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Breaking News: Deron Williams To New Jersey

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Well this is crazy! Just a day after the Nets missed out on another big player acquisition, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Nets have traded for Deron Williams, while sending Derrick Favors, Devin Harris and two first-round picks to the Jazz. New Jersey will also send Troy Murphy to Golden State, and the Warriors will send Dan Gadzuric and Brandan Wright to the Nets.

While we knew about the Murphy trade to Golden State, being able to acquire Williams after another All-Star selection from Utah is a huge move for Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. Evident throughout the ‘Melo trade talk, Favors was always in play.

UPDATE: The Nets will send $3 million to the Jazz also, a source said, as part of the trade.

UPDATE: The Jazz will get the Nets’ 2011 first-round pick and Golden State’s 2012 pick that Nets own, league source says.

What do you think of this deal?

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  • http://www.DarkWingPro.com Diallo

    arms race!

  • the cynic

    Great move by the Jazz front office; knowing Deron is most likely gone for the simple fact everyone in Utah wants to blame him for Sloan leaving. Trade leverage and value for the Jazz was only going to decrease from where it’s at now. The Jazz made out like bandits if you ask me

  • the cynic

    Sloan quit because he is old, people need to stop with the conspiracy theories

  • Dagger

    Probably the most shocking trade I’ve ever seen. Deron Williams is a legitimate franchise player, and those guys just don’t get traded unless they want out immediately. Still, if the Jazz actually thought he was going to leave in 2012 then this is the most they could have got for him, especially if you factor in the draft picks. I’m still not sure if this is a trade that helps both teams or hurts both teams . . . it all depends on whether the Nets can now persuade stars to join their team (let alone resign Williams), and whether the Jazz’s GM was sure Williams was going to leave.

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