September 25th 2010
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Mo Williams’ NBA career

Utah Jazz

Williams was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round, 47th overall of the 2003 NBA Draft. He averaged 5 points and 1.3 assists for the Jazz in his rookie season. The following year he was released by the Jazz, then he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Milwaukee Bucks

Filling in for Bucks' injured starting point guard T. J. Ford, Williams averaged 10.2 points and 6.1 assists during the 2004-05 season.

In the 2006 off-season the Bucks traded Ford to the Toronto Raptors for power forward Charlie Villanueva. This opened up a position in the starting lineup for Williams. In the first 19 games of the 2006-07 season Williams averaged 15.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.2 assists in nearly 35 minutes per game, all career highs.

On December 20, 2006 Bucks game vs. the Miami Heat, Williams recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

Williams was a free agent in summer 2007, but decided to stay with the Bucks by signing a six-year, $52 million deal.

Cleveland Cavaliers

On August 13, 2008, Williams was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Cavaliers, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Oklahoma City Thunder that also sent Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City and sent Cleveland's Damon Jones and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee. Upon his arrival, he changed his jersey number to #2 because his traditional #25 was already retired by former Cavalier Mark Price.

On February 10, 2009, Williams was chosen to replace forward Chris Bosh in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. He was the second alternate choice, after Ray Allen, who replaced an injured Jameer Nelson.

On February 11, 2009, Mo Williams scored a career high 44 points to go along with 7 assists against the Phoenix Suns. During the 2008–09 season, Mo Williams helped the Cleveland Cavaliers reach a league-leading 66–16 record. The team went 39–2 at the Quicken Loans Arena.

After the departure of Lebron James, Williams became a very vocal member of the Cavaliers. Amidst trade rumors, Mo begged on his Twitter account not to be traded. He also criticized the events surrounding Lebron's plight from Cleveland and even shot back at insults made to the Cavaliers by Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade.

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