Weber pushing McCamey to be like Deron Williams

In this article by Mark Tupper, it has become apparent that Bruce Weber has very high expectations of his freshman point guard, Demetri McCamey. Weber is pushing him to make the commitment to raise his overall game, to be coachable, and reach his full potential. It's obvious that player and coach have had their differences this season, but if they can work together as a coach and player should, McCamey could develop into a special basketball player.

Deron Williams Mentors Demetri McCamey

According to this article in the St. Louis Today, Deron Williams is talking with Demetri McCamey about what it takes to develop an overall game as point guard. In the interview, Coach Weber continues to note the high potential of McCamey and describes what he needs to do to improve. McCamey has started practicing his shooting late at night, taking 500 shots at these sessions.

Deron Williams leads Utah over Bucks

Deron Williams had another great game tonight, scoring 33 points and 10 assists to lead the Jazz over the Milwaukee Bucks. Williams was knocked down with some hard fouls by the Bucks, but came back and helped Utah put them away. Great game, Deron. Box Score

Deron Williams scores career-high 34 on Spurs

Although the Jazz lost game one, Deron Williams showed why he is one of the top point guards in the NBA this year, scoring 34 points in this losing effort. Deron had 9 assists as well, and was the outstanding player of the game in my opinion. Boozer, Okur and Kirilenko had sub-par games, but the toughness shown in the fourth quarter bodes well for Utah in this series. Game summary

Dee Brown did not play today for the Jazz.

Deron Williams and Jazz put away Warriors

It was another great night for Deron Williams, who scored 20 points tonight and had 13 assists as the Jazz defeated the Warriors in game 4, 115-101 in Oakland. Boozer, Fisher, Williams and Co. had the Warriors so frustrated that Baron Davis hit Derek Fisher with an apparent blind-sided elbow to the head that shook him up for while. (Let's see what the league does after they review the replay...did not look accidental to me.) Later, Okur goes in for the dunk and Richardson makes a flagrant foul and is ejected from the game. The boxscore explains the cheapshots by the Warriors, with Baron Davis outplayed again by Williams, and Richardson struggling to get 7 points in 33 minutes tonight.

Dee Brown must still be injured since he did not play again tonight.

Deron Williams and Dee Brown help Utah roll over Warriors

Deron Williams showed why he is one of the top point guards in the NBA tonight, scoring 31 points and handing out 8 assists in Utah's playoff win over the Golden State Warriors. Deron played against Baron Davis for much of the game and held his own against the outstanding point guard. Dee Brown actually played some important minutes during the game and scored 6 important points, including a fast break layup against two defenders to tie the game late. Dee looked solid as a backup for Deron and played with Deron at some points to give Utah more quickness against the fast-breaking Warriors. I expect Dee Brown will see more action in this series due to his quickness and excellent defense against Baron Davis.

After some stellar plays by Deron and Dee, the TNT cameras showed Illini Coach Bruce Weber in the stands enjoying the game. He must be really proud to see two of his three guards on the floor for the Jazz.

Deron Williams moves to second round against Warriors

Ex-Illini guard Deron Williams helped get the Utah Jazz to the second round of the playoffs tonight, with 14 assists and 20 points in the game. Carlos Boozer was the big scorer for the Jazz, with 35 points and 14 rebounds. It was another disappointing loss for Houston, with the efforts of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady just not enough.

It will be interesting to see how the Jazz match up with the Warriors, who have been very impressive during the playoffs this year, sporting a ultra-quick line-up by going small. The Jazz seem like they enjoy playing an inside and outside game, so hard to tell who will have the upper hand.

Deron Williams has huge game against Houston

After Deron Williams has a breakout game against Houston yesterday, he is recognized in this article in the Houston Chronicle.