In late January, former Bulls player Jay Williams released Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention, an autobiography detailing the enormous highs and life-altering lows throughout his life. When he was first drafted by the Chicago Bulls, Williams' parents only allowed their son to spend his endorsement money while they placed his NBA checks in an investment fund. Being a young man fresh out of Duke University, Jay had wanted to establish his freedom after putting in eight to nine-hour days at school training and practicing, a job he says is "a modern day version of indentured servitude."
After being asked about a more somber issue, Williams began recalling what led up to the motorcycle accident in 2003 that left his left side clipped by a utility pole. "I wasn't able to get out of my own way," he stated before expounding on his gruesome injuries. "I threw it all away." After dealing with ten surgeries, tearing every ligament in his right knee and severing an artery in his leg, Williams said it still didn't amount to "the mental agony I lived with for the next ten years of my life."
Hear how Jay Williams was constantly reminded about the incident for years, the depression that led to his suicide attempt and the double standards that exist when it comes to drug use in the league above.
Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention is available on Amazon.
