Found this on NBA.com. It's Jay Williams' latest blog entry, from April 30, 2005.
Teams Are Contacting Me ....
Hello out there in cyber land ... You'll have to excuse my Blog Squad hiatus .. I've been focusing on my rehab, which I have been making some real progress and want to share with all of you .. I have made the move to Chicago to focus on my rehab full time. I made the conversion to working with trainer extraordinaire Tim Grover about three weeks ago. Tim trained one of the greatest players to ever play the game. He trained Michael Jordan. Every morning when I get there at 7, Mike is there and he motivates me. He pushes me and asks me how I'm doing. The thing I love about Tim is he's an up-front and candid kind of guy. He's going to tell you how it is. I initially went up to Chicago about a month ago to work out, test the waters. I had never really been put through a real workout with Tim before. I had done stuff with therapists where I'd work on my shot, but from a basketball standpoint with a trainer, I hadn't really gone through a lot of the detailed basketball drills that required a lot cutting and movement. He put me through those and I was so scared my first day. The thing I heard about T-Grove is that he'll tell you if he thinks you can do it or not. He's honest with you. He came up to me and said, "You'll be back by this October." As I mentioned, I was initially scared but when he said that to me, I started smiling. He keeps you on your toes because the next day, he told my agent, "There's no way this guy's going to make it to the league." He tells it like it is. It only makes me more determined. I can appreciate that a lot. He believes in me and I believe in me and that just boosts my confidence so much more.
I met with my orthopedic doctor on Thursday, and I got cleared for my knee. This is a huge for me. I'm so much further along than people ever, ever thought I'd be. Even though I'm doing drills, running, shooting, I haven't done the full-blown running because Tim and I still think I have a little weakness in my left leg which is what we're working on every day.
Teams hear I'm working out with Tim Grover and they're interested in me which is an awesome feeling. Next year, I will be playing. Count on it. It pumped me up for the Toronto Raptors to call and see how I am. I received some other calls from some other teams. It means a lot to me. I think teams are realizing that my comeback is not just talk. It's not me working out from a remote location overseas and saying, "Hey, I'm doing great. I'm going to come back and play again. You'll see." Now, I have a world-renowned trainer who believes in me and who says I'm going to play again as well. Now, people are saying, "Wow, this kid is going to play again." No teams have come to visit me or watch me work out. I'm going to try to get my leg a lot stronger in the summer and by the end of the summer we're going to hold a workout for teams to see me play. I want to make sure that when I step in front of these guys and get evaluated, I want to make sure I'm in the best possible position to succeed.
I'm extremely happy the Bulls are doing well. My rookie year I got into this whole blown-up thing. After a game was over, I made a couple comments where I stated that they needed to get some different players in here. The fans of Chicago deserve a lot more because it's a hard-working city and they deserve a hard-working team. They deserve a coach everybody believes in. I said all this stuff and I got ripped for it. The media blasted me for everything I said. Now I look back on the situation and the reason why I'm happy for them is they've got all these guys who are good, quality guys from good backgrounds. They have a coach, Scott Skiles, who they believe in and who isn't really the nicest guy, which I love, because you need to have a coach who doesn't care and is going to fight for you as much as you fight for him. He's going to be by your side. Even though they don't have an All-Star-caliber guy on that team, I think they represent Chicago to the best of its ability right now. They're a hardworking team who's going to give you everything they have. Their success thus far has been a joy to watch. Should there be a Game 5 in Chicago on Wednesday, I'll be there at the United Center rooting for those guys.
Posted by Jay Williams - Apr 30 2005 10:40AM
Looks like he'll be back sometime next season...I heard he has dunked again, too, so looks like he's making great progress with his recovery
