Brandon Williams (basketball, born 1975)

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Brandon Williams

| image =

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| position = Assistant General Manager

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 215

| league = NBA

| team = Sacramento Kings

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|27}}

| birth_place = Collinston, Louisiana

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Phillips Exeter Academy
(Exeter, New Hampshire)

| college = Davidson (1992–1996)

| draft_year = 1996

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2005

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| career_number = 11, 17

| years1 = 1997–1998

| team1 = La Crosse Bobcats

| years2 = {{nbay|1997|end}}

| team2 = Golden State Warriors

| years3 = 1998–1999

| team3 = La Crosse Bobcats

| years4 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team4 = San Antonio Spurs

| years5 = 1999–2000

| team5 = La Crosse Bobcats

| years6 = 2000–2001

| team6 = Rockford Lightning

| years7 = 2002–2003

| team7 = Huntsville Flight

| years8 = {{nbay|2002|end}}

| team8 = Atlanta Hawks

| years9 = 2005

| team9 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| highlights =

NBA champion (1999)
CBA champion (2005)
All-CBA Second Team (2000)
CBA scoring champion (2000)

}}

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

Born in Collinston, Louisiana, Williams attended Phillips Exeter Academy and played collegiately for Davidson College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.exeter.edu/people/brandon-williams|title=Brandon Williams|website=Phillips Exeter Academy|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}} He played professionally in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors (1997–98), San Antonio Spurs (1998–99, NBA champions) and Atlanta Hawks (2002–03). He appeared in 18 NBA games with averages of 9.1 MPG, 2.3 PPG and 1.0 RPG.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willibr01.html|title=Brandon Williams Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}} He was also under contract with the Toronto Raptors (1997), Milwaukee Bucks (1999 and 2004), New York Knicks (2000) and Seattle SuperSonics (2000), but never played any regular season games for those teams. Williams was named to the All-Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Second Team in 2000 while playing for the La Crosse Bobcats.{{cite web |title=Brandon Williams minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-willibra001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=July 6, 2021}} He won a CBA championship with the Sioux Falls Skyforce in 2005.{{cite web |title=2004-05 Sioux Falls Skyforce Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-DLGSFL/y-2004 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}}

In September 2013, he was named the general manager of the Delaware 87ers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/130913-fastbreak-brandon-d-williams|title=Fastbreak: Sixers To Hold Camp At St. Joe's|website=Philadelphia 76ers}} On February 4, 2016, he was promoted to Chief of Staff for the Philadelphia 76ers.{{cite web|url=http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball-philadelphia-76ers/sixers-promote-brandon-williams-chief-staff |title=Source: Sixers promote Brandon Williams to chief of staff | Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |accessdate=2016-04-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215011256/http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball-philadelphia-76ers/sixers-promote-brandon-williams-chief-staff |archivedate=2016-02-15 }} On July 30, 2017, Williams was hired as the new assistant general manager of the Sacramento Kings, replacing the role that was previously held by Scott Perry for only a few months.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2017/7/30/16066160/sacramento-kings-assistant-gm-brandon-williams-hire|title=The Kings have hired 76ers executive Brandon Williams as assistant GM|first=Tony|last=Xypteras|date=July 30, 2017|website=Sactown Royalty}} Aside from his basketball career, Williams attended law school at Rutgers Law and received his law degree in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/news/morning-tip-atlanta-hawks-gm-search-brandon-williams-awaits-his-moment|title=Driven player-turned-executive Brandon Williams awaits his NBA GM opportunity|website=nba.com|date=May 22, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2023}}