@@nononono12345 it absolutely matters. If u have the greatest player at his position ever and a top 10 all time talents u win. Parkers prescence wouldn't change that. U switch him with cp3 or rondo, etc, same results most likely. Either way, those guys rank higher all time than TP (not rondo) so how much do those rings really matter in the long run if u dont have the accolades outside of that to back u up?
Truth and real talk.....love or hate Jerry Sloan, he knew how to bring the best of out of players and make players better...when Sloan was coach in Utah and Malone and Stockton were there, he was a old school tough love coach...He even looked out for his players and avoided signing troublesome players in the NBA....
People believe all kinds of spec without any proof . So, the Legendary tough guy as a player and coach quit his more than 40 year career in the NBA because of D Will ? If you believe that you probably believe Elvis is still alive .
@@DevotedDisciple-x yea what did Jerry say exactly ? Did he mean it , or was he paraphrasing , or was he exaggerating , or said something easy to misinterpret ? Please show me where I can listen to everything he said . Otherwise it makes no sense for someone in the League to quit because of any one player .
D Wil was the man for half a decade. It’s always hard to believe when an athlete is so Good in the pros for more than a few years and then all of a sudden is not even a shell of themselves.
I remember he led Illinois to a 37-3 record in college. He had great leadership skills and Sloans system was perfect for Deron but the big contract and glory makes it difficult for many athletes to shake it off and stay focus and I believe Deron got caught in that trap.
Deron Williams had everything going for him the first couple of years when he was in Utah, but things went downhill after he feuded with Jerry Sloan got traded from Utah and things hadn’t been the same since....Deron should’ve listened to Jerry Sloan and his career would’ve gone upward....
@@ryanflores4414 yes indeed...had the tools and potential plus did well in high school and college...but derron williams bad work ethic messed it up big time...
@A Person what? How silly do you sound. Melo wasn't loyal to the team that he went to the conference finals with and guess what? He hasn't been back since. So he did the same exact thing LeBron and KD did.... but even worse, he started drama DURING the season. So what in the world are you talking about FAN?
I once thought Deron may still get some gas in his tank when he went to Cleveland. OMG, it turned out he had nothing left. And CP3 is still playing even though his salary may be debatable. So overall, I will vote CP3 be the better PG over Deron.
CP cares about every play and is a hype communicator. Basically invented the mid-range pull-up. Compared to a guy who doesn't really care or work out it's like night n day. Gotta make yourself better then your teammates. Paul knows this.
Another thing that made him so great in Utah was his build. Coupled with his explosiveness, his body size allowed him to just bully most point guards defending him.
If someone told me in 2009 that LeBron and D Wil [along with JR Smith, RJ and Korver] would team up and make the 2017 Finals, I would’ve thought that was one of the most talented and well-rounded teams in NBA history. Crazy how fast some talents fall off.
It's crazy how Sloan never returned to the NBA. Deron must have took the love and joy right out of it for him. He was a hell of a coach. That BK squad with KG and Paul was so unrealistically overrated on 2K it was ridiculous.
He was all star level in the 2012-13 season. Especially the 2nd half of the season he was going 24 and 8. The problem was he became overweight and got ankle injuries as a result and didn’t have the mentality or work ethic.
Thank you Andy for your amazing content. So many menories from watching the League in the 2000/2010. Nba isnt the same as it was back then some years ago. Keep up the great work !
I remember watching him during the 2017 finals and I couldn't believe it was the same guy who, just a couple years prior, could have made a case for being the best PG in the league. What a shocking fall from grace.
He wasn't overrated at all. Excellent all around PG with a killer crossover... however, NEVER have I seen a player fall so fast. IDK, maybe he just didn't want it anymore.
My favorite Deron Williams memory was in the 2015 playoffs when the Nets played the Hawks in the 1st round and I believe in Game 2 Deron went off for 35 points
He used to be my fav pg 🥺 back in the Brooklyn days all I watched was dwill, Kobe and rondo games but now all I can watch is rondo and harden, sad to see how his career ended
DERON who ? this is what hobbyist don't understand … this guy may have been a rising star, and ppl may have spent TONS on his cards, but now he's a nobody and his merch is worthless … ik, a little off topic, bottom line is, in the NBA, youre either a star or a nobody
My fav memory of Deron Williams was pulling a 2005-06 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects base rookie autograph card of him. At the time, he was the next big prospect along with Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum, Marvin Williams, Felton, Bogut, Gerald Green etc. Time flies!
