Reggie Williams

Williams signed a one-year contract with the Heat In the offseason and will now spend his sixth season in the NBA residing in South Beach. He only managed to play in three games last season for the Thunder and doesn't stand much of a chance to see time on the court in a Heat uniform either. Over the course of those three games, the 27-year-old averaged 3.7 points, 0.3 assists, and 0.3 steals in six minutes per game. Sometimes a fresh start in a new city does wonders for a player's career, but that shouldn't be the case for the former Virginia Military Institute standout as he's third in the pecking order at shooting guard behind Dwyane Wade and Danny Granger. Of course those two players have proven over the past few seasons that they're prone to injury, so there's a small window of opportunity available for Williams to back his way into a spot in the rotation. Even so, there's not much evidence over the course of Williams' career that would suggest he'd thrive if given the opportunity anyway.

The Warriors let Williams go to make space for a run at restricted free agent DeAndre Jordan, and the Bobcats quickly signed him to a two-year, $5 million contract. He’ll give Charlotte a much-needed long-range shooting threat, but he’ll miss the first 6-8 weeks of the 2011-12 season due to a knee injury.

Add one part fringe NBA-er, one part league-leading team pace, and a pinch of Don Nelson's generally unpredictable behavior: that's the recipe for Williams' success last year. On a per-game basis, Williams was a fantastic value, profiling as a late-fifth or early-sixth round pick, largely on the strength of 15.2 points and 1.4 threes per game, plus a shooting percentage (49.5) on the high side for a wingman. Of course, that's only 24-games worth of data. Williams actually began the season with the D-League's Sioux Falls team. In 31 games there, he averaged 26.4 points and 1.8 threes on an even more impressive 57.6 percent shooting. Williams didn't make his season debut until March 2nd, but played an integral role for the team thenceforward, averaging 32.5 minutes per contest. On a team with a healthy Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, and David Lee, Williams is very much the fourth scoring option. Of course, on a team that averaged over 100 possessions per game, that's definitely something.