Izaac Williams (born 13 October 1989) is a New Zealand professional

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player for the

Southland Sharks The Southland Sharks are a New Zealand professional men's basketball team based in Invercargill. The Sharks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Stadium Southland. For sponsorship reasons, they are know ...

of the National Basketball League (NBL). Born in

Invercargill Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost list of cities in New Zealand, city in New Zealand, and one of the Southernmost settlements, southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland Region, Southlan ...

, Southland, Williams had a promising career in

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before turning to basketball. Williams was part of the Southland Sharks squad in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. On debut for the Sharks, he recorded four points, one assist and one steal in an 80–63 win over the

Otago Nuggets The Otago Nuggets are a New Zealand professional men's basketball team based in Dunedin. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Edgar Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the ...

. Williams returned to the Sharks squad for the

2016 New Zealand NBL season The 2016 NBL season was the 35th season of the National Basketball League. The league's team total dropped to an all-time low for the 2016 season, with the departure of the Manawatu Jets leaving the competition with seven teams. The 2016 pre-s ...

, but did not appear in any games for the team.

References

External links

Australiabasket.com profile
1989 births Living people New Zealand men's basketball players People educated at Southland Boys' High School Southland Sharks players Guards (basketball) Sportspeople from Invercargill 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-basketball-bio-stub