Last summer, I was raving that 38-year-old Jason Williams “still has it” after watching him tear up the Orlando Pro-Am and yell, “I ain’t travel since I was 6.”
Well, in terms of “it” being excitement, nothing has changed since last summer, or when he retired at the age of 33, or when he came into the league and left Gary Payton frozen at 23, or when he was named West Virginia Player of the Year at 18.
The 39 (pushing 40) year-old White Chocolate is still a magician with the rock and still making the Orlando Pro-Am one of my favorite Pro-Ams to watch every summer.
AUSTIN RIVERS VS JASON WILLIAMS
Hopefully, Austin Rivers will make his return, too. Last summer, he and Williams were the two main attractions.
Austin also played well in 2012 when Vince Carter, Big Baby, Chandler Parsons, Mo Speights, and DeShawn Stevenson played in the league.
But in my eyes, the Orlando Pro-Am belongs to one man: White Chocolate!
Age 38, 39, 40, and probably even when he’s 50, I’ll still be saying Jason Williams still has “it.”
Shout out to Home Team Hoops for the mixes
Jason Williams aka White Chocolate
"My dude you was out there silly with it! League wasn't ready yet for what you possessed." – @KingJames on @55buckets pic.twitter.com/oSZhZ7dGY8
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Jason Williams talking about his crossover on Gary Payton pic.twitter.com/HZPvU3b6IW
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