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Williams lands in Turkey, set to begin run with Besiktas
Posted Sep 8 2011 11:52AM
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams has arrived in Istanbul to start his stint with Turkish basketball team Besiktas.
The Istanbul-based club said the All-Star guard arrived Thursday together with his family. Williams has joined Besiktas until the end of the NBA lockout. Williams averaged 20.1 points and 10.3 assists for the Nets and the Utah Jazz last season.
Besiktas signed Allen Iverson last season, but the former NBA MVP only played 10 games because of injury.
Other NBA players that have signed to play in the Turkish league include Nets guard Sasha Vujacic, Darius Songaila of the Philadelphia 76ers and Nets draft pick Bojan Bogdanovic.
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Duidelijk verhaal, de lockout begint een serieuze bedreiging voor de basketballiefhebbers te worden. Om het verlies een beetje minder te maken, misschien gaat Sport1/SCCN komend seizoen een paar wedstrijden uit de Turkse compa uitzenden. We nemen voor nu afscheid van Deron Williams met zijn highlight reel van vorig seizoen.
