A Stellar Move

  So I will finish the final part of the top five players in the MLB tomorrow looking at the right field position.
  Tonight, I want to talk about a move in the NBA that I found really surprising, but to be a great decision.

Williams

   With the NBA lockout in full swing, and not appearing to slow down anytime soon, NBA players have an extremely difficult decision to make. Do players wait out the lockout and see if there is a season (which i doubt there will be at this rate) and workout on their own; or do they move across the world for a year and play overseas?
  One of the NBA's elite, New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams, has already made that decision IF the lockout does happen, and I believe it is the right choice.
   Williams has agreed to deal with Besiktas, a team in Turkey, to play for a year if the lockout does happen.
   Most of you are probably wondering why I think this would be a good decision on Williams part, and I will gladly tell you why.
   The best way to improve at any sport is through live action.  While other players (I hope) would be working out and playing pick-up ball, Williams will be playing regulated basketball against professionals. He still will be playing competitive basketball against potential NBA talent, just in another country that feels like its million of miles away. Williams will have his jumpshot timing down, and his decision making on lock and be a step up ahead on everyone else come training camp.
   Another reason why this is great is that Williams could gain some new knowledge to make his basketball IQ even stronger. Overseas basketball is completely different than the American game. In the international game, defense involves lots of zone concepts, there is a lot more three point shooting, and basketball in general is more of just a team game. If Williams really does go to Turkey, he could bring all of these concepts into the New Jersey game plan. He could help coach Avery Johnson come up with ways to put more zone concepts into the defensive strategy without being hurt by the defensive three seconds in the lane call, he can be more dependable as a three point shooter, because I would expect him to shoot the ball more in Turkey than he does now, and just find little ways for the Nets to play more as a team. With new experiences always come learning opportunities, and Williams going to Turkey would mean that he could come back to New Jersey at the end of the Turkish season as more of a complete player who can help his teammates become more complete as well.
   My favorite reason for this move is that it shows Williams' character; he simply loves to play basketball. Being able to move to the other side of the world just to play a sport, to me, does not show he did it for the money (most American players who play overseas do not do great financially), but that he just wants to get better, stay in shape, and continue to play the sport he loves.
   Deron Williams is making a great move if the lockout does happen, and I really hope other all-star caliber players find it in themselves to move overseas and play basketball there also.