height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number image name caption high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team position draft_round league height_in article_title
6 american 27 october 1986 2005 2005 2013 end 2014 y 2015 start -- present start -- 2011 end 2006 2012 start -- 2005 los -lrb- d-league -rrb- atlanta hawks toronto raptors los angeles lakers angeles lakers philadelphia 76ers → fort worth flyers 45 23 louis williams 76ers vs wizards.jpg louis williams williams with the 76ers in 2010 south gwinnett -lrb- snellville , georgia -rrb- 175 grayson , georgia philadelphia 76ers shooting guard / point guard 2 nba 1 louis williams

louis williams

louis tyrone `` lou '' williams -lrb- born october 27 , 1986 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player who currently plays for the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .
born in memphis , tennessee , williams was selected directly out of high school by the philadelphia 76ers with the 45th overall pick in the 2005 nba draft .
williams spent seven seasons with philadelphia before signing with the atlanta hawks in 2012 , playing two seasons there before being traded to the toronto raptors in 2014 .
he was then named the nba 's sixth man of the year for the 2014 -- 15 season .
