TJ Ford: Kirk Hinrich went ahead of me in the 2003 draft because I was disabled/Jay Williams had a motorcycle accident

TJ Ford assumed temporary paralysis during a pickup game after his sophomore year at Texas and NBA guard Jay Williams suffered a motorcycle accident that led to the Chicago Bulls selecting Kirk Hinrich over him in the 2003 draft (Hinrich went 7th to Bulls/Ford 8th to Milwaukee Bucks).

(via Ur.Perspectives):

“Kirk Hinrich went ahead of me because J-Will had a motorcycle accident. So the reason I ended up in Milwaukee is because they didn’t send me with my condition knowing that if I got hurt.

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