Three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award winner Lou Williams officially announced his retirement from the league on Sunday via a video he posted on social media, narrated by his daughter. Williams spent 17 years the NBA with 6 different teams.
Williams was drafted by the 76ers in the second round of the 2005 NBA Draft, and he played for Philadelphia from 2005 to 2012. He then went on to play with the Atlanta Hawks (twice), Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers over the course of his career; and last played in the 2021-22 season with the Hawks. Williams didn’t play during the 2022-23 season.
Out of 1,123 regular-season games played over 17 seasons, Williams came off the bench in 1,001. He scored 13,396 points off the bench, which is 2,117 more than Jamal Crawford and 2,249 more than Dell Curry. Williams was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2015, 2018 and 2019 (Williams and Crawford are the only three-time recipients of the Sixth Man award in league history).
Williams finishes his career with 15,593 points, 131st in NBA history.
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