Thursday marked a return to Charlotte for Suns center Mark Williams, who played his first game after missing 15 contests due to a left foot stress reaction, Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer notes.
Williams, a former Hornets player for his first three seasons, was honored with a tribute video before entering the game in the first quarter.
“It was cool,” he said. “I got some mixed emotions, but yeah it’s good to be back. Obviously, this is where I was drafted, where my career started, the organization that took a chance on me.
“So, mixed emotions really though for sure. As in good and bad? Happy and sad? “A little bit of everything. I was here, they traded me twice. Yeah, so I’ll just leave it at that.”
Williams has played 4 seasons for the Hornets and Suns. He has averaged 12.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in 163 regular-season games.
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