Way too many injuries. An amazing team when they were all healthy & so fun to watch. One of the most entertaining teams to watch in the 2010’s when they were at their best.
When being uncoachable goes wrong for a player...his career was never the same. He thought it was all about him, but in truth it was the system that suited his talents.
Great vid as usual, Andy. I'm from Brooklyn born and bred and thought D-Will coming here was a great trade...then I saw him play everyday and immediately saw that this guy was neither a leader nor a guy who wanted it. That shocked me cuz I thought I saw enough Jazz games where I considered him a guy who had no flaws in his game. He just simply didn't want lead that Nets team night and out. I can't call his career tragic cuz he got his money, his team then stopped caring.
Mike O'Malley oh yes Tony Gwynn's clubhouse ruckus with John Kruk and Mike Paglirullo i hope i spelled that right forgive me if i didn't and the back and forth bitching between Tony Gwynn and Will Clark ( i don't care what nobody says but Will Clark had the sweetest swing ) damn i miss that baseball era R.I.P Tony Gwynn
I remember when he was playing for Illinois in 05 when they went to the championship game I was in moline Illinois at my brother's house when they lost it was a sad day
Big Jazz fan. Loved D-Will when he played with Utah. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it and shared it with many of my friends who are Jazz fans.
I was at the jazz bulls game. After halftime, even in the upper bowl you could tell something was wrong with the Jazz. Side note the gave everyone in the stands an aluminum water bottle with the jazz logo on it. I still have two of them somewhere.
I watched him since he was a freshman at Illinois and he was really special but like other players like Brandon Roy injuries derailed what could have been a Hall of Fame career and honestly at the lower standards of the NBA Hall of Fame these days I can still see him making it
As a life long Jazz fan and watching this all play out, this was a terrible time for Jazz fans and the franchise. We imploded. Had Williams followed the coaches playmaking and coaching, I don’t believe Sloan would have retired like that. And Williams May have had a better finish to his career. This definitely tarnishes his career. And time in Utah. To this day, fans haven’t forgiven him...
I think his Karma is what ended his career when he force Jerry Sloan to retire and he got his Karma in the end williams wanted to do what ever he wanted to do and it was his downfall as far as his career goes he had the potential to be a great PG but his ego stood in the way
Loved watching him play. He was that good before his skills declined. To be honest, he was better than Chris Paul, but both in all were amazing Point guards.
I really wish Deron would’ve signed with Dallas earlier instead of re-signing with the Nets back in 2012(?). I feel like his career would’ve turned out a little differently.
Bryan White Money talks. Didn’t help that Mark Cuban didn’t attend the meeting because he was filming Shark Tank. That would rub a lot of people the wrong way. Shows where the GMs mind is at
I think its about lost potential that makes it sad. Most nba players even scrubs have much better lives and financial happiness than us regular folk.kwame brown made more than I will in 20 years working full time.
Shiiiid that's the way to look at it! You can't take any of that shit with you anyway. You might as well live life your way and if you make mistakes so the fuck what! You didn't let anyone else make your life a mistake for you and you keep living.
still got my green deron jazz jersey! i guess i was too young to hear about all of backstory to why he left, what a shame. makes me look at him differently now that i’m in my 20’s
As a fan of him for almost a decade, I think New York was just wrong for Deron Williams. He's not a leader cuz he doesn't communicate well with others and he can't do well under pressure. He was asked once who is his best friend in the NBA. He took a long pause and couldn't find an answer. To me, he was the only player that I really liked and I am sad that his career ends this way. But I am happy for him as a person cuz he stays home, plays golf with Ray Allen and Jason Kidd and I feel like he's happy. Also for people who don't know. Deron Williams and his wife established a foundation called Point of Hope since 2007 to support Autism after his adopted-son was diagnosed which I think is really cool. He's a nice guy, and maybe NBA was never for him, even though he still gets $5.4M a year from Nets...LMAO
As an Illinois fan, I watched all of Deron's college career in addition to his NBA career. The dude was a great leader, was clutch, was sneaky quick, and was exceptionally strong for a PG. He was also one of the smartest players I've ever seen in college. It appears that things got to his head and he had a furious temper. IMO, he was better than Chris Paul for the first few years of his career.
