A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court.

The system of courts that interpret and apply the law are collectively known as the judiciary. The place where a court sits is known as a venue. The room where court proceedings occur is known as a courtroom, and the building as a courthouse; court facilities range from simple and very small facilities in rural communities to large buildings in cities.

The practical authority given to the court is known as its jurisdiction (Latin ''jus dicere'') -- the court's power to decide certain kinds of questions or petitions put to it. According to William Blackstone's ''Commentaries on the Laws of England,'' a court is constituted by a minimum of three parties: the ''actor'' or plaintiff, who complains of an injury done; the ''reus'' or defendant, who is called upon to make satisfaction for it, and the ''judex'' or judicial power, which is to examine the truth of the fact, to determine the law arising upon that fact, and, if any injury appears to have been done, to ascertain and by its officers to apply a legal remedy. It is also usual in the superior courts to have attorneys, and advocates or counsel, as assistants, though, often, courts consist of additional attorneys, bailiffs, reporters, and perhaps a jury.

The term "the court" is also used to refer to the presiding officer or officials, usually one or more judges. The judge or panel of judges may also be collectively referred to as "the bench" (in contrast to attorneys and barristers, collectively referred to as "the bar"). In the United States, and other common law jurisdictions, the term "court" (in the case of U.S. federal courts) by law is used to describe the judge himself or herself.

In the United States, the legal authority of a court to take action is based on personal jurisdiction, subject-matter jurisdiction, and venue over the parties to the litigation.

Etymology

The word ''cour'' comes from the French ''court'', an enclosed yard, which derives from the Latin form ''cortem'', the accusative case of ''cohors'', which again means an enclosed yard or the occupants of such a yard. The words ''yard'', ''court'', and Latin ''hortus'' (meaning "garden," hence horticulture and orchard), are cognates—all referring to an enclosed space.

The meaning of a judicial assembly is first attested in the 12th century, and derives from the earlier usage to designate a sovereign and his entourage, which met to adjudicate disputes in such an enclosed yard. The verb "to court", meaning to win favor, derives from the same source since people traveled to the sovereign's court to win his favor.

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction, means "to speak the law," is the power of a court over a person or a claim. In the United States, a court must have both personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction. Each state establishes a court system for the territory under its control. This system allocates work to courts or authorized individuals by granting both civil and criminal jurisdiction (in the United States, this is termed subject-matter jurisdiction). The grant of power to each category of court or individual may stem from a provision of a written constitution or from an enabling statute. In English law, jurisdiction may be ''inherent'', deriving from the common law origin of the particular court.

Trial and appellate courts

Trial courts are courts that hold trials. Sometimes termed "courts of first instance," trial courts have original jurisdiction over most cases. Trial courts may conduct trials with juries are the finders of fact (these are known as jury trials) or trials in which judges act as both finders of fact and finders of law (these are known as bench trials). Juries are less common in court systems outside the Anglo-American common law tradition.

Appellate courts are courts that hear appeals of lower courts and trial courts.

Civil law courts and common law courts

The two major models for courts are the civil law courts and the common law courts. Civil law courts are based upon the judicial system in France, while the common law courts are based on the judicial system in England. In most civil law jurisdictions, courts function under an inquisitorial system. In the common law system, most courts follow the adversarial system. Procedural law governs the rules by which courts operate: civil procedure for private disputes (for example); and criminal procedure for violation of the criminal law.

See also

General

Tribunal

Sanctions (law)

International judicial institution

International Criminal Court

Types and organization of courts

Appellate court

Administrative court

Constitutional court

Court of Faculties

Court-martial

Courts of England and Wales

Ecclesiastical court

Equity court

Family court

High Court of Justiciary

Revolutionary Tribunal (French Revolution)

Scots Law

Scottish Court Service

Supreme court

Trial court

Notes

External links

US federal courts

Courtprep, Information about the Canadian justice process, features an interactive courtroom and witness tips.

