From Cosby Sweaters:
Deron Williams will be a Brooklyn Net for the forseeable future. The point guard officially signed a new deal early Wednesday morning on the first day NBA teams could sign free agents. His contract is worth a reported $98 million over five years with an opt-out clause for the fourth year.
Williams is currently in Las Vegas practicing with Team USA as the United States prepares for the 2012 London Olympics.
Here was his full tweet:
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July 11, 2012
Wednesday marked the first day NBA free agents could officially sign contracts, and Deron Williams made his new deal with the Nets official. The All-Star point guard signed his contract electronically using an iPad (perhaps he was using Docusign?).
Williams is in Las Vegas practicing for the Olympics with Team USA, so the electronic signature made sense. Williams’ contract is...
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July 11, 2012
Deron Williams announced his official signing with the Brooklyn Nets the way any modern athlete does it these days— by tweeting.
Williams didn't only tweet the news of his long-awaited deal, he sent a picture of himself actually signing the five-year, nearly $100 million contract on his iPad along with this message:
"Officially a Brooklyn Net! Signed my contract on...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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July 11, 2012
The NBA's moratorium on free agents was lifted at midnight, and the Brooklyn Nets public relations staff didn't waste any time sending out the most important press release in the team's young history. Just over an hour past midnight (1:21 a.m.) on Wednesdsay, the Nets officially released the news that had been readily known for a few days, that All-Star guard Deron...
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July 11, 2012
Deron Williams made his decision to stay with the Brooklyn Nets official at 12:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, signing a five-year contract with the franchise on general manager Billy King's iPad and tweeting a photo of the proceedings. "I am really excited to be able to officially say that Brooklyn is home," Williams said. Williams has been sitting out five-on-five scrimmages...
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July 11, 2012
Last night, Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams signed his brand-new contract with the Brooklyn Nets for over 100 million dollars.Instead signing the usual paper document, Brooklyn decided to have D-Will sign his name on an Ipad contract:(Courtesy of Business Insider/Photo courtesy of Deron Williams Twitter)
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July 11, 2012
The world is changing; it used to be you had to be in the same room as a contract in order to sign it. No longer! New Jersey Brooklyn Nets star Deron Williams, reinvigorated by the recent trade for Joe Johnson (and with a potential Dwight Howard deal swirling), signed a 5-year $98 million contract extension. However, currently training with Team USA in preparation for the Olympics...
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July 11, 2012
Deron Williams officially signed his five-year, $98 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday. He did it one of the coolest ways possible — on his iPad. Williams tweeted out the pic, and according to Darren Rovell, he signed the contract via an app called “Sign Now.”
Pretty awesome.
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July 09, 2012
Deron Williams and Dwight Howard talked about being NBA teammates four years ago during the Olympics. Now Williams knows there's speculation that it could happen soon.
He's aware of reports that Orlando and Brooklyn and trying to arrange a trade - possibly involving two other teams - but he's not paying too much attention to that.
''There's been a lot of...
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July 11, 2012
Deron Williams hit the jackpot in Las Vegas, and Blake Griffin signed on for a few more years in Los Angeles.
Free agents in the NBA could finally sign contracts starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday, and the Brooklyn Nets wasted no time getting their All-Star point guard to put pen to paper - well, iPad actually - on a new deal worth $98 million over five years.
The Nets came to...
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July 09, 2012
The NBA has designed its collective bargaining agreement in a way that influences superstars to remain with their current teams, but as we have seen many times in the past it doesn’t always turn out that way. If you remember, Some guy named LeBron took less money a couple years ago to take his talents to South Beach and won a championship recently because of it, so he is only regretting...
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July 11, 2012
The Nets don’t yet know if Dwight Howard will be joining them when they make the move to Brooklyn. Among those they will have will be veteran forward Gerald Wallace who re-signed for $40 million over four years and recently acquired Joe Johnson. Leading the way will be the prized free agent of this summer’s class, Deron Williams, [...]
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July 09, 2012
Deron Williams and Dwight Howard talked about being NBA teammates four years ago during the Olympics. Now Williams knows there's speculation that it could happen soon.
He's aware of reports that Orlando and Brooklyn and trying to arrange a trade -- possibly involving two other teams -- but he's not paying too much attention to that.
''There's been a lot...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
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July 10, 2012
Well, it certainly wasn't the best time to take a vacation. But, in a city this crazy about its sports, there might not be a great time to do so. You just schedule your family time and grit your teeth whenbig sports news breaks. It always does.
But, this year, it was not just big sports news. it was the biggest. It seems to affect the future of the Dallas Mavericks moving forward...
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July 12, 2012
One of the darkest periods in the history of the Dallas Mavericks has been interrupted with a dash of good news. After being staggered by Deron Williams' decision to remain with the Brooklyn Nets, the Mavs provided fans with their first glimpse at the recovery process.
And as far as good omens go, you could do a lot worse than landing an ex-Hornet center. The Mavs signed former...
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