Sometimes I think about that 2017-18 cavs team if every player were in their prime. Lebron leading DWade and IT with Derrick Rose J.R. and Deron Williams Corning off the bench. Yeesh
Darren has always been really good, never elite like, Paul, Rose, Westbrook, Parker, Irving, I may be missing a pg or two on the elite list, y'all get the point though.
When he wanted to leave Utah, he should have signed with the Mavericks. He made the mistake of chasing the money when Dallas (his hometown) had immense faith in his talent.
it’sbecause my dad went to school with deron willams. and now i’m in the same hs but we don’t even have anything to remember him except for a small paper in a frame with a pic of him and who he is.
He was amazing to watch back in Utah, he just lost his passion overtime. Some players are like that, they get into the NBA, get the fame and the money and their basketball passion gets clouded.. An example of it is Hassan Whiteside recently and Andrew Wiggins
I Truly & honestly believe the "SUPER TEAM" wit the Brooklyn Nets WUZ NOT cuz they were "2 Old" but there wuz NO Chemistry among all the All-Star Players & Couching staff as well...
It’s too bad for him he wasn’t smart enough to see what Jerry Sloan could of done & was doing for his career. He was the reason the HOF HC retired and then Deron asked for a trade anyways and got what he deserved, he got to go from laid back Utah media that loves their only major sports franchise that will look out for their players and instead ended up in the completely opposite media & vibe overall so he got eaten up. NYC media isn’t going to Baby you and us not trying to hear that BS. Utah should have got rid of the PG instead of HOF HC Jerry Sloan to begin with but they figured Jerry was retiring soon anyways and Deron was a young star on the team that everyone thought was on his upswing but he was on his way down & out swing.
Calling him OVERRATED is blasphemous...he was a beast in his early days but he just didn't age well at all. I think he should've never ran Sloan away and stayed in that Utah system...that would've bought him at least 3 -4 more great seasons.
Every time CP3 got hurt, even minor injuries, CP3 requested to rest, but DW kept putting himself on the court to fight, that's why during their early years, DW got the upper hand and higher reputation... Ironically, when they got older, the result of their early decisions turned out that CP3 gets a longer career than DW, and that's the main reason, not because coach Sloan, that's a totally different story...
That's why you give the super stars the respect for who they are) better than the rest over a period of time at a high level and still dominate is special) very few is the real price of a ticket entertainment) many was call but few was chosen*
His downfall was extremely quick. It’s like he went from star to benchwarmer in an instant.
At least that Nets team was amazing in 2k
Ah yes the 2k13 and 2k14 nets reans were awsome
Damn this statement is so false. His downfall was not fast. Stick to 2k or do research first
DSG I meant to say it seemed fast. And tbh it kinda was. But that just depends on what’s fast to each person. You seem aggravated for no reason
DSG ??? He went from elite to average within two years, with no gradual decline. What 28 year old former allstar do you see being called washed
Seriously, Deron williams and Iso Joe always gave me trouble
Fun Fact:
while all of this was going on, Tony Parker said he doesn't care who they say is the best Point Guard is *because he has the most rings*
I like Tony Parker but neither one of those two players had Tim Duncan.
Love of Mangos cannot be argued. Lakers fan here.
BBQBlaze KyleG doesn’t matter. He has rings period.
@@nononono12345 it absolutely matters. If u have the greatest player at his position ever and a top 10 all time talents u win. Parkers prescence wouldn't change that. U switch him with cp3 or rondo, etc, same results most likely. Either way, those guys rank higher all time than TP (not rondo) so how much do those rings really matter in the long run if u dont have the accolades outside of that to back u up?
M O TP is the most overrated pg ever, only avged 20 points what once or twice? He benefits from playing with TD and Manu to elevate his legacy.
He should have listened to Jerry Sloan.
Totally agree
Why you said that
He still would have had discipline and work ethic.
Truth and real talk.....love or hate Jerry Sloan, he knew how to bring the best of out of players and make players better...when Sloan was coach in Utah and Malone and Stockton were there, he was a old school tough love coach...He even looked out for his players and avoided signing troublesome players in the NBA....
Anime King totally he should’ve listened to Jerry Sloan
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Young Nomad lmao same 😂😂
Me too
Exactly
Again, Deron somehow made a LEGENDARY coach retire. Like damn 😭
People believe all kinds of spec without any proof . So, the Legendary tough guy as a player and coach quit his more than 40 year career in the NBA because of D Will ? If you believe that you probably believe Elvis is still alive .
