• Jason endured terrible loss as a teenager. At a family picnic to celebrate his older sister’s going to college, his two-year-old brother, Caleb, wandered off and drowned.
• When Jason led the PAC 10 in points assists and steals as a senior, he became the first player to do so since his childhood hero, Gary Payton.
• In college, Jason always slept in his uniform the night before a game.
• When he graduated from Arizona, Jason was the only Wildcat in history to finish his career with more than 1,000 points and 200 steals.
• Only four Seattle-area players have been picked higher than Jason in the NBA draft—Elgin Baylor, Eddie Miles, Tom Workman and Detlef Schrempf.
• Jason was the sixth point guard Lute Olson sent to the NBA. The first were Ronnie Lester, Steve Kerr, Damon Stoudamire, Khalid Reeves and Mike Bibby.
• Jason was the first Hawk since Stacey Augmon to make the NBA’s All-Rookie team.
• Jason recorded his first NBA triple-double in a 2003 game against the Chicago Bulls.
• In 2002-03, Jason became only the third Atlanta player to top 600 assists in a season. Mookie Blaylock and Doc Rivers were the first two.
• In 2004-05, Jason and Steve Nash were the only players to shoot 80% from the line, 50% from the field and 40% from three-point range.
• Jason has the number 206 tattooed on his chest. It is his hometown area code. He also has a tattoo of Underdog.
• Jason talked to a couple of sports agents while at Arizona and later admitted accepting money from them. This came to light after he graduated, and the university instituted an immediate self-imposed sanction, forfeiting its money from the 1999 NCAA Tournament.
• Jason has invested in his hometown, establishing summer camps and building a computer lab where neighborhood kids can do their homework after school.
• Jason and his wife, Johnyika, have three daughters. His little sister, Lyric, lives with them in Dallas.
• Jason’s favorite pre-game meal is chicken fingers.
  

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