[外電] Nets trade for Deron Williams

[monmo (Gentleman monmo)]

Trying to rebound from the disappointment of their failed pursuit of
Carmelo Anthony, the New Jersey Nets have acquired Deron Williams from
the Utah Jazz in another blockbuster trade for the New York area.

The Nets will send Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, two first-round draft
picks and cash considerations to Utah for the All-Star point guard.

In a separate deal, the Nets will send the expiring contract of forward
Troy Murphy to the Golden State Warriors for center Dan Gadzuric and power
forward Brandan Wright, sources told Broussard.

Nets coach Avery Johnson said at practice Wednesday that he is "excited
about it."

"Rarely are you able to trade for somebody that's one of the top players
at their position," he said. "We know we had to give up a lot to get him,
but we felt it was worth it."

Johnson was asked if this was the Plan B all along if the Nets couldn't
land Anthony.

"This is not a plan B," Johnson said. "It was just one that wasn't announced.
One that nobody got -- until recently. He's not a plan B. He's a plan A also.
We've been working on this for a while."

The Jazz will get New Jersey's first-round pick this year, which is not
lottery protected and Golden State's first-round pick, which is partially
protected, next year. That selection is top seven protected in 2012 and 2013
and top six protected in 2014. If Utah has not received the pick by the 2014
draft, then the Jazz will receive Golden State's own 2014 and 2016 second-
round picks.

Sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that the Jazz get $3 million.

Nets general manager Billy King said the deal came together quickly.

"I had talked to [Jazz GM] Kevin O'Connor yesterday," he said. "He asked me
would I do something. And I said no, then I called him back and asked, I
wonder if you'll do this. And he said let me look at it. We talked a couple
times yesterday. And then I guess he visited with his ownership. I visited
with mine. And this morning we came to an agreement. "

King said Williams is a building block.

"I feel Deron Williams is the best point guard in the NBA. And when you want
to try to win you need a point guard and a center, and I think we have two of
the best," King said.

The Nets have Brook Lopez in the middle. He's averaging a career-high 19.4
points per game in his third season. But his rebounding has slipped from 8.6
per game last season to 5.8 this year.

Williams was an All-Star the past two seasons. In his sixth year in the
league, the 26-year-old is averaging a career-high 21.3 points and 9.7
assists per game.

Williams took some heat this month for the retirement of Jazz coach Jerry
Sloan. The two had disagreed during halftime of a home loss to the Bulls
on Feb. 9. Sloan retired the next day.

"Maybe arguing was the last straw, so there I am, guilty of that," Williams
said at the time. "But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan
to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to
him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something."

More critical to Williams' situation is the fact that he can become a free
agent after next season and hadn't made headway with the Jazz on a new deal.
Utah could have faced the same kind of circus atmosphere that the Nuggets
encountered with Anthony this season.

Unlike Anthony, who could opt out of his contract after this season and was
allowed under the current collective bargaining agreement to sign an
extension with the Knicks, Williams can't opt out until after next season
and can't sign an extension until July 2011. The current CBA expires after
this season, however, making all contract talk uncertain.

Harris has played three-plus seasons in New Jersey after starting his career
in Dallas. He has made one All-Star team and is averaging 15.0 points and 7.6
assists this season.

Favors, who was a major piece along with Harris in the Nets' proposal for
Anthony, was the third overall pick in the past NBA draft. He's averaging
6.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per game this season.

New Jersey has been desperate to make its first score under new Russian owner
Mikhail Prokhorov. The Nets talked with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh last summer and when that failed they turned their attention to Anthony.

Just Tuesday night, the Dallas Mavericks were talking to the Nets about
re-acquiring Harris, according to sources. The Mavericks had shown interest
in the point guard in January and told the Nets the sides should talk again
if New Jersey didn't ship him out in an Anthony trade.

Sources said Dallas turned down a New Jersey proposal of Harris for Caron
Butler, Mavs rookie Dominique Jones and a first-round pick.

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心得:看來籃網GM真的是個狠腳色 也或許是因為先密談了Deron的交易
所以一方面有恃無恐的陪著金塊一起坑尼克抬價
一方面其實又以甜瓜人生當煙霧彈 實際上的大計是找Deron來.....




