Brandon D. Williams (born February 27, 1975) is an American former professional

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player. Born in

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, Williams attended

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and played collegiately for

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. He played professionally in the

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for the

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(1997–98),

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(1998–99, NBA champions) and

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(2002–03). He appeared in 18 NBA games with averages of 9.1 MPG, 2.3 PPG and 1.0 RPG. He was also under contract with the

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(1997),

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(1999 and 2004),

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(2000) and

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(2000), but never played any regular season games for those teams. Williams was named to the All-

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(CBA) Second Team in 2000 while playing for the

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. He won a CBA championship with the

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in 2005. In September 2013, he was named the general manager of the

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. On February 4, 2016, he was promoted to Chief of Staff for the

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. On July 30, 2017, Williams was hired as the new assistant general manager of the

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, replacing the role that was previously held by

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for only a few months. Aside from his basketball career, Williams attended law school at Rutgers Law and received his law degree in 2012.

References

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