Corey Williams (NBL)

Corey Williams (NBL)
Corey Williams
Position Point guard
Nickname Homicide
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Team Free agent
Nationality  United States
Born 3 August 1977 (1977-08-03) (age 34)
New York City, New York, United States
Junior Association Alabama State University
Debut 2007 (NBL debut)
Games Played 114[1]
Previous Clubs Sioux Falls Skyforce (2006)
Dakota Wizards (2007)
Townsville Crocodiles (2007-2010)
Melbourne Tigers (2010-2011)
Career Highlights NBL Most Valuable Player 2010[2]
All NBL First team 2010
All NBL Second team 2008, 2009, 2011

Corey "Homicide" Williams (born August 3, 1977 in New York City, New York[3]) is an American professional basketball player who last played in the Australasian NBL with the Melbourne Tigers. His position is point guard and he is known for his Mohawk hairstyle.

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College

Corey Williams attended Alabama State University and played 27 games for the Hornets in the 1998–99 season averaging 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists and steals per game.[4]

Professional career

Williams has played in 8 overseas leagues including Brazil, France, Venezuela and Germany and has attended NBA training camps in Toronto, Denver and Indiana.

He has played in the NBA D-League for both the Dakota Wizards and the Sioux Falls Skyforce and in 2007 played 20 games with championship winning Dakota and averaged 14.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

Williams signed to play with the Townsville Crocodiles in Australial's NBL for the 2007-08 NBL season making his debut for the Crocs against the New Zealand Breakers in Auckland with a 26 point, 6 assist performance. Later in the season he collected a season high 41 points against the Brisbane Bullets in November 2007 with a 20-point final term. He became the first Townsville player to score 20 points in a period since Derek Rucker had done so 10 years earlier.

Corey Williams quickly established himself as one of the best point guards in the NBL being selected to the All NBL First team in 2010, the All NBL Second team in his debut season of 2008, 2009 and in 2011 and in just his third season in the National Basketball League, Williams was voted the 2010 NBL Most Valuable Player.

Following the 2009-10 season, Williams signed to play with another NBL club in four time championship winners the Melbourne Tigers for the 2010-11 NBL season where his MVP form didn't drop despite the Tigers failing to make the playoffs with a 10-18 record. At the end of the season Williams led the league in assists with 6.1 per game while also placing 5th in the league scoring 17.3 points per game. He also led the NBL with 5.7 turnovers per game.[5] Williams standout form for the disappointing Tigers saw him selected to his third All NBL second team for 2011.

In four NBL seasons Corey Williams has played 114 games (91 for Townsville and 23 for Melbourne) and is averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.

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