Corliss Williamson

Corliss "Big Nasty" Williamson, forward for the Sacramento Kings, was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1994 NCAA Basketball Championship, as his team the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Duke Blue Devils 76-72, to capture Arkansas' 1st ever Basketball Championship. Drafted in the 1st Round of the 1995 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, he went on to play for the Kings for 5 seasons before being traded to the Toronto Raptors in 2000 but would only play for the Raptors for half the season, he was then traded to the Detroit Pistons in Jan. 2001, were he flourished for the rest of the 2000-01 season. In the 2001-02 season Corliss lead the Detroit Pistons to their 1st playoff series victory since 1991, oddly enough by defeating his former team the Raptors in a game that Corliss controlled by scoring 23 points. In 2001-02 Corliss was named the NBA's 6th man of the year. In 2003-04 Corliss was part of the NBA Champion Detroit Pistons. After the season he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, midway through the 04-05 season was traded back to the team he started with the Sacramento Kings for Chris Webber. A very talented strong player never utilized correctly by the Kings coach Rick Adelman, wasting Corliss' talent on the bench, after the 05-06 season Rick Adelman was fired, because of this the future again looks promising for "The Big Nasty" as he will surely get more playing time under any other coach.