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Billy King: At this point, I don't think we've got a 'decisive advantage' because we're not clicking yet. But I do feel with Joe and Deron ... and Avery talked about this, Joe, Deron and Brook are taking the most shots because they are the most gifted offensive players we have and then get other guys doing their rolls. I think that's why New York has been doing so well, because they understand who they need to ride offensively and who to get the ball to. Those guys are doing their jobs very well. When you have a system and players buy in and believe it, you can cover up weaknesses of guys that wouldn't be as strong. But I think every player can be a good defensive player by effort. They may not be quick. They may not be athletic, but if they give effort and you run your system right. I played one of the great defensive coaches in Coach K. We had guys who weren't good defenders individually the system allowed them to be a good team defensively. What it comes down to is effort and mentality and that's we got to develop, the effort and mentality on the defensive end. NetsDaily

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Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King confirmed Thursday that an MRI revealed point guard Deron Williams has bone spurs in his left ankle and probably will have to undergo offseason surgery to have them "cleaned up." However, King downplayed the results and expects the injury to be "manageable." ESPN.com

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King said the bone spurs were causing inflammation in the point guard's ankle. Williams needed a cortisone shot to ease the pain, missed two practices as a result, but expects to be fine during the season. "I think probably the majority of athletes have bone spurs that they deal with at some point in their career," Williams said Wednesday on "SportsCenter." "I don't know if I'll have to have surgery. I'm just saying that might be something that happens after the season. But as far as right now, my ankle feels like new since I got the shots, so hopefully I won't have to have any surgery at all." ESPN.com

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Howard Beck: Billy King confirms game canceled. Twitter @HowardBeckNYT

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After re-signing with the Brooklyn Nets in July, point guard Deron Williams told general manager Billy King not to wait and see if he could try to acquire Dwight Howard. "One thing Deron did say to me, he said, 'Please, just don't wait on Dwight. We can't wait and not have a team,' " King said during the premiere of NBA TV's "The Association: Brooklyn Nets," which will air on Oct. 16. "The team of Brooklyn is bigger than one person. I owed it to the organization, I owed it to our fans, I owed it to Deron and the players that we have to build for Brooklyn, and we went forward and built our team." ESPN.com

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And they hope Barclays shifts shapes once more, into a real home for them, after so many years in the wilderness. The vision that GM Billy King and Prokhorov sold Williams to keep him from going to Dallas is on the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic, perhaps not a catalyst to remake a borough, but just an arena, a fine arena that will enable the Nets to win more basketball games. "At times, it was hard for me to see that vision, because we were losing, and things weren't going well," Williams said. "But now that I made the decision to come back, I'm happy. I'm excited I did. This can be special—this team, this move, everything they did, everything they've talked about for the last two years, it's come true." NBA.com

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"I think players will still want to move, but I think how teams handle it could change," King says. "[Utah president] Kevin [O'Connor] made the decision to move [Williams] before [Williams] got frustrated and wanted out. When teams know they can't keep a guy, I think you're going to see them get ahead of it like [the Jazz] did. You'll see that more often. Hey, I wanted to move Allen sooner in Philadelphia than we did. I had a deal with Denver before that [2006-07] season, but their team was negotiating a sale so they couldn't do anything. "I saw it coming with Allen," King says. "I wanted to get ahead of it and move him before it ended badly." Yahoo! Sports

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They will play that style in an effort to fulfill grand expectations of the first Nets team to play in Brooklyn. TNT's Charles Barkley called the Nets the best team in New York. That's a big statement, considering the Knicks were 36-30 and made the playoffs last season, and the Nets were 22-44, 12th in the Eastern Conference. "I have internal expectations. I never try to put a number of wins on a group and say we have to do this or that. We have to see how they play together," King said. "The greatest thing about it, (Barkley) gets to say those things. From our standpoint, is it our goal to win a championship? Absolutely. That's our goal going in. But we have to see how quickly we jell." USA Today

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Nets point guard Deron Williams said it in July when the Williams-Joe Johnson backcourt combo became official. Nets general manager Billy King reiterated it as NBA training camps start opening. "I think we have the best backcourt in the NBA," he said. "That's no disrespect to Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash. I just think where these guys (Williams, Johnson) are in their careers, they are. What I really like is that they're both very physical offensively and defensively. They'll be the most physical backcourt in the league." USA Today

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Conor Orr: King also says, despite the contracts he's accumulated, he'll have flexibility to make moves if he needs to. Twitter @Ledger_Nets

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Stefan Bondy: Billy King said Joe Johnson was never in the equation until Danny Ferry became GM. Twitter @NYDNInterNets

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Stefan Bondy: Prokhorov on Billy King, who also is entering the final year of his deal: "I do believe he will be GM of the year." Twitter

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The Brooklyn Nets have signed free agents Stephen Dennis, James Mays, and Carleton Scott, Nets General Manager Billy King announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreements were not released. All three players played overseas last season. The Nets training camp roster stands at 18 players. NBA.com

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Billy King and Avery Johnson will meet with Josh Childress Tuesday and work him out as the Nets seek what could be their final piece a back-up small forward. Childress was amnestied by the Suns in July, with $21 million still to be paid the 6'9" vet. NetsDaily

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Free agent small forward Josh Childress will meet with Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King and coach Avery Johnson and have a workout with the team Tuesday, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com. ESPN.com

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Childress, a six-year NBA veteran who also has played overseas, averaged 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 34 games for Phoenix last season. The source also said that Childress is currently evaluating a couple of different offers. ESPN.com

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The Nets may generate revenue of $140 million and turn a profit of as much as to $15 million, the New York Post reported last month citing an unidentified person with knowledge of the matter. The team is now worth $575 million, 60 percent more than its $357 million valuation last season in Forbes Magazine’s annual rankings, the newspaper said. “Before, we had to have brochures and video of, ‘This is what it’s going to be when we’re in Brooklyn,’” Nets General Manager Billy King said in July. “Now we can take them there. It’s a reality now, and I think it’s going to be great for the people of Brooklyn and our fan base. It’s going to be great for our players to be part of something special.” BusinessWeek.com

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Johnson, who spoke Tuesday at the Fort Worth Dunbar High School assembly, said he and Nets general manager Billy King were never overconfident about Williams' desire to remain a part of the Nets. "We felt we were going to be able to re-sign Deron," Johnson said. "We felt it was like 80-90 percent, but it was the 10 percent that you were worried about. "That was the whole key. But I'm glad that's all behind us now and we can move forward and we can have a team that we're hoping is going to be pretty competitive when we get it on the floor." Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Billy King: Congrats Coach, @Deron Williams and team USA. Twitter

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The principal owner of the Brooklyn Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is something of a mysterious character. What’s it like being interviewed by a 6- foot-8 Russian oligarch? Billy King: I asked him at the end, If I get this job, do you want me to call you with reports or send you e-mails? And Mikhail goes, You can, but I don’t have a cellphone and I don’t have a laptop. New York Times

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