Nets confident Williams will stay: Nets general manager Bill King said Tuesday he believes All-Star point guard Deron Williams will join the team in its new home in Brooklyn after exploring free agency this summer. Speaking at a year-end news conference, King sounded confident that he would be able to re-sign Williams after the 27-year-old opts out of the final year of his contract. "I feel pretty good," he said. "I haven't wavered all year in my thought process with this. I think he and I understand what I've got to do and where we've got to get to. The goal is to win." (Updated 05/01/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12).
Fantasy Analysis
The problem is convincing Williams to stay. He has said he will opt out of the final year of a contract that will pay him $17.8 million next season to test the free agent market. Williams wants to play for a team that can win a title. The Nets believe they are building a contender and have the added attraction of a state-of-the art facility that King believes will be the best in the league. Williams led the team by averaging 21 points, 8.7 assists and 36.3 minutes. With his situation far from settled, Fantasy owners should monitor Williams throughout the offseason. Regardless of where he lands, he will remain an early round pick in 2012 Fantasy drafts. (Updated 05/01/2012).
05/22/2012 03:57 Where do the Lakers go from here?
A look at the future of the Lakers after Game 5 of the Lakers' five-game series loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Williams is coming off wrist surgery, but that should have him 100 percent ready to have another fantastic season in his seventh in the NBA. D-Will only started 12 games for the Nets after coming over from the Jazz last season and averaged 15 points and 12.8 assists in those games. One of the game’s best all-around point guards, Williams will continue to benefit from Brook Lopez down low and those assist numbers should continue to be otherworldly. You have to think coach Avery Johnson will make him even more a part of the offense and his scoring will get back to the 18-20 points per game he was putting up in Utah. New Jersey is still going to be a bumbling team this season, but Williams provides them with veteran superstar leadership. With the Nets on his back even more than the Jazz were, Williams should become an even deadlier Fantasy point guard this season. He’s surely one of the NBA’s elite and should come off the board right around the time names like Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant and Rajon Rondo do. Target D-Will early in drafts as a clear-cut No. 1 Fantasy PG. (Updated 8/23/11)
