Mike Williams (basketball)

{{short description|American retired basketball player (born 1963)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mike Williams

| image =

| width =

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| number = 25

| position = Power forward / small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 255

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|14}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| high_school = De La Salle (Chicago, Illinois)

| college =

• Cincinnati (1981–1983)
• Bradley (1984–1986)

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 51

| draft_team = Golden State Warriors

| career_start =

| career_end =

| years1 = 1986–1988

| team1 = CB Murcia

| years2 = 1988–1989

| team2 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years3 = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}

| team3 = Sacramento Kings

| years4 = {{nbay|1989|end}}

| team4 = Atlanta Hawks

| years5 = 1990

| team5 = Caixa Ourense

| years6 = 1990–1991

| team6 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years7 = 1991

| team7 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years8 = 1991–1992

| team8 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years9 = 1993–1994

| team9 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years10 = 1994–1996

| team10 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| highlights =

• CBA champion (1990)
• Second-team All-MVC (1986)

| bbr = willimi03

| letter = w

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver |1995 Mar del Plata | National team}}

}}

Michael George Williams (born August 14, 1963) is an American former basketball player. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended De La Salle Institute where he led the Meteors to three straight Catholic League titles and went to the state tournament's Elite Eight twice.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-trice-bodyguard-1206-20101206,0,4408107.column |title=Ex-NBA player relearns to walk with help from friend |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122062256/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-trice-bodyguard-1206-20101206,0,4408107.column |url-status=live }} He was a 6'8" 255 lb power forward and attended the University of Cincinnati and Bradley University. In two seasons at Bradley from 1984 to 1986, Williams averaged 13.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.[http://www.pjstar.com/sports/ssections/teamofdecade/1981-1990.shtml In '80s, Bradley spread the news] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816213936/http://www.pjstar.com/sports/ssections/teamofdecade/1981-1990.shtml |date=August 16, 2007 }}, July 28, 2002

Williams, originally selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 4th pick in the third round of the 1986 NBA draft, played for the NBA's Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks during the 1989–1990 season, averaging 0.7 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.

Williams won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the La Crosse Catbirds in 1990.{{cite web |title=1989-90 La Crosse Catbirds Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBALCC/y-1989 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 11, 2025}}

On November 29, 2009, Williams was shot and paralyzed while working at an Atlanta nightclub.