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Eric Williams

Eric C. Williams

Position: Forward
Height: 6-8    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: July 17, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey
High School: M.X. Shabazz in Newark, New Jersey
College: Providence College

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall) of the 1995 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 BOS NBA 64 6 1470 241 546 .441 3 10 .300 200 298 .671 92 125 217 70 56 11 88 147 685
1996-97 24 BOS NBA 72 67 2435 374 820 .456 2 8 .250 328 436 .752 126 203 329 129 72 13 139 213 1078
1997-98 25 DEN NBA 4 4 145 24 61 .393 0 0 31 45 .689 10 11 21 12 4 0 9 9 79
1998-99 26 DEN NBA 38 8 780 80 219 .365 6 26 .231 111 139 .799 34 47 81 37 27 8 49 76 277
1999-00 27 BOS NBA 68 17 1378 165 386 .427 25 72 .347 134 169 .793 55 101 156 93 44 16 66 165 489
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 81 10 1745 162 448 .362 46 139 .331 165 231 .714 64 143 207 112 64 13 76 179 535
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 74 30 1747 144 385 .374 24 86 .279 160 219 .731 58 163 221 109 77 8 95 179 472
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 82 79 2350 254 575 .442 37 110 .336 201 268 .750 143 239 382 140 86 19 97 234 746
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 71 36 1886 231 598 .386 35 127 .276 215 283 .760 65 221 286 120 70 9 88 180 712
2003-04 31 BOS NBA 21 0 513 77 177 .435 11 32 .344 78 109 .716 21 74 95 25 22 1 31 52 243
2003-04 31 CLE NBA 50 36 1373 154 421 .366 24 95 .253 137 174 .787 44 147 191 95 48 8 57 128 469
2004-05 32 TOT NBA 55 39 1322 142 330 .430 28 73 .384 112 161 .696 44 128 172 92 38 4 60 147 424
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 21 21 739 87 185 .470 17 40 .425 74 108 .685 28 67 95 42 16 2 34 80 265
2004-05 32 TOR NBA 34 18 583 55 145 .379 11 33 .333 38 53 .717 16 61 77 50 22 2 26 67 159
2005-06 33 TOR NBA 28 11 352 29 75 .387 5 18 .278 28 38 .737 10 40 50 15 7 2 15 55 91
2006-07 34 TOT NBA 21 0 121 19 47 .404 8 19 .421 8 14 .571 3 14 17 7 3 0 7 12 54
2006-07 34 SAS NBA 16 0 88 15 34 .441 8 17 .471 4 7 .571 1 13 14 6 2 0 5 6 42
2006-07 34 CHA NBA 5 0 33 4 13 .308 0 2 .000 4 7 .571 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 6 12
Career NBA 658 307 15731 1865 4490 .415 219 688 .318 1693 2301 .736 704 1435 2139 936 548 103 789 1596 5642

