D-Will Pens Diary on Turkish Journey
by Net Income on Oct 8, 2011 8:56 AM EDT
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PrintDeron Williams is writing a diary for ESPN New York, detailing his --and his family's-- experiences as they live, work and play in Istanbul.
Every week "until D-Will returns to the Garden State", he will chronicle what's happening in Turkey, whether it's a lost passport delaying the start of the trip, his difficult transition to European ball or his general comfort level.
Admitting, "I'm not going to lie, the transition for our family has been tough", Williams describes just how tough it's been, particularly on his kids but adds as well, "This journey has been as much about doing something as a family as it has been about me playing basketball."
And as for basketball, he notes, "It's a different game over here. There is less spacing, the officiating isn't the same. Pretty much every aspect of the game is different than in the NBA. I'm just learning and adjusting as we go."
Finally, he has a message for those who follow him back in Jersey. "For my Nets fans, I want you to know that while I'm comfortable over here, I'm not too comfortable. I'm still always ready to come back to the U.S. and have a good NBA season, and hopefully make some noise in the Eastern Conference".
- D-Will's Turkey Diary, Part 1: The transition - Deron Williams (edited by Jared Zwerling) - ESPN New York
- Jersey guards continue down different paths - Gregory Hrinya - Examiner
- Deron Williams admits Besiktas is not selling out - Matt Golliver - CBS Sports
- Just when the players need them most, overseas offers are more difficult than ever - Matt Moore - NBC Sports
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Just as expected
cant wait for the season
by LBJOSH on Oct 8, 2011 8:33 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
i want him to tell us
in an upcoming diary (unless he is already home) what he thinks of Boganovic. :-)
This goes to my continuing point about him: he is very much unlike most NBA players. This is a very open and honest examination of the difficulties he and his family have faced. It’s not sugar-coated and he admits it was initially tough on his kids. Think about how many other players would do this.
trying to figure out Turkish Cup
possibly next weekend.
He should see him play if they dont play against each other.
Love he shouted out Nets fans
Now Marshon just needs to tweet him to take the Nets off his diary.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Oct 8, 2011 9:10 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks Andres...
The reason I asked was that it was attached to that article posted above (Gregory Hrinya – Examiner) and they had that picture above Farmars and Farmars picture was taken recently playing in Israel. I was hoping maybe Deron got “home sick” over in Turkey and threw on a Nets Jersey to remind himself and others that even though he’s doing poorly over there, he’s still an NBA player …
P.S. I’m starting to sound a lot like Jerry25…(LOL)
You sure are
But you forgot to include your hypothesis on Farmar using it to locate a Jewish wife so that the Nets will play games in Israel and so Stoudemire won’t play hard against us.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
i just cant see DWill not staying in Brooklyn
He’s sees the big picture. He not just some street kid looking to come up.
Am I the only one who finds Deron a bit odd ?
In that “diary” he seems like he’s trying to convince himself and us fans, that he made the right decision going to play in Turkey. He never mentions the big money he’s getting paid almost as he feels ashamed by it. He complains softly about almost everything over there, but then acts like he’s doing something noble by toughening it out …
He has a way about him that makes me feel uncomfortable…
Maybe I will warm up to him more if he signs with the Nets, but right now I don’t even think of him as being on the Nets…No one else on the Nets, not even Travis makes me feel this way…
“Please give me a reason to love you Deron…even Marshon and J-Will have and they aren’t even on out team yet !”
Well you're alone on that one bro.
Unless someone else here agrees.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 8, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I've already said this so I'm with you
Mine went, don’t really like Dwill but I’ll support him because he’s a Net. I just have the he’ll screw us feeling.
by Zartan on Oct 8, 2011 10:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well Im glad that you have a crystal ball.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 8, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
You seem confident.
Please explain your logic.
by djeterfan on Oct 8, 2011 10:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
there's something about Deron that's just off
Avery Johnson can go Outlaw himself.
