Jazz extend Deron Williams' contract
Posted July 17, 2008 11:00 pm
SALT LAKE CITY -- Former Illinois point guard Deron Williams has signed a contract extension with Utah that will keep him with the Jazz through at least the 2011-12 season.
Williams still had one year left on the rookie contract he signed after the Jazz picked him 3rd overall in the 2005 NBA draft. But he signed a three-year deal with a one year option on Friday.
Terms of the contract were not released.
Williams helped anchor the offense when the Illini were the national runners-up in 2005. He's also a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team that will play in China next month.
He has career averages of 15.3 points, 8.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds while appearing in a total of 242 of a possible 246 career games.
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