Nets: Jay Williams Cut

While Jay Williams was attempting to return to the NBA some three years after a tragic motorcycle accident, he was put on hold on Sunday when the New Jersey Nets decided to cut the point guard less than two weeks before the start of the season.

Nets coach Lawrence Frank explained that it was a difficult decision with a player like him who showed so much desire to play again in the NBA. But he added that the club found best at this time to let him go and evaluate some other options. It was difficult to put on the line-up a player who 3.5 years off for injury.

Williams, who is a former national player of the year at Duke, recently signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Nets just before training camp. Even though he was aware that his chances of making the team were slim, he was training hard for the past month and a half in an effort to make his NBA comeback. However, it was obvious that Williams has not found the quickness that made him an exceptional player. The Nets had already 15 players with guaranteed contracts. They were deep at the point guard with Jason Kidd and rookie Marcus Williams, one of their two first-round draft selection.

Jay Williams averaged 3.8 points and 13.2 minutes in five preseason games. He also stayed healthy during training camp when other players were missing days here and there with injuries. Williams was also the No. 2 overall selection by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 draft with whom he averaged 9.5 points and 4.7 assists as a rookie.

But his career appeared to end on June 19, 2003, when he crashed his motorcycle into a light pole in Chicago. With this accident he fractured his pelvis, tearing knee ligaments and suffering nerve damage in his left leg. The damage was so severe that doctors initially planned that they might have to amputate his leg. He was hospitalized for not less than 3.5 months.

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