Jonathan Williams (basketball, born 1996)


Jonathan "Johhny" Williams is an American basketball player.
Standing at, Williams plays as point guard or shooting guard. He played collegiately for four seasons with the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams. In 2018, he played his first professional season for Aris Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.

College career

As a junior, Williams averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 assists per game but did not shoot the ball particularly well. In his final season with VCU, Williams averaged a career-high 9.3 points and 5.7 assists per game, which made him the assists leader of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Professional career

On July 14, 2018, Williams signed with Aris Leeuwarden of the Dutch Basketball League. On December 11, 2018, Williams left Aris after he asked for the termination of his contract to focus on recovery from injury. He played two games with Aris, in which he averaged 8 points and 2 rebounds per game.