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推 semicoma:Deception
推 Kreen:真是犀利啊........
→ monmo:外電說小胖密友提到他很傷心 而且有消息來源說爵士過去
→ monmo:一個月都在運作包含小胖的交易 看小胖會不會暴怒抖真相吧
推 dreamknitter:這招真高明....一邊拉抬自己 一邊打擊尼克....
→ dreamknitter:這樣說的話 逼退教皇根本就是高層的一場戲?
→ monmo:有另一種更走偏鋒的說法是 教皇知道胖要被交易不爽XD
→ dreamknitter:該不會小老闆想要清除前朝舊臣 所以叫胖子合演一齣逼
→ dreamknitter:退大戲 然後背地裡其實策畫著胖子的交易案 戲一演完
→ semicoma:身為紐約居民 今年真是豐收年啊(大怒)
→ dreamknitter:就拖去後台斬了 反正依教皇個性 一走就是走了 也不會
推 pepeoa:個人覺得這樣子看來  小胖是無辜的  從頭到尾都不知情
→ dreamknitter:回頭說些什麼.....(真的這樣也太黑了)
→ monmo:不過我覺得機會很小 因為外電多半指稱Deron被包裹原因包括
→ pepeoa:只是被上層借題發揮而已 = =
→ monmo:Sloan跟小胖關係惡化 KOC倒是乳摸是指他挺教皇的......
→ monmo:樂觀點說 KOC掌回大權殺雞儆猴...(但Sloan也是八成回不來了)
→ dreamknitter:如果真的挺教皇 教皇就應該老早就知道胖子要被賣了
→ dreamknitter:應該不太可能在最後關頭自己掛冠求去阿....
→ pepeoa:至少可以確定 教皇走完全是老闆的意思 小胖被借題發揮對吧~
→ monmo:沒啦 順序有可能是 小老闆不挺->戰績爛->KOC想走回老路
→ monmo:我是有看到乳摸說 KOC是beg教皇留下的
→ monmo:我比較傾向情況失控犧牲胖子立威宣示走回舊爵士風格
→ pepeoa:真相真是撲朔迷離...變成猶他人生了= ="?
→ dreamknitter:結果兩邊都走了 地基全部重打
→ monmo:然後Sloan是犧牲品(其實爵士臉書支持的比想像中多.....)
→ monmo:對 就是晚了一步先白白走了Sloan........
→ dreamknitter:這支球隊真的太詭異了......
→ pepeoa:嘖嘖...似乎也是有這個可能...
→ pepeoa:真的是很詭異...在演哪一齣我看不懂...囧
→ monmo:但話說對照總版NEWS看 我認為籃網真正恐怖的是老闆......
→ monmo:他去找甜瓜經紀人明修棧道 GM私下談爵士這樁暗度陳倉......
→ monmo:人家是八奇等級的老闆 我們家是被丟到地上的少主......
→ dreamknitter:想賣胖子卻先走了老子 賣了胖子卻依然沒了老子
→ dreamknitter:籃網老闆真的威....
→ monmo:而且這樁看似還是我們先主動去提的...正妹倒貼還不上的感覺
→ Gush:被劫財又騙色
推 AK3pt:也許教皇是被告知球隊要打掉重練才憤而離去?
噓 ammon:http://tinyurl.com/6ed2fd5  Yahoo Tracker
→ dreamknitter:以教皇這季的改變 說想跟胖子切割也不像....還是有打
→ dreamknitter:算把胖子當成基石哪...
→ monmo:應該不會 Sloan在都不會走重建之路的
→ ammon:說波特蘭努力要得到gerald Wallace
噓 dreamknitter:去睡了 結果最暗潮洶湧的是小胖人生...還是很錯愕...
推 pepeoa:結論是  籃網老闆很可怕...
噓 AK3pt:AK:那我呢
推 Kreen:火鳳說厲害的計謀都是雙向而發的，能從羅煞那種鬼地方發跡的
→ Kreen:人果然非常厲害呀。
→ monmo:如果AK跟小胖在籃網再相逢坦白說我也不意外了...這老闆了得
推 pepeoa:俄羅斯人挖俄羅斯人是嗎...?靠這哪齣阿...
→ monmo:AK是俄老從小看到大的唷...他在俄國就是在他隊裡打球
推 semicoma:他繼續留在俄羅斯 普亭會倍感威脅 所以他就逃來美國了
→ Gush:然後普亭又跟著追殺過來米國惹
推 celipliz:紐澤西-布魯克林 爵網隊
推 RoyHibbert:感覺你們家是兔死狗烹 教皇走了控肉飯也別想開心
推 semicoma:紐約也是爵士重鎮
推 MillsapPaul:啥
推 MillsapPaul:阿爵人生