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Jason Williams made the impossible look routine. As a rookie, his crossovers were dumb fast, and the passes he threw left the whole NBA guessing. Behind-the-back, over-the-head, no-look bullets — threaded through gaps so tiny it seemed like he had superhuman eyes.
Nobody else was bouncing the rock like him back then. Nobody had done it before, either. His dribble package was a club of one, and it kept growing.
SLAM 35 dropped near the end of that rookie season, with the Rookie of the Year race still wide open between Williams, Vince Carter and Paul Pierce. It was a ROY race for the ages. So SLAM 35 became the first triple cover in our history: all three rookies got their own cover, and all three appeared in one story inside, a debate between three of our writers that ended with our editor-in-chief naming the winner. Hit up our digital archive to read it.
Williams didn't take the award home, but he passed into hoops legend anyway. His highlight tape still pulls millions of views, and his elbow pass — thrown just once in the League — became the gold standard for passing showmanship. He left no doubt.
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