Vincent Brown Well Jerry said it himself and unless you have proof otherwise..
@@DevotedDisciple-x yea what did Jerry say exactly ? Did he mean it , or was he paraphrasing , or was he exaggerating , or said something easy to misinterpret ? Please show me where I can listen to everything he said . Otherwise it makes no sense for someone in the League to quit because of any one player .
@@vincentbrown1872 you didn't even watch it, so you just assumed?. Dumbass argument.
@@jovidutful Thats an A and B conversation between them commenters you C you're way out of it damn 😆
D Wil was the man for half a decade.
It’s always hard to believe when an athlete is so Good in the pros for more than a few years and then all of a sudden is not even a shell of themselves.
Just like Ben Simmons
He was never the same after his injury. Fave pg to watch.
Deron Shredded Tony Parker's & Steve Nash's defense. He actually goes in to their faces and tries to score. The nerve to do that my word
No he was never the same after he got out of Utah
I remember he led Illinois to a 37-3 record in college. He had great leadership skills and Sloans system was perfect for Deron but the big contract and glory makes it difficult for many athletes to shake it off and stay focus and I believe Deron got caught in that trap.
Deron Williams had everything going for him the first couple of years when he was in Utah, but things went downhill after he feuded with Jerry Sloan got traded from Utah and things hadn’t been the same since....Deron should’ve listened to Jerry Sloan and his career would’ve gone upward....
Bryan R. Yup dude is a worthless nba player now.
@@ryanflores4414 yes indeed...had the tools and potential plus did well in high school and college...but derron williams bad work ethic messed it up big time...
He got Jermey Lin for 60 points
He asked for a trade same as Carmelo and Dwight and ruined their careers, simple as that.
Real Rell Carmelo didn’t ruin his career, he just went to a shit organization
@@lankavelli6666 wait a minute. Knicks were shitty after our playoffs appearances
They were a decent team with melo, but not really a winning team, they hardly made it to the ec finals
@A Person what? How silly do you sound. Melo wasn't loyal to the team that he went to the conference finals with and guess what? He hasn't been back since. So he did the same exact thing LeBron and KD did.... but even worse, he started drama DURING the season. So what in the world are you talking about FAN?
A Person I personally would rather get super max contracts and be a HALL OF FAMER than to worry about what city I’m in.
Im crying. I love Deron as a player 😭
That emoji is meant for laughing
I once thought Deron may still get some gas in his tank when he went to Cleveland. OMG, it turned out he had nothing left. And CP3 is still playing even though his salary may be debatable. So overall, I will vote CP3 be the better PG over Deron.
look at cp3 now .
CP cares about every play and is a hype communicator. Basically invented the mid-range pull-up. Compared to a guy who doesn't really care or work out it's like night n day. Gotta make yourself better then your teammates. Paul knows this.
Jerry Sloan smiles and left the chat
Fred Vanvleet's game style reminds me of D Williams for real
Yeah a little bit the nights he get hot.
L E B R O N GOAT J A M E S they have similar builds, facial structure and hair lines too.
They're games are completely different. Vanvleet can barely dribble. They just look alike ...THATS IT !!!
@@immanueldarjean5050 can barely dribble? 🤦♂️
@@immanueldarjean5050 barely dribble 🤣
Another thing that made him so great in Utah was his build. Coupled with his explosiveness, his body size allowed him to just bully most point guards defending him.
soooo when are you finally gonna make "unfortunately" merch, c'mon Andy you gotta do it at this point 😂😂
Deron was a beast..... liked watching him and Paul. Shame both had "issues".
If someone told me in 2009 that LeBron and D Wil [along with JR Smith, RJ and Korver] would team up and make the 2017 Finals, I would’ve thought that was one of the most talented and well-rounded teams in NBA history. Crazy how fast some talents fall off.
It's crazy how Sloan never returned to the NBA. Deron must have took the love and joy right out of it for him. He was a hell of a coach. That BK squad with KG and Paul was so unrealistically overrated on 2K it was ridiculous.
He was a good system player, outside of that he wasn't even all star level.
