#34 Aaron Williams
Player File
This is the 9th season in the league for the
6' 9", 240lb "A-Train." Williams came out of Xavier in
1993 and went undrafted.
Birthday:
October 2, 1971
Birthplace:
Evanston, IL
High School:
Rolling Meadows, Rolling Meadows, IL
NBA Career:
6 games for Utah '93 - '94; 15 games for Milwaukee '94 - '95; 33 games
total for both Denver and Vancouver '96 - '97; Seattle '97 - '99; Washington
'99 - '00; acquired as a free agent by the Nets August 10, 2000.
Contract:
Signed through 2005 - 2006 season.
2001 - 2002 Regular Season Stats:
Games Played:
82
Minutes PG:
18.9
Points PG:
7.2
PCT: .526
Free Throw PCT:
.699
Rebounds PG:
4.1
Assists PG:
0.9
Blocks PG:
0.93
Steals PG:
0.35
Turnovers PG:
0.96
Nicknames:
"A-Train" is his official and well-established nickname, "The
Vanilla Hulk,"
and others are not.
Known For: Toughness, playing bigger than he is, fierce determination, ability to hit clutch shots, quiet demeanor.
The Real Deal: The first signing by Rod Thorn remains one of his best. Williams, despite some tendinitis in the knee, has played in every game for the last two seasons. His minutes were down significantly last season due to the additions of Todd MacCulloch and Jason Collins. Good defender, but usually overmatched against the bigger centers in the NBA. Has a surprisingly effective short range jump shot.
Joe's Take: A perennial Joe fave, Williams plays with the kind of toughness and reckless abandon necessary to win in the NBA. With the additions of Mutombo and Rogers and the development of Collins, it will be interesting to see how Coach Byron Scott uses Williams in the rotation. Perhaps this is the year he plays more forward than undersized center?
Champagne's Take: And they're calling Kerry Kittles "the forgotten man"...does anybody else on the Nets get less press? If the anonymous A-Train played football, he'd be an offensive lineman. Got a hole? Williams will plug it. He had the thankless task of backing up Todd MacCulloch for long stretches of games whenever the Amiable Canadian would fail to produce, and a good chunk of the whole season when Trodd's Winnipego-sized feet went bad. Aaron was there when the Nets needed him in their war against the Pacers in Round 1 of the playoffs, but one of my favorite parts of his game, his awkward-looking yet uncannily accurate short-range jumper, abandoned him in the NBA Finals. Another part, the "being a center" part, was utterly crushed by Shaquille. Cups his groin and throws a pick like a Brahman bull. That never left him. And when Dikembe or Collins pulls up lame this year, he'll be there.
Aaron Williams stats and bio: click here.
2002 - 2003 Nets Roster
Brandon Armstrong - G
Chris Childs - G
Jason Collins - C
Lucious Harris - G
Richard Jefferson - F
Anthony Johnson - G
Jason Kidd - PG
Kerry Kittles - G
Kenyon Martin - F
Dikembe Mutombo - C
Rodney Rogers - F
Brian Scalabrine - F
Tamar Slay - G
Aaron Williams - PF/C
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