Jason Williams, Apparently Calling it a Day
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The Los Angeles Clippers confirm this shred of a report from Lisa Dillman on the L.A. Times website. According to the Clippers, point guard Jason Williams has decided to stop playing basketball. There is no known reason for his decision, and messages left with his agents have not been returned. Williams signed as a free agent with L.A. just in August, and evidently decided at some point since then few weeks that he has had enough. There had been talk this off-season that he might play overseas. Williams, who played high school sports with NFL star Randy Moss, entered the league in 1998 as one of ...
Jason Williams Retires: A Clippers Legend Remembered
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[image] Like most players lucky enough to make the Association, Jason Williams , he of White Chocolate fame, just wanted to go out a Clipper. Yes, the mercurial point guard, who could simultaneously annoy and wow fans and coaches alike (though over the last, oh, six years of his decade long stint in the league tended to do more of the former) is at age 33 walking away from the game. Williams never actually suited up for the Clippers- hell, he didn’t make it to Media Day- meaning his major contribution to the franchise was forcing the PR department to write a few releases about him, and possibly create a page in the media guide that is ...
Morning Shootaround: Sept. 29, 2008
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Michael Grange talks to Chris Bosh about his off-court activities and business interests. Biggest revelation in this profile? He has a collector's edition Sex in the City DVD set. Jermaine O'Neal says he likes the Raptors' chances of "doing great things" this year. The money quote in this article is actually from Smitch: "The thing I love about him, not one time has he talked about 'Give me the ball.' All he's talked about is playing defence and rebounding." Speaking of Smitch, he's trying to give up cursing. I suppose that's admirable, but it does kind of ruin my image of his as the Samuel L. Jackson of NBA coaches. ...
