Jay Williams Workout Quotes
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“Its given me a whole new perspective on life and for me the biggest thing was that when your in the NBA you think about contracts, you think about playing time, try to make you’re coach happy or your winning and it really just took my focus off the most important things.”
“All I thought about after getting hurt was running with my kids someday and being able to have a family and things of those sorts so it puts things in perspective and I’m blessed to be here to play basketball”
On workout:
“It went good, I think they were looking at my lateral ability to play defense.”
On change in game:
“I’m playing like much older player. I’m not playing like a 24 year old anymore. I think I had times when I was younger, my explosiveness allowed me into situations where I didn’t know how to handle it. I would get to the basket and (I) was kind of reckless where as now I got my first step back and I can get back to the basket.”
On new number:
“I promised from the day I got hurt that I told my mother that I was going to change my number to number two, so that every time somebody calls my name and number it reminds me that this is my second chance.”
Current residence:
“Been spending a lot of time home with the family here in New Jersey.”
On where the Nets rank for him as a team he’d sign with:
“This is home for me. And the opportunity to be home would be amazing. My family is here, it’s where I was born and raised, so that should give you a little information on where they (Nets) stand.”
“They play a style that I love. The opportunity would be fantastic.”
On playing against Jason Kidd as a rookie:
“It was my only NBA game where I played over 35 minutes and he made me play that way.”
“I was like ‘this guy has so much energy and he’s like 10 years older than me.’ That kind of effort translated over to me and I started playing that way.”
Ed Stefanski
On Jay Williams:
“This kid is a great shooter. He still has to work more on his lateral quickness but from where he was to where he is now, if that can keep going then he should be back in the NBA.”
Is he ready now:
“If that progression keeps going from where he started, then he will be NBA ready. He’s close.”
Summer league:
“He has an open invitation to play for the Nets.”
On how the Nets see him:
“He’s not far, he’s obviously intriguing, and especially intriguing for the NJ Nets.”
On different playing style of Williams:
“He’s the kind of guy who will get the job done maybe a little bit different then when he first came into the league”
