Deron Williams chooses Brooklyn.

Deron Williams was undecided between signing with his hometown team, the Dallas Mavericks, or keep playing with the Nets franchise that are now be playing in Brooklyn.  Well, he made his decision via Twitter, by posting the Brooklyn Nets logo after he tweeted  "Made a pretty tough decision today"

Williams contract will be for 5 seasons and 98 million.  The Brooklyn Nets have showed Deron they are committed in building a contending team. They traded for All Star Joe Johnson, signed European star Mirza Teletovic, forward Reggie Evans, kept rookie Marshon Brooks and Brook Lopez (for now)  and extended Gerald Wallace for four seasons.

 

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Nets get Reggie Evans in a sign and trade with the Clippers.

The Nets got their second power forward in just a matter of hours, they signed Mirza Teletovic, now they have his backup.  Reggie Evans will receive a three year, five million contract, while the Clippers will receive a future second round pick.   This trade makes sense for the Clippers, they didn't need Evans as much with the signing of Lamar Odom, while Evans is a fantastic rebounder, his lack of offense (specially free throw shooting) is a big reason why they traded him.  Brooklyn gets a big body that can rebound the hell out of the basketball and doesn't cost much.

Source: Adrian Wojnarowski 

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Mirza Teletovic makes the jump to the NBA.

Bosnian player, Mirza Teletovic, has come to terms with the Brooklyn Nets.  The Nets agreed to sign him for three years, using the mid level exception.  Mirza was one of the best European players around, he spent  the last five seasons in Spain, playing for Caja Laboral.  Teletovic is an outstanding shooter from long range and he will help the Nets.

Source: NBC Sports

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Danny Ferry ain't playing.

New Atlanta Hawks general manager, Danny Ferry, came to this team with a sole purpose, to shed salary and clean the mess that former Hawks gm, Rick Sund, made.  Ferry agreed to trade the five time all star Joe Johnson to the New Jersey Nets for Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, Jordan Williams & Deshawn Stevenson  (Nets will also acquire a lottery protected  first round pick via Houston) 

Getting Joe Johnson seems like a move done in order to get Deron Williams a partner so he wouldn't leave the team, but Billy King said they went for Johnson regardless of what Williams does.   Assuming Williams stays with the team, they will now have a core of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace & Brook Lopez, the Brooklyn Nets are already way ahead than last year's New Jersey Nets.

This trade is a win win for both teams, Nets get their all star and didn't lose the talented player  Marshon Brooks in the deal and the Hawks are free of Johnson albatross contract.  Johnson is set to get paid as much as 19.8 million this season and the contract is going to be as high as 24.9 million in the 2013-2014 season.

Ferry wasn't done dealing.

Marc Stein of ESPN reported the Hawks traded Marvin Williams to Utah for Devin Harris. With the move, the Hawks rid themselves of even more salary and acquire Harris which is an expiring contract. 

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