When he got more freedom, his efficiency dropped significantly
He was all star level in the 2012-13 season. Especially the 2nd half of the season he was going 24 and 8. The problem was he became overweight and got ankle injuries as a result and didn’t have the mentality or work ethic.
one of the rare few plyers who was a beast in the west goes east and sucks balls
This is a argument that ppl use when they don't know sports... His first few years with the nets he had his highest ppg
Btalks Basketball you can say the same thing with Steve Nash
Thank you Andy for your amazing content. So many menories from watching the League in the 2000/2010. Nba isnt the same as it was back then some years ago. Keep up the great work !
2010-2014 was good then it started getting a bit stale. GSW vs Cavs was a decent rivalry but the league as a whole declined
this content would be better if it was remotely factual
Top 2 point guard when he was healthy, him and boozer was an amazing duo in the loaded west .
I remember watching him during the 2017 finals and I couldn't believe it was the same guy who, just a couple years prior, could have made a case for being the best PG in the league. What a shocking fall from grace.
Before I watch this, my answers are...
-Ego. (Getting Sloan fired)
-Weight & Injuries. (May be related)
That’s about it.
He wasn't overrated at all. Excellent all around PG with a killer crossover... however, NEVER have I seen a player fall so fast. IDK, maybe he just didn't want it anymore.
My favorite Deron Williams memory was in the 2015 playoffs when the Nets played the Hawks in the 1st round and I believe in Game 2 Deron went off for 35 points
I think I remember this Game
Then they lost😂😥
Then he missed the game tying shot
He used to be my fav pg 🥺 back in the Brooklyn days all I watched was dwill, Kobe and rondo games but now all I can watch is rondo and harden, sad to see how his career ended
How can you not watch DRose and the 09-14 Bulls? Rose was DWills on crack
FINALLY A VID ON THE ARCH NEMESIS OF CHRIS PAUL: DERON WILLAMS !! HE WAS NICE ON UTAH AND NEW JERSEY BUT FELL OFF IN BROOKYLN IN 2014
DERON who ? this is what hobbyist don't understand … this guy may have been a rising star, and ppl may have spent TONS on his cards, but now he's a nobody and his merch is worthless … ik, a little off topic, bottom line is, in the NBA, youre either a star or a nobody
Take caps lock off
Thanks for summing up the video.
JoeBro915 WHY
This channel only produces the good content. Every notification I get from this channel is a video that makes me go "I didn't even know I wanted it."
Remember watching this dude kill in utah yeats ago when I was a youngin, he was legit.
Deron Williams really was out of shape his entire career and those knee injuries late in his career he really was downhill after
He was never the most fit so when the age factored in with the loss of athleticism it was a wrap!
Reminds me of Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson
My fav memory of Deron Williams was pulling a 2005-06 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects base rookie autograph card of him. At the time, he was the next big prospect along with Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum, Marvin Williams, Felton, Bogut, Gerald Green etc. Time flies!
Just reading some of the names you listed gave me major nostalgia. Gerald Green! He was always all over the top ten plays!
Jerry Sloan actually said, “good luck, light skinned mother f*cker”
-Sloan
Haha
Please do "what happened to lob city"
Injuries. Could've honestly won two rings.
The Playoffs
Josh Smith...
Way too many injuries. An amazing team when they were all healthy & so fun to watch. One of the most entertaining teams to watch in the 2010’s when they were at their best.
When being uncoachable goes wrong for a player...his career was never the same. He thought it was all about him, but in truth it was the system that suited his talents.
his hairline faded and so did his talent
Lol, that's ruthless!
Great vid as usual, Andy. I'm from Brooklyn born and bred and thought D-Will coming here was a great trade...then I saw him play everyday and immediately saw that this guy was neither a leader nor a guy who wanted it. That shocked me cuz I thought I saw enough Jazz games where I considered him a guy who had no flaws in his game. He just simply didn't want lead that Nets team night and out. I can't call his career tragic cuz he got his money, his team then stopped caring.
Are there any videos like this covering other sports? Like baseball? I love these in depth videos!
Mike O'Malley oh yes Tony Gwynn's clubhouse ruckus with John Kruk and Mike Paglirullo i hope i spelled that right forgive me if i didn't and the back and forth bitching between Tony Gwynn and Will Clark ( i don't care what nobody says but Will Clark had the sweetest swing ) damn i miss that baseball era R.I.P Tony Gwynn
I remember when he was playing for Illinois in 05 when they went to the championship game I was in moline Illinois at my brother's house when they lost it was a sad day
Kobe saying who's Darin Williams? Classic! Darin getting bent about Sloan restricting minutes his rookie year!
