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.Deron Williams Utah Jazz

Position: PG
Height: 6-3 / 1,91
Weight: 210 lbs. / 95,3 kg.
Born: 6/26/84
Hometown: The Colony, Texas

   Strengths: High basketball IQ... Good shooter and passer... Very strong for a point guard.
Weaknesses: Not very quick... May have defensive problems in the NBA.
Season highs: 23 points vs. Longwood, 12 assists vs. Penn State and seven rebounds vs. Valparaiso.
Attended The Colony HS in The Colony, Texas.
Played college ball at Illinois from 2003 to 2005.
Selected by the Utah Jazz as 3rd overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.
Won the Global Games with the US Team in 2003. Named co-MVP.
Led the Big Ten in assists in 2004 and 2005.
Named 1st Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Tournament Team in 2005.
Named to the All-Final Four team in 2005.