Going to court if you're charged with a crime (Directgov, England and Wales)

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (England and Wales)

Category:Courts

ar:محكمة arc:ܒܝܬ ܕܝܢܐ be:Суд be-x-old:Суд bs:Sud br:Lez roueel bg:Съд ca:Tribunal cs:Soud cy:Llys (cyfraith) da:Domstol de:Gericht et:Kohus el:Δικαστήριο es:Tribunal de justicia eo:Tribunalo (juro) eu:Auzitegi fa:دادگاه fr:Tribunal fy:Rjochtbank gv:Quaiyl gl:Tribunal ko:법원 hi:न्यायालय hr:Sud io:Korto id:Pengadilan it:Tribunale he:בית משפט ka:სასამართლო kk:Сот lad:Bet-Amishpat lo:ສານ lt:Teismas hu:Magyarország bíróságai mk:Суд nl:Rechtbank ne:अदालत ja:裁判所 no:Domstol nn:Domstol pl:Sąd pt:Tribunal kbd:Хей qu:Taripay suntur ru:Суд si:උසාවිය simple:Court sk:Súd sl:Sodišče sr:Суд sh:Sud fi:Tuomioistuin sv:Domstol ta:நீதிமன்றம் te:న్యాయస్థానము th:ศาล chr:ᏧᎾᏓᏱᎵᏓᏍᏗ tr:Mahkeme uk:Суд vi:Tòa án war:Korte yi:געריכט zh:法院

name	Secret Mommy
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Andy Dixon
alias	The Epidemic
born	1979
origin	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
instrument	Guitar, piano, vocals, computer
genre	Punk rock (d.b.s.)Glitch, IDM (solo)
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
years active	2001−present
label	Ache Records
associated acts	d.b.s., Winning, The Red Light Sting
website	secretmommy.comandydixon.net
notable instruments	}}

Andy Dixon (born 1979) is a Canadian musician and graphic designer, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting. Beginning in 2003, during the final months of The Red Light Sting, he began to cut up audio recordings he made himself and compose glitch/IDM music under the alias Secret Mommy, though he used The Epidemic for his first solo release.

Biographical background

The son of two accountants, Dixon began expressing himself creatively at a young age. He grew up in North Vancouver. His parents were extremely supportive of their son's musical endeavors, giving him his first guitar at age 9 or 10, allowing him as a teenager to go on tours with his band for weeks at a time, and often lending him money so he could keep doing so.

Musical projects

d.b.s.

Andy Dixon began playing guitar in the band d.b.s. around the age of twelve in 1991 with band mates Paul Patko (drums), Jesse Gander (vocals), and Dhani Borges (bass), drawing from influences such as Bad Religion and, later, Jawbreaker. The group decided to disband in October 2000 after over eight years, five full length records, and the release of their final EP, ''Forget Everything You Know'', regarded as their most mature effort. ''Forget Everything You Know'' was released on Dixon's Ache Records.

The Red Light Sting

Near the end of d.b.s., Dixon, along with future business partner Zoë Verkuylen and friend Gregory Adams of The Self Esteem Project started toying with songs under the name Hooray for Everything. Due to other members leaving the group, the original three took their songs to Paul Patko of d.b.s., who agreed to be their drummer. This change in personnel warranted a change in the band's name to The Red Light Sting.

Their sound was predominantly post-hardcore, with noise core influences. Gregory Adams's vocals ranged from screaming to soft singing. Zoë Verkuylen played a Roland Juno-60 keyboard as a rhythm instrument, often playing off key notes and dissonant riffs. Though Dixon, who played guitar for the band, was the leading creative force behind the group, Adams has been quoted as saying in ''Discorder'' that when they were together, "the songs write themselves".

After four years, The Red Light Sting disbanded, holding their last shows in Seattle and Vancouver in early September 2004. In that time, they released two EP's—''And Our Love is Soaking in It'' and ''Rub 'Em Out''—as well as a split LP with Hot Hot Heat. Their final release was ''Hands Up, Tiger'', a ten song LP which came out less than a month before the band split up.

Early solo work

It was at this time that Dixon realized the potential of his computer as a musical medium, something he had already been doing in his spare time: he produced a record under the moniker of The Epidemic on Ache Records. This solo debut saw Dixon "combining an indie rock sensibility with vague electronic flashes and jilting experimentation with arrangements".

