Williams the Wrecker

Deron Williams is going straight nuts. I was among the mystified that when Utah selected Williams over Chris Paul. I knew that Illini’s finest was good, but he is now making the case to be the best pg in the game. Dude is so competitive. His offensive game gets deserved headlines. His defense is what is beginning to separate him from the game’s other elite guards.

Sure he just got lit up by Marbury tonight and Baron Davis on opening night, but check these lines from some of top pg versus DWilliams.

TJ Ford (11/14) 13pts, 5r, 8a, 3TOs, 5-17 fg-fga
JKidd (11/19) 2pts, 2r, 8a, 6TOs, 1-9 fg-fga
CPaul (11/23) 15pts, 6r, 6a, 4TOs, 5-12 fg-fga
CBillups (11/25) 15pts, 1r, 6a, 4TOs, 5-14 fg-fga

In these same four games, Williams averaged 18.8pts, 3.5r, 8a, 3 TOs and shot a blistering 58%. Going back to his opening night battle with Baron Davis, in which Baron had 25 pts, 10 assists and five steals: The two met a few games later and Williams held Davis to 11 pts, 1 rebound and 8 assists. Williams went for 30pts, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.