Deron Williams played professional basketball last night, playing 18 minutes for Turkey’s Besiktas.
Williams scored 14 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and handed out 6 assists in 18 minutes.
Williams wasn’t intending to play. He tweeted, “Went to the gym to watch the team play today! Shot around for a couple min and then decided to play and got a W ! #WhyNot” Later, he added, “Finally got a good night sleep! Going to my first practice. Played last night without knowing any plays.”
14, 8 and 6 in 18 minutes of play? I’d call that a pretty nice debut. As of right now, there’s no video or photos from the game, but I’m sure we’ll come across those soon enough. We’ll pass those along when we find them.