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 BOS NBA 64 6 23.0 3.8 8.5 .441 0.0 0.2 .300 3.1 4.7 .671 1.4 2.0 3.4 1.1 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.3 10.7
1996-97 24 BOS NBA 72 67 33.8 5.2 11.4 .456 0.0 0.1 .250 4.6 6.1 .752 1.8 2.8 4.6 1.8 1.0 0.2 1.9 3.0 15.0
1997-98 25 DEN NBA 4 4 36.3 6.0 15.3 .393 0.0 0.0 7.8 11.3 .689 2.5 2.8 5.3 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 19.8
1998-99 26 DEN NBA 38 8 20.5 2.1 5.8 .365 0.2 0.7 .231 2.9 3.7 .799 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.3 2.0 7.3
1999-00 27 BOS NBA 68 17 20.3 2.4 5.7 .427 0.4 1.1 .347 2.0 2.5 .793 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.0 2.4 7.2
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 81 10 21.5 2.0 5.5 .362 0.6 1.7 .331 2.0 2.9 .714 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.9 2.2 6.6
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 74 30 23.6 1.9 5.2 .374 0.3 1.2 .279 2.2 3.0 .731 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.5 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.4 6.4
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 82 79 28.7 3.1 7.0 .442 0.5 1.3 .336 2.5 3.3 .750 1.7 2.9 4.7 1.7 1.0 0.2 1.2 2.9 9.1
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 71 36 26.6 3.3 8.4 .386 0.5 1.8 .276 3.0 4.0 .760 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.5 10.0
2003-04 31 BOS NBA 21 0 24.4 3.7 8.4 .435 0.5 1.5 .344 3.7 5.2 .716 1.0 3.5 4.5 1.2 1.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 11.6
2003-04 31 CLE NBA 50 36 27.5 3.1 8.4 .366 0.5 1.9 .253 2.7 3.5 .787 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.9 1.0 0.2 1.1 2.6 9.4
2004-05 32 TOT NBA 55 39 24.0 2.6 6.0 .430 0.5 1.3 .384 2.0 2.9 .696 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.7 0.7 0.1 1.1 2.7 7.7
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 21 21 35.2 4.1 8.8 .470 0.8 1.9 .425 3.5 5.1 .685 1.3 3.2 4.5 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.6 3.8 12.6
2004-05 32 TOR NBA 34 18 17.1 1.6 4.3 .379 0.3 1.0 .333 1.1 1.6 .717 0.5 1.8 2.3 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.8 2.0 4.7
2005-06 33 TOR NBA 28 11 12.6 1.0 2.7 .387 0.2 0.6 .278 1.0 1.4 .737 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 2.0 3.3
2006-07 34 TOT NBA 21 0 5.8 0.9 2.2 .404 0.4 0.9 .421 0.4 0.7 .571 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.6
2006-07 34 SAS NBA 16 0 5.5 0.9 2.1 .441 0.5 1.1 .471 0.3 0.4 .571 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.6
2006-07 34 CHA NBA 5 0 6.6 0.8 2.6 .308 0.0 0.4 .000 0.8 1.4 .571 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.2 2.4
Career NBA 658 307 23.9 2.8 6.8 .415 0.3 1.0 .318 2.6 3.5 .736 1.1 2.2 3.3 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.4 8.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 BOS NBA 64 6 1470 5.9 13.4 .441 0.1 0.2 .300 4.9 7.3 .671 2.3 3.1 5.3 1.7 1.4 0.3 2.2 3.6 16.8
1996-97 24 BOS NBA 72 67 2435 5.5 12.1 .456 0.0 0.1 .250 4.8 6.4 .752 1.9 3.0 4.9 1.9 1.1 0.2 2.1 3.1 15.9
1997-98 25 DEN NBA 4 4 145 6.0 15.1 .393 0.0 0.0 7.7 11.2 .689 2.5 2.7 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.2 2.2 19.6
1998-99 26 DEN NBA 38 8 780 3.7 10.1 .365 0.3 1.2 .231 5.1 6.4 .799 1.6 2.2 3.7 1.7 1.2 0.4 2.3 3.5 12.8
1999-00 27 BOS NBA 68 17 1378 4.3 10.1 .427 0.7 1.9 .347 3.5 4.4 .793 1.4 2.6 4.1 2.4 1.1 0.4 1.7 4.3 12.8
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 81 10 1745 3.3 9.2 .362 0.9 2.9 .331 3.4 4.8 .714 1.3 3.0 4.3 2.3 1.3 0.3 1.6 3.7 11.0
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 74 30 1747 3.0 7.9 .374 0.5 1.8 .279 3.3 4.5 .731 1.2 3.4 4.6 2.2 1.6 0.2 2.0 3.7 9.7
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 82 79 2350 3.9 8.8 .442 0.6 1.7 .336 3.1 4.1 .750 2.2 3.7 5.9 2.1 1.3 0.3 1.5 3.6 11.4
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 71 36 1886 4.4 11.4 .386 0.7 2.4 .276 4.1 5.4 .760 1.2 4.2 5.5 2.3 1.3 0.2 1.7 3.4 13.6
2003-04 31 BOS NBA 21 0 513 5.4 12.4 .435 0.8 2.2 .344 5.5 7.6 .716 1.5 5.2 6.7 1.8 1.5 0.1 2.2 3.6 17.1
2003-04 31 CLE NBA 50 36 1373 4.0 11.0 .366 0.6 2.5 .253 3.6 4.6 .787 1.2 3.9 5.0 2.5 1.3 0.2 1.5 3.4 12.3
2004-05 32 TOT NBA 55 39 1322 3.9 9.0 .430 0.8 2.0 .384 3.0 4.4 .696 1.2 3.5 4.7 2.5 1.0 0.1 1.6 4.0 11.5
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 21 21 739 4.2 9.0 .470 0.8 1.9 .425 3.6 5.3 .685 1.4 3.3 4.6 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.7 3.9 12.9
2004-05 32 TOR NBA 34 18 583 3.4 9.0 .379 0.7 2.0 .333 2.3 3.3 .717 1.0 3.8 4.8 3.1 1.4 0.1 1.6 4.1 9.8
2005-06 33 TOR NBA 28 11 352 3.0 7.7 .387 0.5 1.8 .278 2.9 3.9 .737 1.0 4.1 5.1 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.5 5.6 9.3
2006-07 34 TOT NBA 21 0 121 5.7 14.0 .404 2.4 5.7 .421 2.4 4.2 .571 0.9 4.2 5.1 2.1 0.9 0.0 2.1 3.6 16.1
2006-07 34 SAS NBA 16 0 88 6.1 13.9 .441 3.3 7.0 .471 1.6 2.9 .571 0.4 5.3 5.7 2.5 0.8 0.0 2.0 2.5 17.2
2006-07 34 CHA NBA 5 0 33 4.4 14.2 .308 0.0 2.2 .000 4.4 7.6 .571 2.2 1.1 3.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 2.2 6.5 13.1
Career NBA 658 307 15731 4.3 10.3 .415 0.5 1.6 .318 3.9 5.3 .736 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.1 1.3 0.2 1.8 3.7 12.9

