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PLAYERS:
Jameer Nelson,
Dwight Howard,
Tony Battie,
Ryan Anderson,
Vince Carter,
Tony Delk,
Bobby Jackson,
Anthony Johnson,
Matt Barnes
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
by Sean Sweeney
The best Jason Williams moment never happened on the court. And it wasn’t the time he called his own team the worst in the League.
Remember in 2005, right after Williams’ Memphis Grizzlies were swept out for the summer by the Suns? A reporter in Memphis decided a good idea was to write about how the Grizzlies didn’t care how their season ended. Of course, JWill had to be at the forefront. Williams said on the eve of the sweep that basketball wasn’t everything. He still had his family.
The reporter called him out, went after the guy averaging 17 points on 53 percent shooting and over 5 assists against the MVP from Phoenix.
So Williams had to shut him up.
“You ain’t writin’ nothing homeboy! You ain’t writin’ nothing!”
People might ask, “That was his best moment? What about that time he put Stockton on skates? Or that move when he had Shawn Bradley grabbing air with that over-the-shoulder, not-even-gonna-pretend to look pass?”
Everyone has a story, a favorite move or co...
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