Ziaire Williams

About

Ziaire Williams Jr. ( zy-AIR; born September 12, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.

Williams was born in Lancaster, California as the only child of Ziaire Williams Sr. and Marquita Fields-Williams on September 12, 2001. He began playing basketball at age five and was training under the guidance of his father by age eight.

For his first three years of high school, Williams attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. In his freshman season, he averaged 13.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Williams missed much of his sophomore season with an injury but saw success in the summer with his club team BTI Select. On January 14, 2019, as a junior, he was named Los Angeles Daily News boys athlete of the week following two consecutive games with at least 34 points. In his junior season, Williams averaged 27 points, 10 rebounds, and three assists per game. He earned All-Mission League first team and USA Today All-USA California second team honors.
On July 18, 2019, Williams transferred to Sierra…