Deron Williams will not exercise one-year contract option Deron Williams is a family man with four kids and a desire for stability in his life, not another year of uncertainty with his contract.
So Williams will not follow Dwight Howard’s lead into 2013 free agency by waiving his ETO. Instead, as expected, he will become a free agent this summer and explore his options.
“I’m not going to opt-in. It’s not monkey-see, monkey-do,” Williams told the Daily News. “Wherever I go is hopefully where I’m going to retire.” Williams can sign a five-year deal with the Nets or a four-year deal elsewhere, earning about $30 million more over the life of the contract by playing in Brooklyn. Of course, his hometown Dallas Mavericks will be in position to make a run at Williams during free agency.
If it’s about basketball, Williams will have a choice to stick around with a Nets team that will likely include Brook Lopez, Gerald Wallace, MarShon Brooks, Anthony Morrow and a power forward signed through free agency.
Williams, who lives in SoHo with his family, said he was consulted about the trade for Wallace and is happy about the communication/relationship with Billy King and Avery Johnson.
And while Howard on Thursday complained about the emotional and physical stress placed upon him this season, Williams – in the same situation contractually – has been even keel and content.
“I’m not (going through the same things) because I’ve said all year I’m going to play this whole year out and see what happens,” Williams said. “So I haven’t been flip-flopping and gone back-and-forth. It’s not even close to being the same situation.”
DH唔黎，deron要走了
