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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 2558033, member: 202"] [B]Latavious Williams[/B] (born March 29, 1989) is an American professional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball']basketball[/URL] player for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia_Basket']Valencia Basket[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_ACB']Liga ACB[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroLeague']EuroLeague[/URL]. After graduating from high school, he played with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_66ers']Tulsa 66ers[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Development_League']NBA Development League[/URL] before being drafted by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat']Miami Heat[/URL] with the 48th pick in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_NBA_draft']2010 NBA draft[/URL]. After the draft, his draft rights were immediately traded to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder']Oklahoma City Thunder[/URL], the NBA affiliate of the 66ers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latavious_Williams#cite_note-thunder-1'][1][/URL] However, the Thunder did not sign him to a contract and Williams returned to the D-League with the 66ers. On February 19, 2015, his draft rights were traded to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans']New Orleans Pelicans[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latavious_Williams#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] [B]Williams was the first player ever to skip [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball']college basketball[/URL] and play a year in the D-League before getting drafted in the NBA. [/B]He was also the first player ever to enter into the D-League directly from high school. Williams was, however, the second player to be drafted while playing for a D-League team, as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Taylor_%28basketball%29']Mike Taylor[/URL] ended up being drafted a year earlier back in 2009. As of September 2015, Williams has never played a competitive game (regular season or playoff) in the NBA, being one of two D-League draftees to hold such claim (the other being [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukwudiebere_Maduabum']Chukwudiebere Maduabum[/URL]). [/QUOTE]

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