on November 21 against the SLC Stars, with 16 points and 10 rebounds … Recorded a season high on January 13 against South Bay with 30 points, five rebounds, and three assists … Played over 20 minutes in 40+ games and over 30 minutes in 15+ games … Had over 40 double-digit scoring performances and scored 20+ points in over 20 games … Making his CEBL debut signing to join the Scarborough Shooting stars for the summer … 


2023: Played 4 games at NBA Summer League with the Washington Wizards averaging 7.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 18 minutes, shooting 66.7% from the field … Had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists against the Chicago Bulls on July 15 … 


2022-2023: Averaged 15.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 28 minutes over 26 games with the Long Island Nets … Shot 65.8% from the line, 52.8% from the field and 40.2% from three … Scored a season high of 27 points with four rebounds on November 23 against the Raptors 905…  Signed a two-way contract with the the Atlanta Hawks on January 17, splitting time with their NBA G League affiliate the College Park Skyhawks … Averaged 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 28 minutes over 24 games with the Skyhawks, shooting 72.2% from the line, 50.6% from the field and 26.8% from three … Had a season high of 29 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks on February 3 in their 114-96 win against Maine, shooting five-for-seven from three … Made his NBA debut on April 4 with the Hawks in their 123-105 win against the Bulls, grabbing one rebound … Had four points and one rebound in three minutes against the Celtics on April 9 … 


2022: Made his NBA summer league debut playing five games with the Brooklyn Nets … He averaged 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 7.6 minutes, shooting 75.0% from the line and from three and 60.0% from the field … After being waived by the Brooklyn Nets he joined the Long Island Nets in the G League on a training camp contract to begin the 2022-23 season …


COLLEGIATE CAREER


Career average: 7.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 steals and 14.7 minutes per game in 65 games … 66.7% from the line and 49.4% from the field …



2021-22: Made his Mountain West Conference debut with UNLV on November 11 scoring 10 points, grabbing six boards with one steal against Gardner-Webb … Played 522 minutes over 26 games with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas averaging 12.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 20.1 minutes per game as a junior … Shot 63.8% from the line, 51.9% from the field and 43.2% from beyond the arc … Had a standout performance against Hartford on December 11 scoring 32 points with six rebounds and three assists, shooting seven-for-nine mid range and three-for-three from the three … Had 15 double digit performances, scoring over 20 points on five occasions … Declared for the 2022 NBA draft on June 1 … Signed contract with Long Island Nets on October 19 after going undrafted … 


2020-21: Appeared in 15 games for Texas averaging 3.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 10.3 minutes per game … Scored season high of 11 points on January 26 against Oklahoma with two rebounds and two assists, shooting five-for-eight from the field … Selected for the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team .. Transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from his junior year … 


2019-20: Played 279 minutes over 24 games with Texas Longhorns men's basketball team averaging 3.6 points, 1.0 rebounds and 11.6 minutes per game … Shot 70.6% from the line, 47.8% from the field and 25.0% from behind the arc … Recorded two career-high 13 point scoring games on November 15 against PVAMU and on February 1 against Iowa St. … Was named to the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Rookie Team … 

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS


TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023-24 Santa Cruz 50 1461 859 229-381 78-264 94-130 57 149 206 85 149 26 46 107
2022-23 Washington (NBA Summer League) 4 72 29 9-17 1-8 8-12 4 8 12 6 12 0 1 3
2022-23 Atlanta 2 5 4 2-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 College Park 24 660 303 91-180 26-97 26-36 29 84 113 34 84 11 26 35
2022-23 Long Island 26 729 401 105-199 49-122 25-38 23 74 97 44 93 14 24 43
2022 Brooklyn (NBA Summer League) 5 38 18 3-5 3-4 3-4 0 6 6 1 5 0 0 6
TOTALS 111 2965 1614 436-785 157-497 156-220 113 333 436 170 343 51 97 194

AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023-24 Santa Cruz 50 29.2 17.2 .601 .295 .723 1.1 3.0 4.1 1.7 3.0 0.5 0.9 2.1
2023 Washington (NBA Summer League) 4 18.0 7.3 .529 .125 .667 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.3 0.8
2022-23 Atlanta 2 2.5 2.0 .667 .000 .000 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022-23 College Park 24 27.5 12.6 .506 .268 .722 1.2 3.5 4.7 1.4 3.5 0.5 1.1 1.5
2022-23 Long Island 26 28.0 15.4 .528 .402 .658 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.7 3.6 0.5 0.9 1.7
2022 Brooklyn (NBA Summer League) 5 7.6 3.6 .600 .750 .750 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
TOTALS 111 26.7 14.5 .555 .316 .709 1.0 3.0 3.9 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.9 1.7

COLLEGIATE STATISTICS


TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FG 3FG FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2021-22 UNLV 26 522 331 84-162 32-74 67-105 21 66 87 28 72 11 17 45
2020-21 Texas 15 155 49 13-33 4-23 11-13 8 9 17 4 19 3 5 14
2019-20 Texas 24 279 86 22-46 10-40 12-17 6 17 23 7 27 4 13 25
TOTALS 65 956 466 119-241 46-225 90-135 35 92 127 39 118 18 35 84

AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FG 3FG FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2021-22 UNLV 26 20.1 12.7 .519 .432 .638 0.8 2.5 3.3 1.1 2.8 0.4 0.7 1.7
2020-21 Texas 15 10.3 3.3 .394 .174 .846 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.3 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.9
2019-20 Texas 24 11.6 3.6 .478 .250 .706 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.5 1.0
TOTALS 65 14.7 7.2 .494 .204 .667 0.5 1.4 2.0 0.6 1.8 0.3 0.5 1.3
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