But they all retired because of work-related injuries or diseases. Jay williams is different, which is particularly regrettable.
Jay williams can be said to have made his mark in basketball since he was a child. He won numerous awards in high school and college. McDonald's Star Game in Senior High School Entrance Examination, MVP in New Jersey. The university won the Best Newcomer and the Best Team in the United States twice, as well as the john wooden Prize and Knight Smith Award. His future greatness in basketball was almost predicted until a serious car accident happened.
Jay williams is a native of New Jersey and a local high school student. He is not only good at basketball, but also has excellent performance in chess, football and volleyball. In addition, his performance is also excellent, almost can be said to be a super versatile character in comics, which is popular in the whole school. Of course, such players are naturally the strong targets of various universities. In the end, Williams chose Duke University, where he studied for three years, and played 108 games, with a super hot record of 95 wins 13 losses.
Jay williams starts every game and is the team's main point guard. For Duke University, there were almost no point guards who averaged 18 points and 6 assists in the first year. Even if he is stronger than Ou Wenjiang, he is not to this extent. In his sophomore year, Williams scored 84 1, breaking Dick grotte's 50-year single-season scoring record. Until 2006, it was refreshed by Lei Dike's score of 964.
Assuming that American college basketball is the decisive game, the total team has a lot to do with how far the team goes in the end. Then most players who have the ability to be selected for the NBA with good draft pick only read for a year and then leave, so it is very valuable to accumulate high scores in a single season. That year, Duke University also won the NCAA championship under the leadership of jay williams and Battier. Williams personally won the first team in ACC and the first team in the United States.
After winning the championship and personal glory, friends around Williams began to advocate his participation in the draft. No matter which scout report shows that he will be selected in the lottery, Williams just wants to finish his studies. He said that people around him thought he was crazy. He decided to finish his studies from scratch, and nothing can change his decision. After entering the third year of college, Williams swept all major awards again, ranking first in the United States at the end of the year, and won the Knight Smith Award and Wood Award won by teammate Battier last year.
Unfortunately, Duke University lost 73-74 in the quarterfinals against Indiana University. It also turned Duke University's 3 1 win and 4 losses into a season of more thunder and less rain. Duke University led by at most 17 points in that game. Although Williams showed great heart at the crucial moment, fouled his opponent and hit the key three points, it was a pity that he missed the free throw in the draw. Here, I want to vomit. Williams' free throws are not good on the defensive end. After three years in college, his free throw percentage was only about 67.
After graduating from junior year, Williams decided to enter the NBA draft. Yes, you heard me right. It's a graduation ceremony. Although Williams worked hard on the court, it only took him three years to get a sociology degree from Duke University. Duke University is not only good at basketball, but also one of the top universities in the United States, and is also known as South Harvard University.
After entering the draft, Williams was not sure where he would go. In 2002, a mysterious man from China, Yao Ming, also took part in the draft.
If Francis and Mobry's Rockets didn't choose Yao Ming at that time, they would have a great chance to trade the top pick, and Williams would have a greater chance to become the top pick in the draft. Williams said at the time that this feeling was very bad. No one knows whether Yao Ming will come or not, and how strong he is. So I became a supporting role for Yao Ming, and I didn't know where I would go. But with the passage of time, Williams also gave great affirmation to Yao Ming. He said Yao Ming was really cool, and he even had a Yao Ming jersey. Later, as we all know, Yao Ming was the first to join the Rockets, and Williams was the second to be selected by the Bulls.
Williams said in an interview that he is not really a fan of Jordan, and his favorite player is isiah thomas. Shortly after the draft, Williams took part in the world championship non-stop, although the American team won the sixth place. After the World Championships, Williams reported to the Bulls and attended the rookie training course. After joining the Bulls, Williams always wanted to be an excellent leader, leading this young Bulls team, leading two senior high school students, Tai Sen Chandler and Eddie Curry, and other young people.
He said the Bulls were Jay Ross and my team. I don't need to say anything more. I will prove my ability with my actions. This sounds a bit arrogant, but Williams not only proved it with his performance on the court, but also strictly demanded himself in training. In the 1 year of Williams' career, jamal crawford's * * * enjoyed the opportunity to start. He doesn't care about starting or sitting on the bench, only about winning.
1 At the end of the season, although the Bulls only scored 30 wins and 52 losses, they did not meet Williams' expectation of entering the playoffs before the start of the season. However, Williams has won nine more games than the previous year, and Williams is completely on the blueprint of the Bulls. The team promised to give him more playing space next season, and the future looks bright. Everyone is also looking forward to what kind of performance this point guard can have in the future. A week before the 2003 draft, everything changed. Williams hit a street lamp on a heavy motorcycle. He suffered a major nerve fracture in his leg, a pelvic fracture and a dislocated cruciate ligament in his left knee. He didn't wear a helmet and didn't have a driver's license. Moreover, he signed a contract with the team at that time, clearly stipulating that he could not ride a motorcycle.
Don't talk about playing ball, even normal life has problems. Williams needs long-term physical therapy. A week later, the Bulls selected point guard Hinrich of the University of Kansas in the draft.
Not long after, the team decided to lay off Williams and give him $3 million in rehabilitation expenses. According to the regulations, because Williams broke the contract, the bull didn't have to pay him a dime. Williams thanked the Bulls very much and vowed to return to the team, but until the end, Williams did not succeed in returning to the Bulls or any NBA team. He once mentioned that the bull gave him $3 million, a large part of which was used to buy some illegal drugs just to make himself more comfortable. He even tried to commit suicide, feeling that life was hopeless. Williams said that it was really dark during that time, and all he could feel was despair. He didn't want to talk and interact with others. Encouraged by his mother and family, Williams tried to recover from the gloom. After recovering in 2006, he won an unsecured contract with his hometown team, New Jersey Nets. Unfortunately, he was laid off before the game started and never returned to the court until the end. Now Williams works as a ball critic and analyst, and lives in his favorite basketball circle in different ways. Williams fell to the bottom at the moment when he was about to reach the peak of his life, and then slowly returned to the right track with the encouragement of his relatives. Like the title of his autobiography, life is not an accident.