Deron Williams and John Wall have similar career arcs
Big Jazz fan. Loved D-Will when he played with Utah. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it and shared it with many of my friends who are Jazz fans.
I was at the jazz bulls game. After halftime, even in the upper bowl you could tell something was wrong with the Jazz. Side note the gave everyone in the stands an aluminum water bottle with the jazz logo on it. I still have two of them somewhere.
That’s such a savage way to leave a team as a coach 🤣🤣🤣
My favorite memory of him was his killer cross over and how he played the glass on those runners.. sick
As someone from Utah, we all hate him for making Sloan retire.
My favorite memory of him is when he dropped Jason Terry with that double crossover
There you go!!! I’ve been waiting for this :)
I watched him since he was a freshman at Illinois and he was really special but like other players like Brandon Roy injuries derailed what could have been a Hall of Fame career and honestly at the lower standards of the NBA Hall of Fame these days I can still see him making it
As a life long Jazz fan and watching this all play out, this was a terrible time for Jazz fans and the franchise. We imploded. Had Williams followed the coaches playmaking and coaching, I don’t believe Sloan would have retired like that. And Williams May have had a better finish to his career.
This definitely tarnishes his career. And time in Utah. To this day, fans haven’t forgiven him...
I think his Karma is what ended his career when he force Jerry Sloan to retire and he got his Karma in the end williams wanted to do what ever he wanted to do and it was his downfall as far as his career goes he had the potential to be a great PG but his ego stood in the way
Your videos are honestly up there with the best bro keep working
Loved watching him play. He was that good before his skills declined. To be honest, he was better than Chris Paul, but both in all were amazing Point guards.
He has made amends with the Jazz and has tried with Sloan as well. It’s really too bad the way his career ended up
I still remember Tmac mispronouncing his name in the pregame interview and Deron dominated that game
Saw him live against the Lakers one year. All I remember thinking was, damn he’s quick. He was quick and strong. Definitely an elite athelete for sure
Favorite PG to watch in the NBA as an Illini fan, dude was a beast
He MENTIONED Mehmet Okur! I’m so happy, but I think a whole video devoted to him would be stellar, unlike Deron’s dad bod
I really wish Deron would’ve signed with Dallas earlier instead of re-signing with the Nets back in 2012(?). I feel like his career would’ve turned out a little differently.
Bryan White Money talks. Didn’t help that Mark Cuban didn’t attend the meeting because he was filming Shark Tank. That would rub a lot of people the wrong way. Shows where the GMs mind is at
Seems like a good career to me. Made millions. Played at the highest level. Travel the world. Smashed bad chicks. Shit I’ll trade my career for his.
Yea fuck the hof
Yeah imagine if everybody had your lazy man work ethic.
I think its about lost potential that makes it sad. Most nba players even scrubs have much better lives and financial happiness than us regular folk.kwame brown made more than I will in 20 years working full time.
Greatomeister making it to the NBA is lazy. Dude shut up and get the fuck out my comments
Shiiiid that's the way to look at it! You can't take any of that shit with you anyway. You might as well live life your way and if you make mistakes so the fuck what! You didn't let anyone else make your life a mistake for you and you keep living.
I really wished Williams played well in the finals cause cavs had no scoring off the bench that finals🤦♂️😭
Fun fact deron Williams got his jersey number 8 retired by the Turkish franchise "Beşiktaş" (Allen iverson also played for them)
still got my green deron jazz jersey! i guess i was too young to hear about all of backstory to why he left, what a shame. makes me look at him differently now that i’m in my 20’s
As a fan of him for almost a decade, I think New York was just wrong for Deron Williams. He's not a leader cuz he doesn't communicate well with others and he can't do well under pressure. He was asked once who is his best friend in the NBA. He took a long pause and couldn't find an answer. To me, he was the only player that I really liked and I am sad that his career ends this way. But I am happy for him as a person cuz he stays home, plays golf with Ray Allen and Jason Kidd and I feel like he's happy. Also for people who don't know. Deron Williams and his wife established a foundation called Point of Hope since 2007 to support Autism after his adopted-son was diagnosed which I think is really cool.
He's a nice guy, and maybe NBA was never for him, even though he still gets $5.4M a year from Nets...LMAO
was asking for this forever lmao awesome
As an Illinois fan, I watched all of Deron's college career in addition to his NBA career.
