The Deron Williams the Nets traded for back in 2011 was on full display at Barclays Center on Monday.
This was not the Deron Williams of aching ankles, a reservoir for cortisone to make it through a week or the Deron Williams plagued by a sore wrist. Not the Deron Williams who shot 2-of-15 in the previous two games of this series. And definitely not the Deron Williams who was pilloried in the media.
No, this was the Williams that the Nets made trades — some good (Joe Johnson), some not so good (Gerald Wallace) — to build around.