Deron Williams Appreciation Thread

[sahlensguy]

Having Deron on the team always gave me hope that we'd pull out the W, no matter how many points we were down at the half. That hope is gone for now.

I wish him a successful career.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

Too bad his tenure with the Jazz ended like it did. One of the all time Jazz greats with only 5 years to his credit. No bad blood from me.

 

[Magic Spray]

 

[Marty McFly]

Those are amazing. Do one that says "Pass notes to New York about signing there. Get shipped to New York's retarded little brother."

or

"Complain in private to David Locke about cold weather. Get traded to New Jersey."

 

[Magic Spray]

 

[Marty McFly]

Complain about strict coaching. Start playing for Avery Johnson.

 

[Zerol]

I wish that things would end differently and Deron would win a championship with the Jazz. He was the reason I had hope while watching Boozer got destroyed by the Lakers big men.

I will support the Nets now except when they play the Jazz.

 

[LiemD]

Dwill was the man! I will miss him dearly! Really was the only reason why people would even notice the jazz or watch them. I'd still take the trade back and keep him, but life goes on and so will dwill! Good luck in Jersey!

 

[asian_roger]

D-will you always a beat in my heart. hope he does well whatever team he plays for. I wish he tried his beard thing again....that was pretty fun.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The brightest light this franchise had after the Golden Era of Jazz basketball. And now, the darkest days probably lie ahead.

 

[m3at]

It was a joy to watch him on the court. I hoped the Jazz and DWill could work out their differences and move forward. Unfortunately, that didn't include DWill. Utah definitely sent a message to players that a player is not bigger than the organization.

I'm still having a hard time with this. I was excited to see the next few years with AJ/DWill...well, I hoped for that at least.

Here's to hoping Favors works out. I'm a huge fan of his. Harris isn't bad either.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The irony is that - especially after losing Sloan - a new CBA would be the only sure thing that could save this organization in the longterm (take your pick out of being able to be relevant, or even existing in Utah or at all) and that Deron's contract runs past the existing CBA.

Greg's gut tells him that Deron was going to leave and that he somehow had no control over that, my gut tells me the Jazz are at the mercy of the next CBA whether Deron is here or not. If he's going to essentially signal a white-flag to the rest of the NBA that the Jazz can't have franchise players anymore, why not just sell the ****ing team? What is the point, then?

My gut tells me Deron is a Net for a long time and they're going to be contenders a long time before the Jazz are.