Hey Avery: 我觉得你做得不是很好
NETS BASKETBALL…. JUST DEAL WITH IT!
by 3ptChucker on Oct 8, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, he's a private family man
who’s loyal to his friends. He met his best friend in pre-K, his wife in elementary school.
Thanks NI...
Thanks for explaining why he’s so strange…(LOL)
Seriously though, there’s “Something About Deron”…that’s strikes me as being remote, aloof and cold…
Nothing wrong with that but that’s the feeling I get from him. Maybe that’s why even though he’s a Top Ten NBA player he doesn’t generate the same fan buzz other superstars generate…
When he was traded from Utah I read Utah fans blogs and I noticed nobody getting overly upset about him leaving on a personal level. It was like they never really had a chance to get to fall in “love” with him…But then again maybe I’m the “werid” one for wanting to “love” the players I root for…
I think he is one of the few "star" players in the league that are not necessarily the best in terms of marketability.
Like NI said, he is a family man. I am sure he enjoys seeing his face on billboards and such, but he is not exactly comfortable or familiar with it. I think he will realize the opportunity the Nets have set up for him, asking him to build off of it.
Dwight on the other hand…
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 8, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Your weirding me out cause I share your thoughts
I have bad grammar and don’t explain myself as well but these are all things I’ve kinda said before.
Felt the same with Kidd and hated that Vince decided (smartly though) to take a back seat to him.
by Zartan on Oct 8, 2011 12:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You can be a "private" person but still be "warm and friendly"...
Check out this commercial Deron made with Kyle Korver…
Even when he’s trying to be funny he seems kind of depressed…
I’m not trying to say he’s a bad guy or anything, I’m just observing and commenting on what I see and feel about D-Will…
oh come on
you’ve never met him.
He’s private and ergo, he doesn’t like to let his emotions show through. “Warm and friendly”? To who?
And he also is adjusting to the big city.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
He only acts like a nice guy around you soul driver...
Ask to borrow $20 from him and you will see his true colors come out…
lol
I honestly think he’ a bit shy sometimes, but has his moments where perhaps his mood gets the best of him. could be his competitive nature. or not. who knows, but I won’t speculate on that.
it's because of the lockout mike...
They are unemployed.. Thats why he is not a net for now.. Thats why he is so cold and aloof.. He was trying to stop marshon from wearing nets tshirt.. Coz until this lockout is not yet resolved, they are not nets.. But what he says in his diary seems he wanted to go home and play for our nets..
by njason21 on Oct 9, 2011 8:56 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
You think he actually wrote that?
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
i think he wrote something up
and I think ESPN New York edited it.
either that or they talked over the phone, ESPN New York recorded it and wrote it up.
It’s the thoughts, not the style or grammar, that matter.
Or his publicist wrote it and he approved it
That’s the way it usually works in my world.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
he has a publicist?
really?
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
fyi
By Deron Williams (Edited by Jared Zwerling)
by Jack Handy Jr on Oct 8, 2011 7:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
M I K E, I just think...
He’s kind of an unintentional dick and comes across somewhat emotionally flatline.
Trust me, I know the feeling. ;)
by vincecarter4pres on Oct 9, 2011 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions
DWill
The best part about Dwill is that he is grounded. Sure he makes millions of dollars but that doesn’t seem to get to his head. Simply look at his friends and family. Kudos to the guy and can’t wait to get this season underway especially bc baseball season ended for the majority.
by djeterfan on Oct 8, 2011 10:20 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Owners say they are willing to keep negotiating other issues other then B.R.I. split...
"What we told the union was that we were not prepared to negotiate over the B.R.I. split beyond the 50-50 concept that had already been discussed," the deputy commissioner Adam Silver said.
Union officials said they wanted to restart talks on other issues, like the salary cap, but believed the 50-50 ultimatum precluded it. Silver indicated that was not the case, saying, "We were prepared to continue negotiating over the many other issues that remain open" — such as the salary-cap system, the luxury tax and the length of contracts.
