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Wish more players would play with his flare, made watching so exciting. Now we have a ton of iso ball and threes but flashy passing rarely happens. When players like White Chocolate or Jason Kidd were leading a fast break you knew you were in for a treat.
@@3rr1k_ he has boring passes into cuts. He's lucky teams like the cavs of bucks arent in his conference. A capable twin towers setup will block jokic.
@@erdemeebilgee3584 if u watch properly u will realise that his pass are crazy hard to execute. He pull them off w ease. Those crazy wraparound cross court pass and full court touch down pass are literally sick. And ppl are saying he is boring. I rather watch jokic play den see unnecessary high flying showboat in game dunk
JWill was the ultimate NBA enigma. He made every team he played on better (Kings and Grizzlies for sure) but not good enough at the same time. Almost every teammate he played with loved playing with him, I think it was evident he was a consummate teammate and locker room guy but not the cornerstone to build a team around. Still one of my all time Favs to Watch!
He surely wasn't a cornerstone, but he matured in Memphis and became solid enough to be reliable and efficient. The second part of his career wasn't as flashy as the first, but was more productive
he had some amazing highlight reel plays....but he definantly was not a dominant player....many many better guards then him....i think most people were just shocked to see a white player play the way he did.....he made a lot of black players look vanilla
Guys like him inspire kids to fall in love with basketball and dream big. That alone says a lot about how good he was. Amazing player who deserved his success.
Stats never tell the whole story. His stamp on the game was so much more than this video suggests. He was always reckless but that confidence he had is what helped define the kings whole team for their best years even after he was traded to Memphis. It took pat Riley to show him how to be effective.
@@scrappy3838everyone knows who Ted bundy, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Hitler is. Being known doesn’t mean anything. He was just a flashy player who got carried by his teammates in the nba.
This man is the reason I can do the behind the back elbow pass, and the off the knee dribble fake. Say what you will about his overall game but his style changed the game in a positive way.
Jason Williams was so good that he was making me question my allegiance to the Warriors. I was looking over my shoulder like "What's going on in Sacramento?"
It's funny how the kings replaced JWill with someone who looked a bit like him in Mike Bibby, hoping the fans wouldn't notice, and it kind of worked. I remember being confused and thinking it was the same guy for a while.
Facts..but I will add people 4get how when they got bibby..they were on the verge of winning..the Lakers shot I believe 27 free-throws in the second half,,and the kings only 3..
Lol. Adelman hated JWill and wanted a “prototypical pg” which Bibby was. Bibby was good fundamentally sound pg but JWill was flare and flash. Not anything alike, actually couldn’t be farther apart. No matter who the Kings traded for the west was too stacked and the NBA wanted the Lakers to prevail.
I was on my high school basketball team at Oceana and we played DuPont High School in the 1994 Coal Classic in Charleston, WV and they kicked our tails royally. Randy and Jason are Legends and Hero’s in West Virginia to this day
Jason Williams is what The Professor is to streetball. He was known for his flashy passing and ball-handling skills as he got the nickname “White Chocolate”. He played 13 seasons with the Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. Salute to #55 Jason Williams!!!
@@justinholland6132 No, Shaq has said this more than once. Williams had a supernatural ability to put the ball into his hands. From any angle, under any pressure.
07:08 Hidayet Türkoğlu🤟 He was a great playmaker and scorer in Turkey. I was very surprised when the Kings used him as a defensive presence when I was a kid. He was playing a completely different game than his own. After that, you all saw what he really was in Orlando. One of the most talented European players of all time. He could average 20 10 today, easily. He was a great shooter and passer and defender when he wanted to be. He had it all.
My all time favorite player. It was because of him od rather have a flashy assist than score points. 😂 The early 2000s kings were arguably the most entertaining team to watch.
How is he underrated? If anything he's overated i never knew he was this bad. He's a terrible defender, turnover machine,shot chucking and can't space the floor hes everything you don't want your pg to be.
No wonder why there are ppl saying he's underrated. 'Cuz I've never really seen anyone ever mentioned how he's sent to a team so bad that they had never won more than 23 games and somehow managed to claw his way back to the playoffs in his last two seasons before he began his stint in Miami. Just when he's about to get the appreciation he deserves, there will always be those who just wouldn't stop bringing up those first three years of inconsistency as if he's never grown out of it eventually. Cut him some slack, he's far from being overrated.
