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Should the Jazz Sign D-Will?

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Former Jazz point guard Deron Williams has been hosting a podcast with former ESPN700 radio host and MMA fighter Sean O'Connell. It's been interesting listening, but this is probably the most newsworthy element so far.

On the most recent podcast, Episode 10, Williams was talking about his reception in Utah after being traded from the Jazz in 2011. During the discussion, though, he defended the Jazz trading him, saying "I also may have gave them a little reason (to trade me). I might have said I wasn't going to re-sign."

That's always been somewhat speculated: how sure were the Jazz that Williams wasn't going to stay with the Jazz when he became a free agent in 2012? Apparently, they "may have" had word from the man himself.

Williams hasn't yet signed with an NBA team for this year, though the Jazz aren't really interested, or so I've heard. But they're still benefiting from the original deal: Derrick Favors is still the starting power forward for the Jazz, and while they didn't keep Enes Kanter (who was selected with one of the picks they received in the deal), the pick they received from Oklahoma City in the Kanter deal was used to acquire Ricky Rubio this summer.
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We have 5 guys on the roster who can handle PG minutes more successfully than Deron at this point in his career. He's done. Rubio, Ingles, Mitchell, Neto, and Burks are better than Deron right now.

So my answer is why would this even be considered. He's not good, and he is not needed on this roster. Even with Exum down we don't need Deron.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It says we'd have to clear an open roster spot to use said exception... so cut Bolomboy and oneale to get to 14 and then sign DWill. It is right there.
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Except they are both better players than him right now. So we cut superior players to bring in a guy for purely nostalgic purposes?
 
gregbroncs said:
Except they are both better players than him right now. So we cut superior players to bring in a guy for purely nostalgic purposes?
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I never wanted to... just explaining the rules.
 
We need to get over the nostalgia and look at this from a team stand point. Deron was a surly distraction when things got hard, and it would happen again. I don't want him ****ing up this team and its chemistry.


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