Hopefully we can get some positive news later today or Sunday, but the owners seem to be giving the players union a chance to keep negotiating up until Monday or maybe even beyond…
it's funny how 2-3% make's a huge differanse.
by Aidar Berlinbayev on Oct 8, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
i know
what you think mike can we get a season started
by Aidar Berlinbayev on Oct 8, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not as optimistic as I previously was...
but there is still time. Sometimes these kind of conflicts go down to the last hour and then things start moving forward…If both sides are still talking in private right now, there is still a chance. If they have stopped talking privately then we are probably going to lose games…
It’s very quiet right now and that may be a good sign…So far you really haven’t heard any nasty remarks from either side and that is encouraging, considering the reports we heard last evening about talks going south…If both sides really broke off talks I think we would had heard more bitter remarks being thrown around from both sides by now…
I’m still holding out hope…but of course who can really ever predict the future.
it's all part of the same fabric
that he has woven since Day 1.
He has never expressed anything but highly positive vibes about his situation here.
i think every franchise player is very marketable in NY, espesialy when Jay will look out!
Maybe Utah fans never realized what type of talant they lost or simply they blamed him for Jerry’s resignation. But D WILL takeing full advantage now, i hope he like’s a little more attantion than it was in Utah.
by Aidar Berlinbayev on Oct 8, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Sloan quit for a lot of reasons
and quitting in mid-season should tell you something about his mindset, that he had considered it for a while.
As noted before, in 2008, Larry Miller the long time owner of the Jazz died in 2008. He would do whatever Sloan wanted and thus the Jazz had a crazy quilt of expensive contracts, for Boozer, Kirilenko, Williams, Millsap, Okur, etc. Miller also trusted Sloan.
In 2008, after he died, he was succeeded by his son, who started cost-cutting, refusing to re-sign or even offer Korver or Boozer a new contract, failing to match Matthews offer from Portland. That frustrated everyone.
D-Will and others were also not crazy about Sloan’s unwillingness to use technology. I read a story published just before his resignation that Sloan didn’t have team showings of game video. Sloan and his assistants would watch the video then talk to the players, which frustrated the players.
Williams has on more than one occasion praised Johnson, who by the way embraces coaching technology.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
he has said
he plans to live in Manhattan.
Why would he want to live in New Jersey when it would hurt him, tax-wise.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
...and it all depends on the CBA
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
I just one online in Alpine for 54 million.
Indoor basketball court.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 8, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
54 million for a house?
its beyond me that ppl can have tht much money to spend on a house
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
Being mega famous and rich, it's probably a lot easier to live anonymously in NYC then it is in NJ and still be able to go out places.
Sure if he goes somewhere downtown during rush hour and walks around he’ll be mobbed, but he can also throw on a low cap and some inconspicuous clothing and coat and pick up a sandwich and some coffee and then take a early jog without having to live in East Bubble#%$& considering the diversity of the city.
There’s a lot of upscale restaurants he can frequent and shopping where he is more common then he would be walking through Weggman’s or Whole Foods in a upscale suburb as well.
by vincecarter4pres on Oct 9, 2011 4:09 AM EDT up reply actions
good article
Good to see him acknowledge Net fans.
That game with Lebron and D Wade will be on CBS.com tonight can’t wait. likely won’t get basketball for a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.
but I can’t help that a shorten season does more damage.
At first I was hype to see Dwill have a full season with the team but honestly with all this BS with the NBA I’m down if they scrap the whole season.
I feel if the season starts late that will be one of Brooks new excuses of the year?
Funny reading polls and people responses on do they care if the NBA is locked out.
My lil man.....can't tell me god don't exist.
There is a 0% chance
they scrap the entire season being a few % pts away from a deal. Ego’s will only take this so far.
spoken like someone with zero business-sense. you give them an inch, they smell blood, and then they demand a mile.
Avery Johnson can go Outlaw himself.
Hey Avery: 我觉得你做得不是很好
NETS BASKETBALL…. JUST DEAL WITH IT!
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