76ers sign second-round pick Williams

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia 76ers signed second-round draft pick Louis Williams to a multiyear contract on Thursday.

Williams entered the draft direct from high school and was taken 45th overall with Philadelphia's only pick. He was Georgia's Mr. Basketball as a junior and senior and won the 2005 Naismith Award given to the best prep player in the country.

The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 27.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists while leading his team to a 28-3 record and a fourth-place finish in the state.

Williams was the first high school player picked by the Sixers since they took Darryl Dawkins with the fifth overall pick in 1975.