Corliss Williamson

Corliss Williamson
Player information
Full name	Corliss Mondari Williamson
Nickname	Big Nasty
birthday	4th December 1973 (age 46)
place of birth	Russellville , Arkansas , United States
size	201 cm
Weight	111 kg
position	Power Forward / Small Forward
college	Arkansas
NBA draft	1995 , 13th Pick , Sacramento Kings
Clubs as active
1995-2000 Sacramento Kings 2000-2001 Toronto Raptors 2001-2004 Detroit Pistons 2004-2005 Philadelphia 76ers 2005-2007 Sacramento Kings
Clubs as coaches
2007–2009 Arkansas Baptist College (AC) 2009–2010 Arkansas Baptist College 2010–2013 Central Arkansas 2013–2016 Sacramento Kings (AC) Since 2016 Orlando Magic (AC) 0

Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973 in Russellville , Arkansas ) is a retired American basketball player and current coach. In 2002 Williamson was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year .

NBA

After three years at the University of Arkansas , with whom he won the NCAA championship in 1994 , Williamson was selected in the 1995 NBA draft in 13th place by the Sacramento Kings . At the beginning of his career, Williamson came out of the bank. In the 1997/98 season he established himself as a starter for the Kings and scored his best season with 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. In the election for the most improved player of the season, he was second behind Alan Henderson .

In the summer of 2000 he was transferred to the Toronto Raptors for Doug Christie . In 2001 he was then transferred to the Detroit Pistons . Here he won the Best Sixth Man of the Year in 2002 as the best banker of the season. In 2004 he won the NBA championship with the Pistons.

After playing for the Philadelphia 76ers for a year , he was traded back to Sacramento for Chris Webber along with Kenny Thomas and Brian Skinner . Here he spent the last two years before retiring from professional sports.

Coaching career

After his career, Williamson worked as a coach and assistant coach for Arkansas Baptist College . In 2010 he took over the team at the University of Central Arkansas . In 2013 he became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings.

Since 2016 he has been the assistant coach at Orlando Magic .

Individual evidence

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Web links

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• Corliss Williamson - player profile on NBA.com
• Corliss Williamson - player profile on basketball-reference.com