The dude was a great leader, was clutch, was sneaky quick, and was exceptionally strong for a PG. He was also one of the smartest players I've ever seen in college.
It appears that things got to his head and he had a furious temper.
IMO, he was better than Chris Paul for the first few years of his career.
He was overrated only a system player
Sometimes I think about that 2017-18 cavs team if every player were in their prime. Lebron leading DWade and IT with Derrick Rose J.R. and Deron Williams Corning off the bench. Yeesh
As you said Andy, a lot of people were comparing D-Will to CP3. I personally started to compare him, in his prime, to John Stockton.
Darren has always been really good, never elite like, Paul, Rose, Westbrook, Parker, Irving, I may be missing a pg or two on the elite list, y'all get the point though.
When he destroyed Yao and T-Mac several years in a row was unforgettable!
Deron had a sick cross over game after game on everybody unstoppable
He was my fave point guard. And I always feel he shd be a hof one day. Sad how things turns out
My very 1st fav pg😭 i miss those damn ankle breakers from him😅
How good was Artist Gilmore the disrespectful center in the early 70s and 80s.
When he wanted to leave Utah, he should have signed with the Mavericks. He made the mistake of chasing the money when Dallas (his hometown) had immense faith in his talent.
it’sbecause my dad went to school with deron willams. and now i’m in the same hs but we don’t even have anything to remember him except for a small paper in a frame with a pic of him and who he is.
his behind the back move was sick!!
I've been a fan of Deron since he was at Illinois so it was pretty sad to see how his career ended where he was basically a scrub with Cleveland.
He was amazing to watch back in Utah, he just lost his passion overtime. Some players are like that, they get into the NBA, get the fame and the money and their basketball passion gets clouded.. An example of it is Hassan Whiteside recently and Andrew Wiggins
I would like to revisit Andrew Wiggins.
Whiteside? Yes.
Wiggins? No. Dude is solid in Warriors as of 2021
I can’t believe you didn’t even mention that Charles Barkley picked him in the NBA All Star Draft lol
reading all of the comments in shock. williams was a great player in my opinion, he was just in a tough conference.
I Truly & honestly believe the "SUPER TEAM" wit the Brooklyn Nets WUZ NOT cuz they were "2 Old" but there wuz NO Chemistry among all the All-Star Players & Couching staff as well...
One the best crossovers in league history
It’s too bad for him he wasn’t smart enough to see what Jerry Sloan could of done & was doing for his career.
He was the reason the HOF HC retired and then Deron asked for a trade anyways and got what he deserved, he got to go from laid back Utah media that loves their only major sports franchise that will look out for their players and instead ended up in the completely opposite media & vibe overall so he got eaten up.
NYC media isn’t going to Baby you and us not trying to hear that BS.
Utah should have got rid of the PG instead of HOF HC Jerry Sloan to begin with but they figured Jerry was retiring soon anyways and Deron was a young star on the team that everyone thought was on his upswing but he was on his way down & out swing.
Calling him OVERRATED is blasphemous...he was a beast in his early days but he just didn't age well at all. I think he should've never ran Sloan away and stayed in that Utah system...that would've bought him at least 3 -4 more great seasons.
Even tho I don’t agree on so thing this guy says I still just subbed off the pure strength of his entertainment
This vid was a long time coming
Not sure if I would say "once GREAT" to describe Deron. Maybe not "once bright career"
you should do more what really happed to NBA stars videos!
Every time CP3 got hurt, even minor injuries, CP3 requested to rest, but DW kept putting himself on the court to fight, that's why during their early years, DW got the upper hand and higher reputation...
Ironically, when they got older, the result of their early decisions turned out that CP3 gets a longer career than DW, and that's the main reason, not because coach Sloan, that's a totally different story...
Remember Al Jefferson???? LMFAOOO
I’d love to see a prime DWill in today’s league
Would love to see that.
ChicaGames Eh not interested in my opinion. But he’ll be alright.
28/9/3
NBA Baller Beats...enough said. One of my favorite games.
He even in the thumbail's photo when he was on the cavs he looked in bad fit
I hope he shares his story like so many others in the Players Tribune. It would be an interesting read to hear his side of his story.
He should have stayed in shape that’s his downfalll
Deron has the fastest fall off. Btw congrats in ur continously growing channel bro.
my favorite PG of all time from 2007-2013
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