@@Dcitron except he is. Most of time when people are talking about him its his early years anyway and even when he got better in the heat he wasn't even the best/most valuable pg on his team it was an old Gary p. Plus he was carried by d wade in the finals while Jason and every one else sucked
@@justinholland6132 Pfft, I was only talking about what he'd done in Memphis. Because instead of dwelling on his failure like some others that ended up being nobody, this guy did actually get his shit together. What you've just said exactly proves my point here. If you don't think he's worth all the hype, that's fine but you didn't even bother bringing the better moments of his career into the convo. Why being so rebuttal to this kinda statement?
I loved watching Jason! He made passes that I even stole. His ball trickery, handles, foresight... That's why the Professor tried to steal all of his moves! LOL. Randy Mass was a diverse talent, and them being friends, is totally AWESOME! I could see these two playing video games and rolling blunts. LOL. Either way, everybody knows their name - ask Shaq and NFL fans. 🙂
Hey Nonstop, can you make a video on Patrick Ewing. My favorite Center of all time and also one of the most underrated of all time. I have him behind Karl Malone on the best players to never win a ring. Thanks.
@@ChrisSmith-zv1qd They are both extremely amazing. Imo top 20 players of all time with or without rings. But Ewing will always be favorite. Not tryna discredit any legends. They were dominant too
As someone who is a born and raised West Virginian..... Randy and Jason are two that the State is very proud of and it's crazy that they came from the same small town at the same time
I remember Jason Williams and that entire Kings team. They were brutal, and I hated them because a) I was a Laker fan and b) deep down inside, I knew they were better. Looking back, the 3-peat Lakers were good, but it revolved around Shaq, Kobe, and the rest just not making mistakes. The Kings offense though, everyone was a threat. Outside shooters, lane attackers, passing, etc. If it wasn't for Robert Horry, I think the Kings would've stopped the Lakers 3-peat, and WON the chip.
Highlight reel! I think he could have been hall of fame if he played his own role better. He had the best dribbling in the league, if he toned down on the flashiness more, and just did his job better than everyone else and worked on his shot more, I believe hall of fame and potential 3rd all time in assists.
I’m from a different area of WV and moved to Atlanta in early 90’s trying to explain his style & that Randy Moss played basketball without internet was difficult lol
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American, male, and 5'10". One of my favorite Jason Williams highlights, is when he dunked on Mario Elie. Because, I'M like Jason Williams, being only 5'10" (rumors are, Allen Iverson and Jason Williams and Drew Brees may have been only 5'10", despite their listed taller heights), and me also being White (athletically), Jason Williams was an inspiration to me!
Well winning with the Heat didnt prove anything, except he was in the right place at the right time. He still didnt do very well in the playoffs but he didnt have too. He could be mediocre and still contribute as the other guys like Shaq and Wade took care of business. I remember watching this guy and was amazed at the passes he could make, the vision he must of had to be able to make those plays. But as a Suns fan when they played him in the playoffs, I was happy when he had the ball because he would love to just dribble down the court and just take random long range shots and brick them over and over again and it made it so easy for the Suns. I believe that is when he was with the Grizzlies. But when he was on fire, he was unstoppable.
his style of basketball was like jazz in a world of sticks and primitive drums..... on the break he seemed to thrive the most, when everything was fast and complicated machinery in play... split second telepathy and delivery ...
Growing up in Marmet Wv (litterally just across the river from Dupont City), i can promise you, watching Williams and Moss was must see, the entire surrounding 4 cities would shut down to go see them, in both sports. Funny story though, White Chocolate was the football player of the year in WV his jr and sr season, moss was the basketball player of the year. Only reason moss went football was in the high school all American game, KG blocked his shot off the top of the box
He's going down as one of the best points that ever played the game his passing was in heard of even today he doesn't wow you with points but he can run a floor better than anybody
Williams absolutely would have thrived in this era. All I can say is, you were either watching him for a turnover or something you've never seen before. He was magnificent.
White chocolate. One of the most flashiest passers I have ever seen. And that pass with his elbow. Video recommend: Kobe Bryant greatest games in his 05 06 campaign.
I recorded a few of his steller games with those crazy unbelievable way he delivers his dimes. I love watching his games they are still pretty damn 👍 👍
He’s definitely that dude on the team who isn’t the best, but he’s not bad and you can tell he’s having fun so it makes you have more fun and play better.
JWill is the cause kids want to play fancy basketball. He saved this sport. This sport is about constant evolution. He was THE magic dust factor in 2000's.
JWill is my ultimate player of all time!!! Since I love point guards like Isiah, Magic, Rondo and Paul most Jason Williams to me had thr most exciting handling I've ever seen!!! :))))
How he not make an all star team imagine him playing with all the best players. He would put on a show unlike any other. Definitely the most unique passer in the history of the nba
