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American former professional basketball player

Shelden DeMar Williams (born October 21, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The Landlord", he played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, and later played in the NBA for parts of seven seasons. Williams earned the 2005 and 2006 NABC Defensive Player of the Year Awards while at Duke, becoming only the fifth player in history to earn the award two consecutive years. He holds Duke's career blocks record, single season blocks record, and career rebounding record.

Williams played for the Duke University men's basketball team from 2002 to 2006. He majored in sociology with a markets and management studies certificate. Williams became only the third Duke basketball player to record a triple double when Duke defeated Maryland on January 11, 2006, recording 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks. On January 28, 2007, Duke retired Williams' No. 23 jersey. On November 1, Williams made his NBA debut, recording three rebounds and one block in a 75–88 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. On April 16, 2007, he logged a season high 17 rebounds, alongside 16 points, in a 96–102 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. A day later, he scored a season high 21 points, alongside ten rebounds, in a 118–102 win over the Indiana Pacers. Williams was named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in April.

On February 16, 2008, Williams was traded, alongside Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Lorenzen Wright and a 2008 second round pick, to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Mike Bibby. On April 15, Williams logged a season high 11 rebounds, alongside 12 points and three steals, in a 101–124 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He averaged 0.7 points per game.

On February 19, 2009, Williams was traded, alongside Bobby Brown, to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rashad McCants and Calvin Booth.

On August 7, 2009, Williams signed a one year contract with the Boston Celtics.

On July 14, 2010, Williams signed a one year contract with the Denver Nuggets.

On February 22, 2011, Williams was traded to the New York Knicks in a three way blockbuster deal also involving Minnesota Timberwolves that brought Carmelo Anthony to New York.

On December 13, 2011, Williams signed with the New Jersey Nets.

On August 28, 2012, Williams signed a one year contract with the French League champions Élan Chalon. Over 10 games in the 2012–13 Euroleague season, he averaged 11.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.

In October 2013, Williams signed with Tianjin Ronggang of China.

On November 13, 2008, Williams married former University of Tennessee Lady Vols and Las Vegas Aces basketball star Candace Parker. They have a daughter named Lailaa. In November 2016, Williams filed for divorce claiming irreconcilable differences. They had been living separately for 3 months prior to the divorce. They share joint custody with neither paying child support to the other. Shelden started the Shelden Williams Foundation in 2019. The Shelden Williams Foundation is dedicated to empowering student athletes and their families by delivering and supporting initiatives that promote emotional and physical health through sports, education, and community involvement.