How good would Jay Williams have been in the NBA?

[Westbrook0]

He only got one season under his belt before the motorcycle accident.

During his rookie year, he averaged 9.7 points, 4.7 assists 2.5 rebounds and a steal per game.

His shooting percentages were not very good.

Still, he was a very smart player and would only have gotten continually better as he got a better feel for the game.

I think in his prime, he would have averaged something like 19 points, 7.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds a game, and picked up a couple of all-star appearances.

[And1AllDay]

The world will never know.

[FireDavidKahn]

MVP and HOF player.

No group of people get so overrated than people who got injured

[inclinerator]

19 and 13

[RidonKs]

lol not that good somewhere between jamal tinsley and jason williams

[ProfessorMurder]

He wasn't that good.

[chocolatethunder]

He was not that good at all. Jesus can people stop overrating people who get injured. Shaun Livingston wasn't going to be a hall of famer either if he didn't get injured. He was going to be decent but he couldn't shoot a lick and was so weak it wasn't even funny. Jay Williams would have been a middle of the road PG and that's it.

[Haymaker]

Mario Chalmers

[TripleA]

He was not that good at all. Jesus can people stop overrating people who get injured. Shaun Livingston wasn't going to be a hall of famer either if he didn't get injured. He was going to be decent but he couldn't shoot a lick and was so weak it wasn't even funny. Jay Williams would have been a middle of the road PG and that's it.

Devin Harris at best.

[RRR3]

Mario Chalmers
So a legend?

[Haymaker]

So a legend?

Sure, Top 5 GOAT

[RRR3]

Sure, Top 5 GOAT
My Rio Radar detects sarcasm in your post.


Perhaps you are still shellshocked from the time The Great Chalmers dropped a scintillating 20 points on the Spurs in the 2013 finals?

[stalkerforlife]

Best player in college basketball. #2 pick in the NBA. One season where he averaged 10 and 4.

Safe to say he would've improved immensely and become an all-star.

Dude was legitimately explosive, could shoot, and had sick handles.

[bdreason]

I watched his entire career at Duke. He was a great college player, but in the NBA his peak was an All-Star game or two.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Somewhere between a lesser Jameer and a better Zeke.

[Akrazotile]

Homey cant even stay on a motorcycle, and he was gonna beast the NBA??

#Stop
#JustStopIt

[SamuraiSWISH]

Jameer Nelson, Raymond Felton, Devin Harris class for sure. So middle of the road type PG. Definitely not EVEN CLOSE TO the take over the game, will a team, MVP caliber player of the Steph Curry, CP3, D-Rose, Westbrook tier. Probably not even a Kyrie, Tony Parker level player either.

[Westbrook0]

Best player in college basketball. #2 pick in the NBA. One season where he averaged 10 and 4.

Safe to say he would've improved immensely and become an all-star.

Dude was legitimately explosive, could shoot, and had sick handles.


Yeah, not sure why people are acting like he was some scrub.

A couple of people in here are saying that injured players get OVERRATED based on their potential, but in fact I think a lot of times it can be the opposite. People are so deadset on NOT compensating for the romanticism of the situation that they then underrate players' potential.

Jay Williams could have easily been an all-star for a year or two. He would have at least been as good as Jameer Nelson.