Aaron Williams

Aaron Pervis Williams (born November 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player that currently plays for MBK SPU Nitra of the Slovak Basketball League. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6), he plays at the guard and forward positions. After one year at Dodge City College and three years at Chicago State University he has played professional basketball in the United States, Albania, Canada, Lebanon, Sweden, Ukraine, Thailand, Hong Kong, Slovakia and Portugal.

High school career Williams played high school basketball at Chicago Vocational Career Academy at Chicago, Illinois. He was a 2010 McDonalds All-American nominee and also earned all-Chicago Public League Red-South honors as a senior.

College career After graduating from high school, Williams attended Dodge City Community College, where he stayed until 2011. As a freshman, he averaged 10 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game which featured 22 points and 10 rebound performance against Garden City Community College. During his senior season, he went on to earn All-WAC Academic Honors.

Professional career After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Williams joined the St. Louis Riversharks of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association in 2016. The following season, he was selected as the #1 overall draft pick of the National Basketball League of Canada in 2017 by the St. John's Edge.

The next year, Williams joined Goga Basket of the Albanian Basketball League in 2018. While there, he helped lead his team to the Albanian Cup Finals. That same season, he also played for Sagesse SC of the Lebanese Basketball League.

Williams again signed with Goga Basket in 2019 but soon signed with 4th Quarter Helsingborg in Sweden. While there he went on to average 27.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 3.0 steals per game. He finished the 2019–2020 season with Djurgården of the Swedish Basketball League. On March 10, 2020, Williams set his career high in points in a Sweden – Basketligan game where he scored 22 points against Norrköping Dolphins.

On July 4, 2026, Williams was named to the Milwaukee Bucks NBA Summer League team in which he participated in the California Classic and the 2026 Las Vegas NBA Summer League.

Personal life In 2014, Aaron and his mother Tonya gained national attention for earning their bachelor's degree from Chicago State University alongside each other.