Former NBA star Jayson Williams shot and killed his driver Costas Christofi back in 2002. He was eventually tried for reckless manslaughter but the case ended in a hung jury. Retrial was pending.

This morning, Williams went to court and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated assault. He apparently agreed to serve at least 18 months in prison.

The plea seems like a good idea for all (save Christofi and his surviving family, I guess). Prosecutors didn’t have a bang-up case, as evidenced by the hung jury last time around. This way, they got a conviction for something, a little culpability.

And Williams has been spiraling out of control for a while. In the last year alone, he was tasered by cops after destroying a hotel room while allegedly suicidal; faced divorce court; was arrested for a bar fight in North Carolina and was, most recently, charged with DUI.

It was time for Williams for stop running from his problems.

Former NBA star Jayson Williams was arrested on suspicion of DWI early this morning — after his SUV struck a tree in Manhattan around 3:15 AM.

Williams, whose vehicle careened into a tree just off the 20th Street exit of FDR Drive, was in the passenger seat of his black Mercedes when cops arrived on scene — but witnesses say he was driving and officers said no one else was in the car.

Jayson was taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries. Williams is currently in the midst of a divorce and is awaiting retrial for the 2002 manslaughter shooting death of his driver.

Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams got arrested again this morning. He allegedly got into a fight late last night/this morning in a bar in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Williams was later released on $1,000 bond. Last month, Williams was tasered by cops in NYC after he allegedly tore up a hotel room while reportedly suicidal.

He is in the midst of a divorce and still facing retrial on a reckless manslaughter charge for the shooting death of his limo driver back in 2002.

This ain’t gonna end well, people.