Jayson Williams Works Out

Jayson Williams, acquitted in April of aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of a limousine driver, worked out with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.

The 6-foot-10 forward retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000 because of career-ending leg and knee injuries.

“He wants to play,” said Cavalier Coach Paul Silas, who spent three seasons with Williams when he was an assistant with the Nets. “We worked him out a little bit, and he can still play.”

Williams, 36, was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter but found guilty of covering up the fatal shooting of a hired driver at his mansion in February 2002.

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