[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8090057/deron-williams-only-interested-signing-brooklyn-nets-dallas-mavericks-sources-say

Williams has narrowed his list to the Nets and Mavs. Which team should he choose and why?

[TMoney617Participant]

Brooklyn. Younger team, more cap space, and Dwight Howard will probably end up going there. The Mavs are getting old and Dwight Howard is younger and more dominant than Dirk.

[SpacegrassParticipant]

The lynch pin to this is Dwight Howard , no Dwight to Brooklyn no need to go to Brooklyn.  Dallas already has a superstar that can win a title in Dirk and a more established organization from the standpoint of winning.  Plus Dallas is close to home and Jason Kidd wants to play behind Williams.  I have a feeling Dallas has a 75% chance of getting him compared to 25% for Brooklyn.  Other thing that sucks for Brooklyn is Cuban has setup his payroll to be ready to make a push for Howard and Williams this offseason.  I am going to go with Dallas for Williams and I think Dallas has a 50/50 shot at getting Howard as well.

 

[draft2017Participant]

i think he stays in brooklyn, even with deron williams they wont win a championship and the future isnt too bright with dirk on the decline. It would make more sense if he went to the nets and pair up with dwight

[TyroberParticipant]

 If Dwight would not have opted in then both of them would be going to the Nets. Since Dwight was changing his mind every other hour it looks like DWill will head to Dallas. Dwight really screwed both of them cuz the Nets would have been a top 3 team in  the East, but it doesn’t look that way now. 

[TurnipParticipant]

Dallas. It’s all fine and well for the Nets to be the younger team, but you’re going to win more games with an old Vince Carter than you are with a young Johan Petro. Point is, let’s not confuse youth with talent.

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

Brooklyn, I think is the right choice for him. He can have a team built around him, and could make a bundle off marketing. Even if they don’t get Dwight, they would enough salary space to resign Gerald Wallace and make a serious run at Josh Smith in 2013 when Johan Petro and Jordan Farmar’s contracts come off the books. DWill at PG, a pure shooter like Morrow at SG, two athletic forwards who can defend, rebound and run the floor in Wallace and JSmoove, a true center who can score in the low post in Brook Lopez and a sixth man who can provide a scoring punch off the bench in Marshon Brooks would make for a nice team.

[ghettosermonParticipant]

 Yeah Dwight’s flip flopping cost him a lot, and I still can’t fathom why he opted in and kept himself in an unhappy situation. Realistically had he not opted in both he and Deron would be in Brooklyn and from there the Nets could even trade Gerald Wallace and pieces for Josh Smith so Dwight could have been playing alongside his best buddy. Maybe it wouldn’t be great for parity in the NBA which already is poor, but a nets roster with those guys would be an epic yearly conference battle with Miami. 

[rhamnlacsonParticipant]

 deron and dwight should definitly pair up

[StingRay07Participant]

 I think either one would be a fine choice for Deron.  In Brooklyn, he’d be the leader of a relocated team in a good market.  Plus, I could definitely see Dwight demanding a trade to Brooklyn this offseason (or maybe he’ll sign an extention, or maybe he’ll want to play the year out, or maybe he’ll change his mind again and demand a trade to Brooklyn).  And in Dallas, he’d be on a very good team with a great owner who has the will to win.

[The Scare Crow RisesParticipant]

Dwight should sign with the 76ers next year…

[strobox88Participant]

I think he’ll go to Dallas.  Even if Brooklyn were to acquire Dwight, the current roster they have wouldn’t put them over the top like if D-Will decided to join Dallas, a team who already has the vital role player pieces in place (for the most part).  He has a better chance at going deeper into the Playoffs with Dallas.  Jason Kidd already mentioned he would love to backup D-Will at the PG spot and be a veteran role model for him.  Going to a team that is pretty much guaranteed to make the playoffs and getting the opportunity to play alongside 2 future hall of famers sounds like an opportunity that is hard to pass up.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2012-06-19/jason-kidd-deron-williams-jeremy-lin-nba-free-agency-mavericks-nets-knicks-bulls

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

I dunno where this notion that Dallas would have an instant contender with DWill is coming from. On the books for the upcoming season (and the season after) They have $38 million tied into three players (Nowitzki, Shawn Marion and Brendan Haywood). Signing DWill to a max deal will put them close to the salary cap and unable to make any other significant improvements to the roster. A team of DWill at PG, Vince Carter at SG, Marion at SF, Dirk at PF, Haywood at C with Kidd and Roddy Beaubois coming off the bench is not better than OKC, SA or the Lakers and might not be better than the Grizz or the Clippers either.

[220Participant]

It’s hard to say what happens. It’s obvious Prokohrov and Cuban will spend the money to maintain a championship team. I guess it comes down to where he wants to be most. Both are big market teams although New York is the bigger market. The Nets better pray he stays because if  not they wasted a ton of picks/players…mainly the fact they could’ve kept Derrick Favors and the pick that was Enes Kanter was theirs.

[TurnipParticipant]

@It’sDwightHoward

 

But it is better than D-Will, Marshon Brooks, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Williams, and Brook Lopez, with Johan Petro coming off the bench. Add in that Dallas can add better young talent through the draft (17 and 55) than Brooklyn (57), and that Dallas still has the Amnesty Clause if they need more cap room.

[BackCourt2000Participant]

I would stay with the Nets. No, they doon’t have a Dirk, and Dwight’s hourly changes in emotion has really put them in a weird spot this off-season, but I would stay even without Dwight – younger team, much more upside imo in the long run, more capspace, and gets to be the key piece in opening up shop in Brooklyn. Not to mention I would rather play in the East than the West and not have to deal with te Thunder – who knows how long the heat can keep this up

I’d stick with Brooklyn:

Deron-Brooks-Wallace/Kirelinko-Humphries-Lopez is a decent starting five even w/o Dwight, and who knows they may be able to swing a deal for him this week.

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