In an interview with Discorder, Dixon explained that he needed to take time off from playing in a band, something which he had been doing since he was twelve. Instead he focused his efforts on his record label, Ache Records, and his solo music project, now called Secret Mommy.

Secret Mommy

His first full length album as Secret Mommy, ''Babies That Hunt'', was released on Orthlorng Musork of San Francisco, a label known for their "laptop musicians" and "electro-punk" artists. He released his first full length Secret Mommy record before the final Red Light Sting album was released.

The second full-length, ''Mammal Class'', was released later in the same year on Ache Records. ''Mammal Class'' includes samples of Pink, Mary J. Blige, Andrew W.K., Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Justin Timberlake, Arab on Radar, as well as some more unconventional sounds: elephants, frogs, pigs, French educational records, balloons, eating noises.

For his third release, Dixon used samples from a trip to Hawaii, known as the ''Hawaii 5.0 EP''. The album title is taken from a combination of sources: it is self-referential in that it is based on samples recorded in Hawaii, there are five tracks, and the "5.0" is a reference to software versioning (e.g. iTunes v7.7), in acknowledgement of the electronic nature of the music; the title also hints at the American television show ''Hawaii Five-O''.

Making use of handmade hidden condenser microphones Dixon compiled recordings for his third full-length record ''Very Rec''. All of the sounds recorded by Dixon for this effort were in places of recreation such as tennis courts, a swimming pool, a soccer field, a yoga studio, an ice rink, a squash court, a dance studio, a dojo, a daycare, a weight room and a basketball court. This style of sampling from the natural world, the world around us may sometimes be referred to as "organic sounds".

''The Wisdom EP'', release on Sublight Records in September 2006, is the fifth Secret Mommy release, composed entirely of sounds made during an operation where Andy had his wisdom teeth removed.

''Plays'' is the most recent Secret Mommy release, a full length put out by Ache Records, which was made to "showcase [Dixon's] experience as a guitarist, songwriter, and lyricist". It was recorded at The Hive in Vancouver.

Other musical projects

Andy plays guitar and piano, and sings in a group called Winning , with Paul Patko (who played with Andy in d.b.s. and The Red Light Sting) on drums and percussion. Their debut album, ''This Is an Ad for Cigarettes'', was released 20 March 2007 by Ache Records . Andy played with The Secret Mommy Quintet, consisting of many people involved in the production of ''Plays'', during the first day of Music Waste 2007.

Andy was also a member of Tights with Tyr and Todd from The Winks. Their only release is a split they did with the Winks in 2006 on Drip Audio Records.

Andy also DJs at various events around Vancouver under the name Girlfight with Michael LaPointe. Girlfight has hosted several successful late-night outdoor dance parties, Hugeness, a monthly heat-themed event at the Grace Gallery, Sunburn, and a weekly '90s hip-hop night at the Biltmore Cabaret, House Party, during the summer of 2009. Girlfight has received favorable reviews in Discorder Magazine for House Party and for their opening set for GZA.

Ache Records

Andy Dixon is an active member of the Vancouver, British Columbia music and art scenes, with Ache Records his most well-known endeavor. Dixon claims to have put all profits back into the label to release more records. The most well known releases to date are probably their Death from Above 1979 albums, and the "Divorce Series" split 7" records, which feature artists who break away from their typical genres.

Ache Records has released albums by Hot Hot Heat, Radio Berlin, Femme Fatale, Death from Above 1979, and Konono N°1, among others.

Art

Dixon works as a freelance graphic designer; his company is The Chemistry Designs. He has collaborated with American Apparel designer Landon Metz and the two have exhibited paintings together.

In 2008, Dixon Released a book titled Weird Weight.

Dixon's artwork is currently represented by grace-gallery in Vancouver. His first solo art show in 2008, "How to Draw Everything", showed 16 original works and sold out. Dixon has presented work in several other group shows, he is the featured artist of ArtWalk Vancouver 2010 and his second solo show, "Such Events Have Led Us Here", is in preparation at grace-gallery in February 2010. Andy works typically with mixed media on paper.

