The 2026 NBA Draft finally saw the top college prospects get chosen along with some friendly fire among ESPN and basketball analysts on Tuesday night.Jay Williams, Richard Jefferson and Kenny Smith were among those covering the draft and offering their analysis during the event.One exchange among the three former NBA players went awry and led to an awkward moment.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!Jay Williams of the Chicago Bulls and Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs share a laugh during the 2003 got milk? Rookie Challenge Game at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb.8, 2003.
(Nathaniel S.Butler/NBAE)ESPN recalled the moments each former player was drafted.
Smith went No.6 overall in 1987 to the Sacramento Kings, Richard Jefferson was selected at No.
13 by the Houston Rockets before being traded to the New Jersey Nets in 2001 and Williams was chosen No.2 overall by the Chicago Bulls in 2001.
Williams’ career was cut short due to a motorcycle crash.ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi asked why Williams received a big ovation.Williams explained that most people who had gone to Duke were from the New York or New Jersey area."They also didn't see the future coming, so they were cheering," Jefferson said.Williams responded, "Wow."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTNT basketball analyst Kenny Smith appears on air before the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the North Carolina State Wolfpack at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on April 6, 2024.
(Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)Smith admitted that Williams was an "unbelievable talent" but "his career trajectory would've been a lot different if he didn't like motorcycles."Williams tried to brush it off, saying all of what Smith was saying was "on record" and that he "wrote a book about it.""I guess everybody that goes to Duke isn't that smart," Jefferson quipped."What? He wrote a book about it.
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