For Old Time’s Sake: Jason Williams (white chocolate)
From J-Stock to J-Will, why not? With the exception of maybe Pistol Pete, RIP, what white boy has better handles than Jason Williams? Steve Nash, Stockton? I don’t think so but it’s certainly up for debate. Picked 7th in the 1998 NBA Draft, Williams played a crucial role for a Sacramento Kings team that had plenty of talent in C-Webb, Peja, and an old but still productive Vlade Divac. J-Will helped lead the Kings to a playoff birth and made Sactown a regular on the highlight reels. A few interesting facts about J-Will… 1) He played high school hoops with Randy Moss. 2) He holds the record for most assists in a game at UF (17). 3) Williams’ #55 jersey was among the top 5 sellers in his rookie season. 4) He won a championship in 2006 with Miami.
-Schneezy
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Never forget the playoff series against Utah in ’98/’99.
He wins a new fan 2day
Crazy!!
@Eboy, I’m with you, I was in love with those squads
Also, I had a friend who swore that at one point Jwill had the tightest handle in the league.
So you disagree with me, or you just wanted to note that he got a ring?
Dude had outstanding physical gifts, and clearly put in time to improve on some of them. But, his penchant for being stubborn, combined with his love of weed, clearly stunted his growth. Moreover, he was far too content to be just a passer, instead of striking that attacking balance that makes the great point guards, despite having all the physical gifts to be an absolute beast at going to the rim. Shot way too many jumpers, played way too little defense, and smoked way too much weed.
Wasted talent. Dude had the pure talent to be one of the all-time greats. Never put it together.
What was stopping him from becoming great?
I’d rather be a Hall of Famer, to be honest.
Then you can sit at the table with the big dogs and talk shop like an equal. If Unseld, Cowens and Duncan are sitting around talking about ball, and their careers, who is going to feel more out of place joining the convo: Malone, Barkley or Robert Horry?
I’d rather be a big dog on my own merits than ride coattails to a ring.
Eboy’s right though, he was pretty pivotol in the Heat’s championship run. He crushed Detroit in that one game.
Um, I pointed out the assets in the cats game, and said he had the talent to be an all-time great. But he failed.
That ain’t hate, that’s stating the facts. I didn’t grow up in the era where everybody got sunshine blown up their butts when they failed and were congratulated for “trying hard and having fun.”
When I was a kid, if you failed, you failed. And nobody told you that you were great, they told you to do better.
Different era, I guess.
Just bustin’ yer balls, sorry!
And damn, how can you not like the mix with the music in the background? One of my favorite songs ever.
For the record, I didn’t rank anyone. I commented on JWill’s wasted talent initially, and talked about his overall game later.
We’re talking on the internet, and the last time I checked, the internet doesn’t convey tone or emotion. So, I’m confused about how I got “irked.”
Where was I irked? What exactly made me seem upset? The fact that I wasn’t fawning over the highlight reel that I”m sure any regular viewer of basketball highlights on You Tube has seen several times?
JWill had the potential and talent to outstanding. Anybody who watched him closely in Sacremento could see that. Like Jared noted, dude was almost averaging 9 assists at one point, and breaking cats off something nasty. I mean, I remember when Kobe wanted NO PARTS of trying to guard JWill. None.
In my opinion, he could never seem to master his aggressiveness, while at the same time mastering his penchant for showmanship. He never found that balance and truly harnessed his talent. So, like Derrick Coleman, or Shawn Kemp, and even Allen Iverson, he wasted his talent to a certain degree because he didn’t fully maximize his gifts, in my opinion. Doesn’t mean he was a bum, and I apologize if I gave that impression with my initial comment. But, it does mean he wasted an opportunity.
It was an observation. That’s what people typically make on comments sections.
And my comment was saying you didn’t know anything about failure. My comment was noting that you seem to think the default response to things should be “Great job, way to go!”
Different era. And I ain’t even that old.
@Dyce Yeah, now J-Will is still in the league backing up Jameer Nelson on a championship contending team and he already has a ring as a starting point guard while Marbury is over in China doing who knows what. I think Marbury would love to be in Jason’s position right now.
I guess he could’ve been better, sure, but we all could be better at our jobs right? Young dude made the game fun and when he got older he played a role and got a chip. I say good for him. He didn’t owe us any more than that. AllenP is just hating.
BossTerry
Comparing Jwill to Sam Cassell is borderline blasphemy. Sam has three rings, and was super clutch to get two of them. He was super clutch in numerous other situations in the league, and has a legacy of overall success and sustained excellence despite some talent limitations. There is no comparison.
Ciolkstar
“If I don’t like it I don’t like it, don’t mean that I’m hating.”
The Best Jwill mixes on Youtube^
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