San Antonio's Williams Assigned To Austin Toros
Published on April 15, 2009 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, April 15, 2009 - The San Antonio Spurs today assigned forward Marcus Williams to the team's NBA D-League affiliate Austin Toros. Williams' is the 45th assignment of the 2008-09 NBA D-League season and the first for Williams in his career.
Williams, a 6-7 forward, played in 45 games, all starts, for the Toros this season before earning a GATORADE Call-Up to the Spurs on April 8. Williams has appeared in two games for San Antonio this season scoring four points in three minutes.
At the time of his call-up, Williams was averaging 23.0 points, good for second-best in the NBA D-League, to go with 7.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.7 steals. He scored in double figures 44 times, including a 29-point, 14-rebound, 13-assist triple-double in Austin's 129-112 win over the Iowa Energy on April 4, 2009.
An All-NBA D-League First Team selection, Williams earned NBA D-League Performer of the Week honors for the week of March 30 after averaging a triple-double with 27.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 11.5 assists in three games.
A 2009 NBA D-League All-Star, Williams was originally selected by the Spurs in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2007 NBA Draft and appeared in seven preseason games before being waived on Oct. 27, 2007. Williams earned two GATORADE Call-Ups from the Toros last season, first to the Spurs on Dec. 26, 2007 and then to the L.A. Clippers on March 23, 2008.
Williams will join the Toros this afternoon and is expected to be available when the team takes on the Idaho Stampede in the first round of the 2009 NBA D-League playoffs.
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