The 2009 version of Deron Williams is kind of like the 2005 edition of Illini basketball- in reality not that long ago, but feels like ancient history.
As a University of Illinois alum, it’s painful to watch Deron Williams have such a brutal NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Especially since this is the first appearance of his career, and it may be his only one. He’s still scoreless in the series, and game three reached a new low point.
That’s really a shame because D. Will had a big game or two down the stretch and during the postseason.
He’s only played 35 minutes, and gone a combined 0 for 12 during the first three games of the Finals. Given how badly the Cavs blew game three, it looks like we’ll only have a game four on Friday, and that’s that for the basketball season.
Friday night will mercifully end the most boring postseason in the history of American professional sports and with it a Finals series that Williams would love to forget. Again, it really hurts me to do this, because I’m an Illini through and through from a family that’s generations deep in Illini, but some of these tweets ripping Deron Williams are just really funny and very clever.
We couldn’t post all of them, but we posted quite a few- enjoy.
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/871548395596414979
https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/871547945715470337
Trade Deron Williams for an oxygen tank and strap it on LeBron and we got ourselves a series here
— SEN Lethul (@LxthuL) June 5, 2017
Deron Williams: pic.twitter.com/QYkyM5Xkv6
— Kevin Delarosa ? (@KRosaaa) June 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/872632597964361728
Deron Williams still has as many points as Melo and CP3 in the NBA Finals.
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) June 8, 2017
"Deron Williams touches a basketball" pic.twitter.com/BU0MsfdE21
— Fire Gettleman (KenNYGolladay) (@Anthonyn91699) June 8, 2017
The Chris Paul vs Deron Williams debate continues as they've both scored 0 career points in the NBA Finals
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) June 8, 2017
i'm not sure luther head couldn't give the cavs more than deron williams has.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) June 8, 2017
If Deron Williams and Zaza played a game of one on one to one would we all live forever?
— Jacoby (@djacoby) June 8, 2017
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