Former Duke guard and current ESPN college basketball analysts Jay Williams has recently released a book detailing the the motorcycle accident that ended his playing career with the Chicago Bulls. In his memoir, “Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention“, Williams discusses the process and the lessons he learned while trying to overcome the traumatizing experience.
Williams was selected #2 overall in the 2002 NBA Draft from out of Duke by the Chicago Bulls before the accident in 2003. In an excerpt from ESPN, Williams what happened leading up to the accident after just returning from a trip to Durham, and was leaving a meeting where he had ridden his motorcycle only a few miles away.