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Deron Michael Williams (/ ˈ d ɛr ə n / DERR-ən; [1] born June 26, 1984) [2] is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before being drafted third overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz .
The sports community was flipped upside down a little bit when it was announced that Deron Williams and Frank Gore would fight in a four-round heavyweight bout. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was ...
The 2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team marked the 100th season of men's basketball at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.After starting the regular season with a record of 29–0 and winning the Big Ten Conference regular season title outright at 15–1, the Illini were Big Ten tournament champions.
Williams was a former state wrestling champion in high school and co-owns an MMA gym in the Dallas area. Gore played in the league from 2005-20, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers.
Illinois had five players selected in the NBA draft under Weber, as Deron Williams (No. 3, Utah Jazz) and Luther Head (No. 24, Houston Rockets) were taken in the first round of the 2005 NBA draft, and James Augustine (No. 41, Orlando Magic) and Dee Brown (No. 46, Utah Jazz) were chosen in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft.
Point guard Deron Williams led the team in scoring (21.0), assists (8.7), and minutes per game (36.3) and was the team's lone selection in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. Forward Kris Humphries led the team with 11.0 rebounds and 1.19 blocks per game and games played (62).
With Williams and Head in the NBA, Brown and fellow senior James Augustine led the Illini to a 26–7 record. Brown had played shooting guard for his first three years at Illinois. But since Deron Williams, who played point guard in his years at Illinois, had left for the NBA, Brown returned to his primary position of point guard for his senior ...
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball program in various categories, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.