Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams is aiming to towards another shot at the NBA.
The 6-foot-10 forward retired four years ago after severe leg and knee surgery triggered his early departure from the New Jersey Nets in 2000.
Williams spent nine seasons in the NBA peaking at an average of 13.6 rebounds per game but his latest rebound is the most noteworthy.
On Thursday, Williams worked out with the Cleveland Cavaliers roughly half a year after his acquittal of manslaughter charges.
Williams, clearly a chaste citizen, was freed of aggravated manslaughter but was found guilty of covering up the fatal shooting of a limousine driver. Naturally the next stop after eluding the legal system is a second stint in the NBA.
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers, reaching for frontcourt aid since the loss of Carlos Boozer to free agency, should be careful how they re-load.
Since the addition of LeBron James, the Cavaliers have re-tooled rapidly and nearly threatened for postseason success. The team was chemistry laden, particularly after the midseason trade of the cancerous Ricky Davis, who was hindering the locker room esteem of the young squad.
The Cavs had lost 34 straight road games prior to shipping the troubled guard who wittingly challenged Head Coach Paul Silas.
While Davis has no affinity with shotguns – or discharging them – he posed as a peril to the team’s success. Williams encompasses similar hazards.
Although Williams has connections with Paul Silas dating back to their stay with the Nets organization, the 36-year-old veteran doesn’t stand to augment the morale for a puerile group of players.
"We worked him out a little bit, and he can still play. He can certainly help somebody," Silas commented after the practice.
He can certainly help the NRA, but one might wonder the detrimental effects of incorporating a gun-wielding fanatic into a basketball team.
Jay-Will isn’t the typical pot smoking, drunk driving, or sexually assaulting NBA deviant. He is a rifle Romeo, who has allegedly blasted away a former dog, and a hired driver. Not only will the use of vocabulary such as ‘shooting practice’ and ‘shot selection’ become taboo, co-workers may feel repelled from a criminal and the tight foundation will suffer.
A la Ricky Davis.
Leave Jayson Williams for the NFL, and find a clean-slated blue collar workman elsewhere.
Due diligence and the Cleveland Cavaliers mix like Mondays and me.
