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Aug. 10, 1990

Pacers sign free agent Williams

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers announced Friday they have agreed to contract terms with free agent Michael Williams.

Terms of the contract were not announced.

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Williams, a 6-foot-3 guard out of Baylor, played last season with Phoenix, Dallas and Charlotte. He played this summer on the Pacers summer league team.

Williams was a second-round draft choice of the Detroit Pistons in 1988. He played 49 games with the Pistons in the 1988-89 season.

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