Exeriencing Deron Williams in New Jersey

The Nets made a trade deal that shocked the whole NBA world last February 23, when theyacquired NBA All-Star point guard Deron Williams from the Jazz for Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, and two first round draft picks. With this move, the NEts now has a bona fide star that can help them build a team that will contend by 2013, when they move to Brooklyn's Barclay's Center.

However, several NBA insiders and analysts have projected Williams to leave the Nets even before they move to Brooklyn. Deron Williams has the option to opt out on the final year of his contract at the end of the 2011-2012 season. And most likely, if the Nets can't give Williams the pieces he need to contend in the playoffs, he may go away and leave the Nets with nothing.

Thus, the Nets' front office, led by general manager Billy King and the Nets' charismatic Russian  owner Mikhail Prokhorov, must build a playoff team in time for the next season to entice Williams in signing an extension. They will have Williams playing 102 games as a Net. And before the next season ends, they must have made Deron feel comfortable of the team.

But so far, everything is fine for the Nets. And with Williams' desire to help his new team improve, the morale of the newly-refurbished Nets team has been at its all-time high this season. After losing three games against Spurs, Rockets, and a close one versus the Suns, the Nets have played with so much intensity and heart in their next two games. The Nets swept the Raptors in the two-game bonanza of NBA to European fans in London. They won the first game, 116-103, and the second game via a heart-pumping triple overtime win, 137-136.

Together with Williams' arrival is the development of Lopez' game. In their last two wins, Lopez averaged more than 25 points per game. He also grabbed 14 rebounds in their last game, a rarity for a weak rebounding season for Lopez. The highlight, though, is his career-high eight blocks. Morrow and Vujacic, the Nets' two shooters, has also showed improvement in their production with Williams around.

In fact, the Nets, after the All-Star break, has led the league in assists with more than 26 assists per game. Obviously, this stat is led by Williams' great passing game that he brought to the Nets. Deron hasn't had an assists lower than 11 in his first five games as a Nets. His biggest assist output was an 18-assist performance in a losing effort against the Rockets.

All of this can be attributed to DWill's presence to this young team. His energy on the floor, highlighted by his pin-point passing ,leadership, and the will to win has inspired the whole team to play better.

And this is how the Nets experience Deron Williams.