JWill retires…again…but this time, for good
Posted in Sports, Videos on April 19th, 2011 by HyphenI’m a die hard sports fan, but somehow, I missed that one of my all time favorite players, Jason Williams, retired from the NBA (again). Shout to the Smoking Section for blogging about it here and for posting the above video.
There was a point in high school where I pretty much wanted to be Jason Williams, aside from the West Virginian accent. As a PG who prided myself on my passing and court vision, I was known to throw a few of these passes before I even started following him. When I saw him playing in the league, it was a wrap. I broke out the elbow pass (3:56 in the video) a million times in pick up and practice, but never pulled it in a game. I did, however, use the fake behind the back cuff (:28 & 3:15) and the mini hop (1:09) a few times. I’ll never forget being at the game where he crossed over GP in person (4:13) and finished with that floater high off the window. We must have reenacted that 100 times in the gym the next day and I was KILLING the Sonics fans in my class. If you’ve ever talked to me on AIM (not likely these days), you’ll now know where the 55 came from.
Thanks for the memories JWill.