The former NBA Player and the ESPN personality Jay Williams tweeted on 3 September 2020, citing that Lebron James played the "Pippen" role to Dwyane Wade in Miami. And James responded with the equivalent of your favorite "wut" GIF.
Later, Jay Willaims came to clarify his statement, where he wrote:
"I never stated you were anyone other than LBJ. I know who you are & I have also publicly stated where I stand on your place in history. I was describing a feat that you accomplished in order to be where you are today in relation to where Giannis currently is. We all learn & grow."
Lebron James replied with:
"Explain to me what the fux I gotta do with this subject matter! I’m over here minding my damn business preparing for Houston. And by the way I ain’t never been nobody but my damn self! Shit!"
The incident is a likening of a tweet of Richard Jefferson, former NBA player and current analyst, who mentioned that Giannis Antetokounmpo might be a Scottie Pippen-esque player. Also, Jefferson implied that the Greek Freak might need the superstar such as Michael Jordan to play the lead role alongside him, after which Jay Williams came on his Twitter.
Jay Williams NBA Stats
Jay Williams, who stands at the height of 6 feet and 2 inches tall, is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who had to give up his career due to his injury following the motorcycle accident back in June 2003.
He played a short-term career in the NBA, where his stats marks the total game of 75 games where he averaged 9.5 points, with the rebounds of 2.6, and assists of 4.7. Similarly, he had 39.9 field goal percent, 32.2 three-point field goal percent, 64.0 free-throw percent with 44.6 efficient field goal percentage.
He played his high school career from St. Joseph High School in Metuchen and college level career from The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball teamat Duke University. While he averaged 19 points, 7.0 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.7 steal per game at St. Joseph High School, he made 14.5 points, 6.5 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per in his freshman year.
Jay Williams from the Duke (©: Times of Israel)
Williams also set the NCAA Tournament record for three-pointers attempted (66) and also made 132 three-point field goals.
Jay Williams' Net Worth And Salary
Jay Williams, who is a retired American basketball player, has a net worth of $4 million. Also, he made the career earnings of $12,182,789 with a salary of $8,713,351.
Similarly, he has been awarded several awards, including Consensus first-team All-American in 2011 and 2002, and was named NABC Player of the Year. Also, he is a two time All ACC First Team player in 2001 and 2002.
Likewise, he is the recipient of the Adolph Rudd Trophy, Sporting News College Player of the Year, AP College Player of the Year, the Naismith College Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, and John R. Wooden Award.
In the 2002 NBA Draft, Jay Williams was selected by Chicago Bull with the second overall pick. He was in the starter in the Bulls' line-up for the 2002-03 NBA Season.
He just played a season in NBA before he met with a tragic motorcycle accident that caused him an injury. He had a severe injury in the main nerve in his leg, fractured his pelvis, and torn three ligaments in his left knee, and also the ACL.
Eventually, Chicago Bulls waived him away, providing him $3 million.
But in September 2006, he made his return to NBA after signing a non-guaranteed contract with the New Jersey Nets. Nevertheless, after a month, the Nets released him, and he started working for ESPN as an NBA analyst. He also covered college basketball for the network. Besides that, he served as an analyst on CBS College Sports Network during the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Is Jay Williams Married?
Jay Williams is happily married to his wife, Nikki Bonacorsi, aka Nikki William, for a couple of years. Nikki Bonacorsi, who is the daughter of Lisa and John Bonacorsi, is a sports reporter. They tied their nuptial knot on 3 May 2018 and are together since then.
Jay Williams and his wife, Nikki Bonacorsi during their wedding (©: People)
After the lovebirds shared their wedding vows on 3 May in 2018, they attended a reveal party for their baby on the way two days later at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Concerning the gender reveal of their baby, Williams mentioned:
"I woke up in the middle of the night, stared at my wife, and thought to myself, wow! I had just woken up from a dream that I walked in late at night with my suitcase in hand from some kind of trip. I saw two figures on the couch with their backs to me, watching some kind of movie. One was my wife, for sure, but the other was a lot smaller and had frizzy hair.”
Similarly, he added:
"Before I knew it, I heard a voice that said, ‘Daddy come watch the movie with us.’ I woke up from that moment knowing/feeling that we were having a special girl come into our life. “We are blessed for Amelia Brooklyn-Rose Williams."
Jay Williams and Nikki Bonacorsi are now parenting their daughter Amelia Brooklyn-Rose Williams with full of happiness and love.