Fans reacted to major NBA news Sunday on a legendary player deciding to retire after 17 seasons in the league. The NBA has several big names that will consider retirement this offseason. But one of the better bench players in recent history will not play next season.
According to Shams Charania with The Athletic, Lou Williams announced he would not return for an 18th NBA season and is retiring.
After a 17-year NBA career, Lou Williams announces he has retired from basketball. Williams is a three-time Sixth Man of the Year award winner and the NBA’s all-time leading bench scorer.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 18, 2023
Williams has had a legendary NBA career. He was taken in the second round of the 2005 NBA Draft (45th overall.) and managed to play over a decade and a half in the league. He won the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2015, 2018, and 2019. Williams scored 15,593 points and recorded 3,789 assists in his career. Those 13.9 points per game and 3.4 assists per game were pretty clutch coming off the bench.
Fans react to the NBA news on Lou Williams
Fans reacted to the announcement Williams was retiring on social media. Here are the best takes on Williams retiring from the NBA.
Rockets Legend Lou Will 🚀pic.twitter.com/dcy2noESsZ https://t.co/sj5qmD2RPp
— Coy 🚀 (@WickedCoy) June 18, 2023
2nd best Sixth Man of all time! could argue the best. incredible career that some full time starters would ask for.
Here’s Lemon Pepper Lou putting up 50 against the Warriors in 2018. he scored 27 in the 3rd Q man. pic.twitter.com/lQEMbn5Gzs https://t.co/HWymoMgPCT— Patty Honcho 🧞♂️ (@PATTY_HONCHO) June 18, 2023
Lakers legend https://t.co/KttahBFmMM pic.twitter.com/ZEI5IGPpU6
— Tupac (@TupacAG) June 18, 2023
Never forget that Lou Williams has wings named after him at the Magic City Gentleman’s Club in Atlanta. https://t.co/pJEVT02QzB https://t.co/EBz1lYlOze
— Nicholas Huba (@ACPressHuba) June 18, 2023
My favorite players favorite player 😢 Magic City on a Monday, Lemon Pepper Lou, 6 God, 6 Man, Underground GOAT! Congrats on a hell of a career sir 🫡 https://t.co/WkxQhjNlEd
— Drake Hagenow (@DrakeHagenow) June 18, 2023
The only Sixth Man of the Year winner in Raptors history.
John Salmons and a second round pick for Lou Williams and Bebe was a steal of a trade for Toronto. https://t.co/j46hyGno9a
— Chris Walder (@WalderSports) June 18, 2023
In 2014 I drove down to Cleveland to watch the Raps game where after being down 18pts, LouWill went off for like 36pts.
The next morning at a Diner all the Cavs fans were asking me “who tf is Lou Williams??”. That year he won his first 6MOTY. https://t.co/y1u77cDZO4
— Casey (@caseybannerman) June 18, 2023
Respect to Lemon pepper Lou on a great career. https://t.co/gr6R2F3Hrs pic.twitter.com/GRo4CQQTTp
— 🇭🇹Spliff 💨 (@Blackspliff305) June 18, 2023
A Metro ATL legend. I was coaching at Meadowcreek the 1st time I saw this cat. I was doing PA for that game & that great South Gwinnett squad came in & he dunked on somebody so hard I couldn’t say a word on the mic! https://t.co/PYTRv2CI3a
— Jamie Walker 🤘🏾(HBCU-PSMA Member) (@SportVoiceJW) June 18, 2023
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