This NBA star went to prison 15 years ago. Now, he’s giving Long Islanders a second chance
The sun hadn’t even risen, and Jayson Williams was reporting for practice.
Not shooting, dribbling and passing like he did as an NBA All-Star basketball player — and not practicing his own skills.
Williams, 57, was helping his “teammates,” as he calls them — eight students with past histories of substance use, homelessness, criminal records or other troubles — master the art of driving tractor-trailers in a program he founded in partnership with Nassau County and Nassau Community College.
The eight-week program, called Rebound on the Road, provides students with professional instruction to help them pass commercial driver’s license tests, setting them up for annual salaries that can start in the low $70,000s and quickly reach six figures with overtime.
Read more on the program and how Williams is helping Long Islanders at: https://www.nwsd.li/3e1c3c
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