Posts Tagged ‘ Deron Williams ’

Recap: Nets dominate Bulls in Game 1

The Brooklyn Nets beat down the weary Chicago Bulls, 106-89, in Game 1. This one was over at halftime. The Bulls, who continue to play without Derrick Rose and now have a laboring Joakim Noah, have a lot of work to do before Game 2 on Monday night. It’s a quick turn...
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The Brooklyn Nets are no ‘Bad Boys’

I thought that the Knicks were trying to hire Isiah Thomas (again)? So why have there been so many Detroit Pistons references at Nets training camp this year? On Media Day, Deron Williams compared his current Brooklyn roster to the 2004 champion Pistons. He pointed to the the fact hat they have Top 10...
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Real Talk: D-Will should keep quiet

Deron Williams took a moment to throw some former teammates under the bus this week. He was asked about the losing culture that was on the team last season in New Jersey and how that is apparently different now in Brooklyn. “It was hard. I’ve never been in that position before,” Williams told reporters...
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Season Preview: Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn has officially begun its invasion of NYC….. In: Joe Johnson (& max contract), C.J. Watson, Reggie Evans, Andray Blatche, Josh Childress, Keith Bogans, Jerry Stackhouse Out: Jordan Farmar (Israel), Gerald Green (IND)…Anthony Morrow, DeShawn Stevenson, Johan Petro, & Jordan Williams (ATL), Shelden Williams (France), Armon Johnson, Sundiata Gaines (IND) Lineup: PG Deron Williams ...
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What to look for in Free Agency

Before training camps start in late September, the Houston Rockets will have one…maybe two franchise level star players. They have by far been the most active ‘trade talker’ since the season ended, and it stems for losing out on Pau Gasol back in December. This team has been in the middle for years…not...
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Deron to Brooklyn? Not so fast…

Ken Berger of CBSSports reported Tuesday that the Dallas Mavericks are growing concerned that free agent point guard Deron Williams will re-sign with the New Jersey Nets. Mark Cuban n’ crew evidently consider themselves merely a “darkhorse” to nab the All-Star guard…the major reason being the extra year and $26 million that Mikhail Prokhorov...
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Nets Losing Games, Will They Lose Deron?

First Chris Paul dominated the rumor mill, now Dwight Howard. How come Deron Williams hasn’t been mentioned as often in relation to the summer of 2012? Other than around the Dallas Mavericks water cooler, there has been a quiet belief that Williams is likely to stay put. In many NBA circles, talk is that he is more likely to convince...
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Point Guard Carousel

The negotiating period is well underway in the NBA and the point guards have it. Chris Paul wants a trade to New York…but the Celtics like Chris Paul, they’re offering the Hornets Rajon Rondo…wait the Pacers also like Rondo…..what about Deron Williams? Is he signing a contract extension in New Jersey?? It’s enough to...
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Where is the NBA Headed?

The player exodus caused by NBA Lockout 2011 appears to be a good thing for everyone involved, doesn’t it? The NBA players get to play at a relatively high level while labor talks continue. Teams overseas get to ‘rent-a-player’ that they otherwise would never have had a chance of getting. Fans abroad get to see the most...
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