Jawad Williams on Life and Basketball in Japan Posted Aug 30, 2017 Jawad Williams: Thirteen years into my professional basketball career and I find myself in a very familiar place: Japan. The fact that my wife and I got engaged here is another reason Japan has always had a place in our hearts. I am a firm believer in speaking things into existence and I always said I would one day return to Japan to play. Ten years later, here I am. (Jawad Williams)