NBA: Jason Williams says Shaq his greatest huge man teammate, ‘tremendous proud’ of Sacramento Kings

FILE – (L-R) Shaquille O’Neal #32 celebrates with Jason Williams #55 of the Miami Warmth as they lead the Dallas Mavericks within the fourth quarter of sport six of the 2006 NBA Finals on June 20, 2006 at American Airways Middle in Dallas, Texas. The Warmth gained 95-92 and win the collection 4-2. (Picture by Ronald Martinez / Getty Photographs North America / Getty Photographs by way of AFP)

MANILA, Philippines —All through his 13-year NBA profession, Jason Williams teamed up with a few of the greatest huge males in league historical past.

Williams, who was the seventh total choose by the Sacramento Kings in 1998, performed for 4 franchises and had the posh of enjoying with the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Dwight Howard and Gasol brothers Pau and Marc to call afew.

However among the many facilities he was in a position to be on the identical aspect with, Williams stated O’Neal was the very best one.

“That’s a tricky query as a result of as you stated, I’ve teamed up with some good ones. I imply, Shaquille O’Neal is the most likely most dominant participant to me and we gained a championship collectively,” stated Williams throughout his media availability and meet and greet on Friday at NBA Retailer Philippines in Mandaluyong Metropolis.

Williams was a key a part of the Miami Warmth crew that gained the championship in 2006 led by Dwyane Wade and O’Neal.

The 47-year-old Williams, fondly generally known as “White Chocolate,” retired in 2011 with profession averages of 10.5 factors, 2.3 rebounds. 5.9 assists and 1.2 steals.

Quite a bit has modified since he known as it quits and amongst these is the evolution of facilities.

In contrast to earlier than when huge males dwell and dominate the paint, most facilities at this time like reigning MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets are extra versatile on the offensive finish.

“These guys are good, too. In case you can’t shoot at this time, at this time you may’t actually play. However these guys can shoot, they’ll move, they’re actually good,” Williams stated of Jokic and Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis.

Jokic is averaging a close to triple-double with 24.8 factors, 11.9 rebounds, and 9.9 assists in 65 video games to guide the top-seeded Nuggets within the Western Convention.

In his first season in Sacramento, Sabonis has been sensible all-around as nicely averaging 19.0 factors, 12.5 rebounds, and seven.3 assists in 70 video games because the Kings shut in on their first playoff look since 2006 with a 43-29 report for third within the West.

Williams, who performed for Sacramento from 1998 to 2001, was glad to see his former crew discover success after piling up one dropping season after one other.

“[I’m] tremendous proud. That’s nice for town of Sacramento and the group. Nice for the coach (Mike Brown) as nicely,” he stated. “I feel they received a fairly good crew this yr they received a few good gamers, a few all-stars, and extra importantly they received a superb coach.”

Williams is on the town for the return of NBA 3X Philippines over the weekend at Mall of Asia.

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