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1995-96 23 BOS NBA 64 1470 13.3 .506 .444 6.8 9.8 8.3 7.6 1.9 0.5 11.5 22.4 103 111 0.7 0.9 1.6
1996-97 24 BOS NBA 72 2435 13.3 .533 .457 5.5 10.4 7.8 8.6 1.5 0.4 12.1 20.3 107 114 2.5 0.3 2.9
1997-98 25 DEN NBA 4 145 17.0 .489 .393 7.9 9.2 8.5 16.1 1.5 0.0 10.0 28.2 104 115 0.2 0.0 0.1
1998-99 26 DEN NBA 38 780 10.7 .494 .379 4.9 7.2 6.0 8.0 1.8 0.7 14.9 19.1 99 113 0.5 -0.2 0.2
1999-00 27 BOS NBA 68 1378 11.8 .531 .460 4.3 8.8 6.5 10.3 1.6 0.9 12.5 16.6 108 108 1.8 0.7 2.5
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 81 1745 10.0 .487 .413 4.1 10.0 6.9 10.6 1.9 0.6 12.1 16.3 100 106 1.0 1.2 2.2
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 74 1747 8.8 .490 .405 3.6 10.5 6.9 9.8 2.3 0.4 16.5 15.0 96 103 0.0 2.2 2.2
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 82 2350 13.1 .538 .474 6.7 11.8 9.2 10.4 1.9 0.6 12.3 15.6 110 103 3.4 2.6 6.0
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 71 1886 12.5 .493 .416 3.9 13.0 8.5 10.4 1.9 0.3 10.9 19.3 102 105 1.7 1.4 3.1
2003-04 31 BOS NBA 21 513 15.7 .540 .466 4.8 16.2 10.6 8.5 2.2 0.2 12.1 22.7 105 103 0.7 0.5 1.2
2003-04 31 CLE NBA 50 1373 11.2 .471 .394 3.5 11.8 7.7 11.1 1.8 0.4 10.3 18.1 101 106 0.9 0.9 1.9
2004-05 32 TOT NBA 55 1322 10.7 .529 .473 3.9 11.5 7.6 11.3 1.5 0.2 13.0 16.2 105 108 0.9 1.1 2.1
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 21 739 11.9 .570 .516 4.5 11.1 7.7 9.9 1.2 0.2 12.8 16.9 110 106 0.9 0.7 1.7
2004-05 32 TOR NBA 34 583 9.1 .472 .417 3.1 12.1 7.5 13.2 2.0 0.2 13.4 15.2 98 109 0.0 0.4 0.4
2005-06 33 TOR NBA 28 352 6.8 .496 .420 3.3 14.5 8.7 6.3 1.0 0.4 14.1 14.0 99 114 0.0 0.0 0.1
2006-07 34 TOT NBA 21 121 11.4 .508 .489 2.9 13.5 8.5 9.8 1.3 0.0 11.6 23.3 97 104 0.0 0.2 0.1
2006-07 34 SAS NBA 16 88 14.8 .566 .559 1.4 17.2 9.6 11.6 1.2 0.0 11.9 22.7 105 101 0.1 0.1 0.2
2006-07 34 CHA NBA 5 33 2.4 .373 .308 7.0 3.7 5.4 4.9 1.6 0.0 11.1 24.9 79 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 658 15731 11.7 .513 .440 4.9 10.7 7.7 9.7 1.8 0.5 12.5 17.9 104 108 12.6 10.5 23.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 16 487 47 94 14 30 17 23 18 70 21 25 4 11 53 125 .500 .467 .739 30.4 7.8 4.4 1.3
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 10 310 33 88 3 15 27 34 12 32 17 9 0 12 42 96 .375 .200 .794 31.0 9.6 3.2 1.7
Career NBA 26 797 80 182 17 45 44 57 30 102 38 34 4 23 95 221 .440 .378 .772 30.7 8.5 3.9 1.5

