Lou Williams remains with Hawks on one-year, $5 million deal

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Three-time Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams remains with Hawks on one-year, $5M deal

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 5, 2021 3:14 PM ET

Veteran guard Lou Williams joined the Atlanta Hawks for a second time during his lengthy career via a trade from the Los Angeles Clippers in March.

It appears Williams is happy to stay put.

According to NBA insider Shams Charania, Williams has agreed to a one-year deal worth $5 million to remain with the Hawks. The 34-year-old had hit free agency and was previously linked with the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers in rumors.

Per a league source to @HoopAnalysisNet, the #Hawks have shown serious interest in re-signing Lou Williams. #Pacers and #Celtics have also talked with him in free agency.
— Evan Massey (@massey_evan) August 4, 2021

Williams is a three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year and, according to Statmuse, holds the league's all-time record for most career points scored off the bench.

In total, Williams averaged 11.3 points per game across 66 regular-season contests in 2020-21, and he averaged 10 points and 21 minutes per game in 24 regular-season matchups with Atlanta following the March trade.

He then averaged 7.7 points and 15.4 minutes across 18 playoff games.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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