The New Jersey Nets have finally hauled in a star player.New Jersey completed a three team trade with the Utah Jazz and Golden State Warriors to acquire point guard Deron Williams from Utah. The Nets sent over Devin Harris and Derek Favors to the Jazz in the deal.
Williams is one of the NBA's rising stars. A guy many think will test the free agent waters in 2012, with an eye toward joining Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire in New York. Well, the Nets hope they can convince Williams to stay in Brooklyn instead of going up to 34th street.
Williams is averaging 21 points per game and nine assists per game. He has been blamed in Utah as being the guy that forced David Sloan out as head coach two weeks ago.
Harris was a decent player who averaged 15 points per game. They would have looked better on paper, if they had Harris and Williams teamed up together, but nevertheless, Williams is here in the major media market of the world.
As for the Golden State portion of the trade the Nets acquired Brandon Wright and Dan Gadzuric, two decent defensive players who can help the rebound challenged Nets.
New Jersey is 17-40, with no shot at the postseason. Williams is a postseason ready player at 26 years old. He isn't getting any younger. How the Nets do the rest of this year, and what they do next season will determine if he considers staying.
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