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
2001-02 29 BOS NBA 16 487 12.9 .600 .574 4.2 11.8 8.0 7.3 2.7 0.7 9.6 11.1 120 98 0.8 0.8 1.6
2002-03 30 BOS NBA 10 310 8.2 .466 .392 4.5 7.3 5.9 9.6 1.5 0.0 10.4 17.6 97 106 0.0 0.3 0.3
Career NBA 26 797 11.1 .534 .486 4.3 10.0 7.2 8.2 2.3 0.4 10.0 13.6 108 101 0.8 1.1 1.9

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1993-94 21 PROVIDENCE 30 781 166 327 0 5 138 209 151 37 36 13 53 66 470 .508 .000 .660 26.0 15.7 5.0 1.2
1994-95 22 PROVIDENCE 30 1041 184 445 29 78 134 195 201 75 60 10 79 95 531 .413 .372 .687 34.7 17.7 6.7 2.5
Career 60 1822 350 772 29 83 272 404 352 112 96 23 132 161 1001 .453 .349 .673 30.4 16.7 5.9 1.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

2002-03 NBA 82 (2)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (820)

Transactions

June 28, 1995: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft.

August 21, 1997: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Denver Nuggets for a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Kris Clack) and a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Earl Watson).

August 3, 1999: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Danny Fortson, Eric Washington and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Kedrick Brown) to the Boston Celtics for Popeye Jones, Ron Mercer and Dwayne Schintzius.

December 15, 2003: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Tony Battie and Kedrick Brown to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and a 2005 2nd round draft pick (Ryan Gomes).

August 6, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

December 17, 2004: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Alonzo Mourning, Aaron Williams, a 2005 1st round draft pick (Joey Graham) and a 2006 1st round draft pick (Renaldo Balkman) to the Toronto Raptors for Vince Carter.

June 21, 2006: Traded by the Toronto Raptors with Matt Bonner and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Jack McClinton) to the San Antonio Spurs for Rasho Nesterovic.

February 13, 2007: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with cash and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Robert Vaden) to the Charlotte Bobcats for Melvin Ely.

March 16, 2007: Waived by the Charlotte Bobcats.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Boston Celtics NBA $876,000
1996-97 Boston Celtics NBA $1,008,000
1997-98 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,139,520
1998-99 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,780,000
1999-00 Boston Celtics NBA $3,336,000
2000-01 Boston Celtics NBA $3,890,000
2001-02 Boston Celtics NBA $4,448,000
2002-03 Boston Celtics NBA $5,004,000
2003-04 Total NBA $5,540,000
2004-05 Total NBA $3,580,000
2005-06 Toronto Raptors NBA $3,938,000
2006-07 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $4,296,000
Career (may be incomplete) $39,835,520
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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