Discography

The following are solo albums released by Dixon.

Released as The Epidemic:

''I Am Compltely Oprationa l'' (2001, Ache Records)

''Now Museum: Now You Don't'' (2002, OHEV Records)

Released as Secret Mommy:

''Babies That Hunt'' (2003, Orthlorng Musork)

''Mammal Class'' (2003, Orthlorng Musork, Ache Records)

''Hawaii 5.0'' EP (2004, Ache Records)

''Very Rec'' (2005, Ache Records)

''The Wisdom'' EP (2006, Sublight Records)

''Plays'' (2007, Ache Records, Reluctant Recordings [double LP], Powershovel [Japan])

Released as Andy Dixon:

''The Mice of Mt. Career'' (2008, Ache Records)

References

External links

Secret Mommy − Official website

Winning − Andy Dixon's newest band.

d.b.s. − The long-retired d.b.s. website

Ache Records − Andy Dixon's label with information about all the above artists.

The Chemistry Designs − Andy Dixon's solo design studio.

Andy Dixon's Painting - Weird Weight.

Category:Canadian electronic musicians Category:Intelligent dance music musicians Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian punk rock guitarists

name	Deron Williams
position	Point guard
height ft	6
height in	3
weight lb	209
team	Beşiktaş
team link	Beşiktaş men's basketball team
nationality	American
birth date	June 26, 1984
birth place	Parkersburg, West Virginia
highschool	The Colony
college	Illinois (2002–2005)
draft round	1
draft pick	3
draft year	2005
draft team	Utah Jazz
career start	2005
years1	2005–2011 | team1 Utah Jazz
years2	2011 | team2 New Jersey Nets
years3	2011–present | team3 Beşiktaş (Turkey)
highlights	2× NBA All-Star (–) 2× All-NBA Second Team (, ) NBA All-Rookie First Team () Skills Challenge Champion () }}

Deron Michael Williams ( ) (born June 26, 1984), nicknamed D-Will, is an American basketball player currently with Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League. Prior to playing for Beşiktaş, Williams played for the Utah Jazz and the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is still under contract with the Nets, but he signed with Beşiktaş because of the 2011 NBA lockout. Williams was drafted 3rd overall in the 2005 draft by the Utah Jazz, for whom he played before being traded in the middle of his sixth season to the Nets. He is a two-time All-Star and a gold medal winner at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Williams played college basketball at the University of Illinois.

Early life and high school athletics

In elementary school and middle school, Williams won two state wrestling championships. In 1993, as an eight-year-old, he won the 67 lb. weight class Texas State championship. Four years later in 1997, he won the twelve-year-old 116 lb. weight class championship. Williams attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas and averaged 17 points, 9.4 assists, and 2 steals per game as a junior in 2001. That year he led his team, the Cougars, to a 32–2 record and the Class 5A state semifinals against Bryan High. In 2002, as a senior, he averaged 17.6 points, 8.5 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. His team, the Cougars, went 29–2 that season, losing the 5A Texas State semifinals. Williams was a teammate of Bracey Wright who went on to play for Big Ten rival Indiana University.

College

Williams was recruited to play college basketball at the University of Illinois for the 2002–03 NCAA season. In his freshman year, he started 30 of 32 games and ranked third in the Big Ten Conference in assists with 4.53 per game.

Bruce Weber assumed the head coach position for the Illini in April 2003 and helped develop Williams throughout his remaining collegiate career. As a sophomore, Williams improved his scoring average from 6.3 to 14.0 points per game and improved his assists per game from the prior year to 6.17. Williams was a First-Team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and media.

In 2005, as a junior starting point guard, Williams led the Fighting Illini to the NCAA championship game where they lost to the University of North Carolina. That season saw the Illini go undefeated until the final game of the regular season, when they lost to Ohio State by one point. Illinois's road to the Final Four was marked by a comeback win over the Arizona Wildcats, where the Illini, led by Williams, came back from fifteen points down in the final minutes to win the game. Williams made the game-tying three-point shot with just 38.5 seconds left in regulation. He then hit the go-ahead three-pointer in overtime, and the Illini never looked back in that game.

