Jayson Williams was born on February 22,1968 and is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for 11 seasons, primarily with the New Jersey Nets.
23 Facts About Jayson Williams
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Jayson Williams played his first three seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, who acquired him in trade with the Phoenix Suns following the 1990 NBA draft.
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Jayson Williams was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Jayson Williams was charged in 2002 with the accidental shooting death of a limousine driver.
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Jayson Williams pled guilty to aggravated assault in 2010 and served a 27-month prison sentence.
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Jayson Williams was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round with the 21st pick of the 1990 NBA draft.
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Jayson Williams led the league in offensive rebounds and offensive rebound percentage while finishing the season in the top five in total rebounds, rebounds per game, total rebound percentage and offensive rating.
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Jayson Williams' career came to a sudden end on April 1,1999, after he broke his right leg in a collision with teammate Stephon Marbury in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
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At the time of the injury, Jayson Williams was in the first year of a six-year, $90 million contract.
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In 1992, Jayson Williams was accused of breaking a beer mug over a patron's head at a saloon in Chicago.
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In 1994, Jayson Williams was accused of firing a semiautomatic weapon into the parking lot at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
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The New York Post reported that Jayson Williams was showing people around his 30,000-square-foot house when he aimed a shotgun at Christofi and killed him.
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Jayson Williams was convicted on four counts of trying to cover up the shooting.
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The New York City Police Department reported on April 27,2009, that Jayson Williams had become suicidal and violent in a NYC hotel room.
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Jayson Williams was charged with driving while intoxicated after this early morning accident on January 5,2010.
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On January 11,2010, Jayson Williams pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the 2002 death of Christofi.
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Jayson Williams was convicted and sentenced to an additional year in Rikers Island for the DWI.
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Jayson Williams was the principal owner of the New Jersey Storm of the National Lacrosse League.
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In 2012, Jayson Williams published a second book, an autobiography entitled Humbled ~ Letters From Prison.
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In 1996, Jayson Williams proposed during halftime of a nationally televised basketball game to model Cynthia Bailey.
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Jayson Williams married Kellie Batiste in December 1999; they divorced soon afterward.
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Jayson Williams had three sisters, with two having died from AIDS, while his third sister was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide.
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Jayson Williams was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2016 and into the St John's University athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.