Dallas Mavericks sign Brandon Williams to two-way contract

The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed guard Brandon Williams to a two-way contract, the team announced in a press release.

Williams, who is 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, appeared in 14 games for the G League’s Osceola Magic at the 2023 Showcase Cup and averaged 22.4 points (.479 FG%, .376 3FG%, .833 FT%), 4.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 31.9 minutes per game.

After going undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft, Williams began his rookie season with the G League’s Westchester Knicks, before signing a 10-day contract and later a two-way deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. In 24 NBA games (16 starts) for the Trail Blazers in 2021-22, he averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 26.7 minutes.

Williams spent the 2022-23 campaign with the G League’s College Park Skyhawks, where he teamed up with fellow Mavericks two-way guard AJ Lawson. In 40 career regular-season G League games (36 starts) with Westchester and College Park, Williams averaged 20.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.1 minutes.

The Los Angeles native played one collegiate season at Arizona in 2018-19, where he averaged 11.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists en route to being named an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. Williams missed the entire 2019-20 campaign recovering from offseason knee surgery. Williams will wear No. 00 for the Mavericks.