Williams received many awards after the 2004–05 season. Those honors include being named a consensus Second Team All American, as well as being named First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, and All-Final Four team. Williams was also a finalist for the Wooden Award and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Chicago Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Williams was named First-Team All-Big Ten as a sophomore in 2004 and as a junior in 2005, the year in which Williams, called by coach Bruce Weber "the MVP of the team", led the Illini to the Final Four. The team included four other future NBA players, including Dee Brown, Roger Powell, James Augustine, and Luther Head.

Williams declared for the NBA Draft after the 2005 season, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility.

College statistics

30 30 39 >101

College	! GP !! GS !! PPG !! RPG !! APG !! SPG !! BPG !! FG%!! FT%!! 3P%
Illinois	2002-03	32	|	6.3	3.0	4.5	1.4	0.2	.426	.533	.354
Illinois	2003-04	30	|	14.0	3.2	6.2	1.0	0.3	.408	.787	.394
Illinois	2004-05	39	|	12.6	3.6	6.8	1.0	0.2	.433	.677	.364
Career		|	99	11.0	3.3	5.9	1.1	0.2	.422	.685	.374

NBA career

Rookie season

Following the season, Williams declared for the 2005 NBA Draft. The Utah Jazz selected Williams with the third overall selection, after Andrew Bogut and Marvin Williams. He started the season coming off the bench, eventually moved into the role of starting point guard, and was later sent back to the bench. Williams finished his rookie season averaging 10.8 points and 4.5 assists per game, in 80 games played. Williams was rewarded by being named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, as well as being the only other rookie besides Chris Paul to receive a first-place vote in the 2005–06 NBA Rookie of the Year voting (Williams received one first-place vote, from Jazz color commentator Ron Boone). Williams and Chris Paul have shared a friendly rivalry that began after the 2005 NBA Draft, where Williams and Paul were the third and fourth selections overall. Whether Williams or Paul is the superior point guard is the subject of frequent debate among sports writers and fans.

2006–07 season

Williams began the 2006–07 season as the starting point guard for the Jazz. The Jazz started the season with a 12–1 record. This record was the best in team history and in the league. During these first 13 games of the season Williams played remarkably well, delivering five double-doubles. Two of these double-doubles were back-to-back performances of 26/14 and 27/15 (points/assists). Both of these assists totals bested his previous career high. In the second of those two games, he also had a career high in steals, with five. On January 17, 2007, in a game against the Detroit Pistons, he recorded a career high 31 points. A few days later, on January 24, he recorded a career high 21 assists in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In his second season, his numbers improved in almost all categories, increasing to 16.2 points and 9.3 assists per game (second only to Steve Nash in the NBA). The Jazz improved to post a 51–31 record, winning the Northwest Division title.

2007 Playoffs

The playoffs ended a three-year playoff drought for the Jazz, and in the first round, they faced the Houston Rockets. Williams scored in double figures in each of the seven games in the series, including a 14 assist, 20 point double-double on May 5 to close out the series. The Jazz won the series 4–3, beating the Rockets in Houston to complete the series. It was their first playoff series victory since 2000.

In the second round, Williams and the Jazz faced the Golden State Warriors, the eighth-seeded team that had upset the top seeded Dallas Mavericks 4–2 in the first round. Williams started off the series strong, posting double-doubles in two of the first four games as the Jazz jumped out to a 3–1 series lead. In the fifth game, Williams was plagued by foul problems and struggled from the floor, hitting only one of eleven shots from the field and scoring just two points. However, despite Williams's poor performance, the Jazz posted a 100–87 victory, sending the Jazz to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1998 and the John Stockton and Karl Malone era.

The Jazz faced the eventual NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals, a team led by Tim Duncan who had posted three NBA championships since 1999. Williams played his best basketball of the season in the first three games, averaging nine assists and over thirty points over that span. Spurs guard Tony Parker recognized Williams' effort after the Jazz won game three 109–83.

