Heat’s Alondes Williams named G-League’s most improved player for 2023-24

Miami Heat guard Alondes Williams has been named the NBA G-League’s most improved player for the 2023-24 season, the league announced Friday.

Upped his game 📈@moneymanman31 has been named the @nbagleague Most Improved Player 💯 pic.twitter.com/ZZHyv4Cgni

— Sioux Falls Skyforce (@SFSkyforce) April 5, 2024

Check out the very best moments from the @SFSkyforce star this past season! pic.twitter.com/2PnCwzvpvA

— NBA G League (@nbagleague) April 5, 2024

Williams averaged 20.3 points on 49.8 percent shooting, in addition to 5.3 rebounds. 7.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.6 blocks in 43 combined regular season and G-League showcase games this season. In 27 regular season games, he averaged 21.7 points on 52.2 percent shooting and 37.7 percent from 3-point range–equating to a 60.1 effective field goal percentage with a 65.5 true-shooting percentage.

He broke the Skyforce’s single-game scoring record on Jan. 7 against Salt Lake City, scoring 55 points on 17-of-30 shooting to go along with eight boards and seven assists. The record was previously held by Scotty Hopson (52 points) in the 2014-15 season against the Reno Bighorns (who is now the Stockton Kings).

Williams, who turns 25-years-old in June, is in his second NBA season, but first in the Miami Heat organization. As an undrafted rookie, he spent 2022-23 in the Brooklyn Nets organization with the Long Island Nets.

The Skyforce earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and will host the Oklahoma City Blue–the Thunder’s G-League affiliate–Friday night at 9:00 p.m. EST in the quarterfinals. Williams will be honored before the game, per the release.

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