Jay Williams (basketball)

Jay Williams

Williams in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1981-09-10) September 10, 1981 (age 42) Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Joseph (Metuchen, New Jersey)
College	Duke (1999–2002)
NBA draft	2002: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	2002–2004, 2006
Position	Point guard
Number	22
Career history
2002–2004	Chicago Bulls
2006	Austin Toros
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2003) NCAA champion (2001) National college player of the year (2002) 2× NABC Player of the Year (2001, 2002) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (2001, 2002) 2× First-team All-ACC (2001, 2002) Third-team All-ACC (2000) ACC tournament MVP (2000) ACC All-Freshman team (2000) No. 22 retired by Duke Blue Devils First-team Parade All-American (1999)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2017

Jason David Williams (born September 10, 1981) is an American former basketball player and television analyst. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team and professionally for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA.

Then known as Jason Williams, he won the 2001 NCAA Championship with Duke, and was named NABC Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002. He was drafted second overall in the 2002 NBA draft by the Bulls. He asked to be called Jay on joining the Bulls, to avoid confusion with two other players in the NBA at the time.^[1] His playing career was effectively ended by a motorcycle accident in 2003. He last signed with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, but was waived on December 30, 2006, due to lingering physical effects from his accident.^[2]

Since retiring, he has worked as an analyst for ESPN, initially working on ESPN College Basketball. In 2019, however, Williams was reassigned to the NBA full-time with his addition on ESPN's NBA Countdown program.