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Posted 2/20/2003 2:43 PM
Celts deal Shammond Williams to Nuggets

The Nuggets and Celtics agreed to a trade Thursday just hours before
the deadline, with point guard Shammond Williams going to Denver for
center Mark Blount and forward Mark Bryant, The Associated Press
learned. Denver also receives cash and a second-round pick from Boston,
according to two basketball sources  one close to one of the players,
another close to one of the teams  who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Shammond Williams takes his 7.3 points and 2.5 assists per game to
Denver.
By Ben Margot, AP

The deal was to be officially announced later Thursday.

Williams, a fifth-year guard, was Boston's third-string playmaker,
behind J.R. Bremer and Tony Delk. With the Nuggets, he will join Chris
Whitney and rookie Junior Harrington as the point guards on the team
with the league's second-worst record (12-43).

Williams averaged 7.3 points and 2.5 assists in 51 games for the
Celtics.

In acquiring Blount and Bryant, the Celtics added size to a front line
that has been hampered by Tony Battie's injuries and Vin Baker's
ineffectiveness. Blount was averaging 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. He
was a member of the Celtics his first two NBA seasons before signing
with Denver last summer.

Bryant is being traded for the second time this season. He was sent
earlier from Philadelphia to Denver in a three-way trade also involving
Houston.

The Celtics will be the 10th NBA team for Bryant, a 14-year veteran who
has scored only 13 points in 14 games this season.