Sly Williams
Overview
New Haven, Connecticut
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) is a retired American
United States
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basketball
Basketball
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player. He played parts of seven seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
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, Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
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and Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
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, appearing in 305 regular season games and seven in the playoffs. In August 2002 he pleaded guilty to kidnapping
Kidnapping
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charges after allegedly holding a woman captive for about 24 hours and threatening her with a knife in September 2001, and raping a second woman in January 2002.