Deron Out Until ASG; Maybe Longer

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Deron Williams Out Past All Star Break


-- INDIANAPOLIS — When Nets general manager Billy King traded for Deron Williams two years ago, he proudly proclaimed he had the best point guard in the NBA. The Nets happily ponied up nearly $100 million dollars to sign Williams to a five-year max contract, ensuring he would be the face of the franchise as it moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn.

They did that thinking they would be coming to Brooklyn with the league’s No. 1 point guard leading their team. Instead, Williams has been disappointing this season, playing below the level of which both he and the Nets think he’s capable as he has dealt with a variety of injuries.

[font=courier new']“It has been bothering him all year,” King said. “We were going to do it at the All-Star break and we talked to the doctors and Deron and it was like, ‘Why don’t we give him the full week so we can do it and give him a full week and time to recover.’ So we decided to do it [Sunday] night.[/font]”

The Nets had originally planned to have Williams undergo the treatment this weekend during the All-Star break, rather than miss any games. But after Tony Parker and the Spurs came into Barclays Center and dominated the Nets on Sunday night, the decision was made to have Williams get the treatment sooner.

King said Williams will spend the rest of the week resting and working out in a pool in order to keep off his ankles as much as possible. King said he hopes the rest will help rejuvenate Williams’ game after the break.

Seems like the right move, obviously. If he misses any time past the break it's two games vs the Bucks which they should be able to win even without him.

 

[Legion Sports]

He's been playing injured, hopefully this week off can help him.