Utah Jazz: Williams will hit Jazz jackpot today

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The Rip City Project found this 7/17/2008 on deseretnews.com [flag]
The contract extension talks that extended longer than some suspected they would finally have come to a conclusion. The Jazz and point guard Deron Williams will formalize a multiyear extension — guaranteed to be worth about $50 million over three years, and potentially worth nearly $70 million if a fourth-year player option is exercised — with a news conference this afternoon. "There's going ... [link]

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Williams pipe dream is dead
Published 7/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (SJ) at The Rip City Project
To all the Blazer fans who thought Deron Williams wasn't going to sign a contract extension with the Jazz this off-season and that we could make a run at him...well....all those dreams are dead. The Jazz and Williams are reportedly going to announce the extension tomorrow. ...

Jazz, Williams agree on extension
Published 7/17/2008 by Patrick Dorsey at The NBA Source
For the whole offseason, Jazz GM Kevin O’Connor has been working on an extension with the team’s star, point guard Deron Williams. The Deseret News reports that his efforts will finally be rewarded tomorrow when a news conference is held, with Williams’s agent, Bob McClaren, saying this: “There’s going to be a great announcement tomorrow afternoon in Salt Lake City. One that will make everyone happy, I think.” Well, there you go, it looks like the deal is finally done. It took a while, and the negotiations were so slow that it looked like nothing would end up ...

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Underpaid, IMO, even though it's a max deal
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Utah Jazz: Deron Williams signs 3-year deal with option year - Salt Lake Tribune

The Cowhide Globe found this 7/18/2008 on www.sltrib.com

From the beginning, Deron Williams told Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor that he wanted to reach an agreement on a contract extension before he left for USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas and headed from there to the Olympics. Not only did ...
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Deron Williams will become an all-time great

vjrabid posted 7/18/2008 from cmnetwork.blogspot.com

Did anyone actually doubt that the Utah Jazz wouldn't lock up Deron Williams?
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Jazz sign star guard Williams to 3-year extension

RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans found this 7/19/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Point guard Deron Williams signed a contract extension with Utah on Friday that will keep him with the Jazz through at least the 2011-12 season.
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