Life Is Not an Accident

A Memoir of Reinvention

By: Jay Williams

Narrated by: Jay Williams

Like millions of kids before him, Jay Williams used to pretend he was making the game-winning shot while playing basketball in his Plainfield, New Jersey, backyard. Unlike almost all of those other kids, he kept right on making shots until he became an NCAA champion and two-time national player of the year at Duke and the number-two overall NBA draft pick in 2002.

But after just one season with the Chicago Bulls, a team starved for a new messiah since Michael Jordan's retirement, Williams destroyed his career when he suffered a horrific motorcycle accident. In an instant, the man with as fast a first step as any point guard in history could no longer do anything for himself, including walk.

In Life Is Not an Accident, Jay Williams shares his story - both heartbreaking and uplifting - of being a young man trying to wrest control of his life from his overinvolved parents, from the pleasures and perils of fame and money, and from the near-fatal mistake that threatened to define him.

©2016 Jay Williams (P)2016 Tantor

Loved it!!

Thoroughly enjoyed hearing his story through his own words and voice!! Didn’t know many of the stories he shared before reading!

Super

Great narration. Williams is an excellent storyteller. His voice keeps you interested and engaged the whole time

Phenomenal Job by Jay

Jay Williams delivers an honest, heartbreaking and inspiring story here. All the way from him growing up, high school, the Duke days and a national title, to the accident, life in the NBA, trying to get back, and self accountability- this book has it all.

Loved it

Great Read

I really enjoyed this book. I know it probably took a lot for Jay Williams to open up about his life's journey but, I'm glad he did.

Brutally Honest

I loved the booked because it was a totally honest portrayal of his life. Ups and downs...so good! And I love how he reads it, so much emotion!