Kentucky center Amari Williams was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s preseason watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award on Friday.
Williams transferred to Kentucky from Drexel where he was named Coastal Athletic Association defensive player of the year for three consecutive seasons. He comes to Lexington having already scored 1,081 career points and pulling down 732 career boards.
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SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts – Kentucky center Amari Williams was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s preseason watch list for the 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Friday.