Adrian Williams-Strong (born February 15, 1977) is a former American professional

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player who played in the

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(WNBA). Born in

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, Williams attended college at

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and graduated in 1999. Following her collegiate career, she was selected as the 21st overall pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft by the

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and played in the 2003

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. In July 2004, Williams was dealt to the

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. After spending the 2005 season in

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, Williams signed with the

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in 2006. She averaged 4.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 15.2 minutes per game in her return to the WNBA. In February 2007, the Lynx traded Williams to the

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in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft. Then in the winter of 2008 she played in China un until March 2008 where she hurt her left knee and had to have surgery. Coming home, she decided to take a break from the WNBA to let her knees rest. On November 4, 2017, she was inducted into the Clovis Unified School District Hall of Fame. She is married to Buddy Strong, keys player for the Dave Matthews Band, with whom she has one son and one daughter.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

, align="left" , Phoenix , 32 , , 30 , , 27.4 , , .467 , , .000 , , .700 , , 6.9 , , 1.1 , , 1.5 , , 0.9 , , 2.0 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

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, 34 , , 2 , , 17.9 , , .475 , , .000 , , .788 , , 4.5 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 1.7 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

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, 34 , , 33 , , 20.2 , , .439 , , .000 , , .614 , , 4.9 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 1.6 , , 6.1 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , 8 years, 4 teams , 242 , , 109 , , 19.3 , , .425 , , .000 , , .634 , , 4.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 1.5 , , 5.7

Playoffs

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, 3 , , 3 , , 22.3 , , .550 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 1.3 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , 3 years, 2 teams , 8 , , 3 , , 18.4 , , .439 , , .000 , , .667 , , 3.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , 1.4 , , 5.3

Southern California statistics

Source

Overseas

During the 2006-2007 offseason, she played for Perfumerias Avenida in Spain, averaging 10.0 points (40.9 FG%, 33.3 3FG%, 50.0 FT%), 8.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.7 blocks and 27.3 minutes per game.WNBA.com: Adrian Williams-Strong Bio

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