Spurs forward Bruce Bowen also highlighted Williams' skills, as he compared Williams to the previous Jazz All-Star guard John Stockton.

2007–08 season

Deron Williams again elevated his play during his third season in the NBA. He scored a career high 41 points on December 8, 2007 in a game against the Dallas Mavericks, although they ended up losing the game. He also had two 20-assist games on the season. He elevated all of his stats, improving to 18.8 points and 10.5 assists per game, third in the league behind Chris Paul and Steve Nash. Despite his strong performance during the season, he was not selected to represent the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game, as the point guard position was filled by Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, and Chris Paul. Although he did not participate in the main event, he won the 2008 All-Star Skills Challenge.

Much was made of Williams's new leadership role on the team, and how he calls the majority of the plays on the team instead of coach Jerry Sloan, something not even John Stockton did. In March, Deron dished 212 assists, the most by any NBA player in any month since John Stockton in January 1992. The Jazz again won the Northwest Division and the four seed, this time with a 54–28 record, and again faced a Houston Rockets team that had home-court advantage in the first round. However, the Jazz won the first two games in Houston and went on to win the series in six games. In the second round, the Jazz lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. Williams was the leading scorer for the Jazz in the 2008 playoffs.

Deron was selected as a member of the USA Olympic team for the Beijing Olympics on June 23, 2008. The team went unbeaten on the way to winning back the gold medal after defeating 2006 World Champion Spain and living up to their "Redeem Team" moniker after missing out in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

2008–09 season

Deron Williams missed thirteen of the first fifteen games of the season due to a second-degree ankle sprain sustained in the preseason against the Chicago Bulls. He returned November 26 against the Memphis Grizzlies. Since that time, he has led the team through an up-and-down season plagued by injuries to several key players (most notably Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko), but despite averaging 19.2 ppg and 10.0 apg through the All-Star Break, he was again snubbed from the All-Star Game. Similar to the previous year, he responded to the snub with strong play, scoring 30+ points in five consecutive games before the break (he missed one additional game during this time due to a minor injury) and leading the team to a 5–2 record to close out the first half of the season, including a win over the league-leading Los Angeles Lakers to snap their seven-game winning streak. They followed the All-Star Break with a win against the defending champion Boston Celtics.

On March 1, 2009, Deron Williams became the second active player (Steve Nash being the other) to reach 20 or more assists in at least four games in their career.

2009–10 season

On December 14, 2009, Williams was named the Western Conference Player of the Week. A week after his teammate and pick and roll partner Carlos Boozer, was named The Western Conference Player of the Week. The Jazz hadn't had consecutive Western Conference Player of the Week Awards since 1997, when Karl Malone won it back to back.

On January 28, 2010, Williams was named to participate in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This marked his All-Star debut. He was also invited to participate in the 2010 NBA Skills Challenge where he finished second to Steve Nash.

Despite being overshadowed by other point guards Chris Paul and Steve Nash prior to the 2009-2010 season, for allstar recognition, notable basketball analyst and former player Kenny Smith, and analyst and Hall of Fame player Charles Barkley proclaimed Deron Williams to be the best point guard in the NBA.

2010 playoffs

Despite playing with injuries to his wrist and ankle, and playing without starters Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur, Deron Williams became just the second player in Utah Jazz history to record at least 30 points and 10 or more assists in a playoff game. John Stockton is the only other Jazz player to accomplish said feat, doing so twice in his career. Williams scored 33 points on 7-14 shooting from the field while making 16-18 free throws from the line, while also contributing 14 assists on the road in a game 2 win against the Denver Nuggets. He repeated that feat later in series while scoring 34 points and dishing out 10 assists.

On April 28, Deron Williams became the first player in NBA history to record at least 20 points and 10 or more assists in five straight games in a playoff series. Williams points/assists through the first five games, in order, were 26/11, 33/14, 24/10, 24/13, and 34/10.

2010–11 season

After Sloan resigned mid-season on February 7, 2011, he denied reports that conflicts with Williams forced him to leave. "I forced myself out," Sloan responded. Williams acknowledged he had a disagreement with Sloan during the previous night's game, but he added, "I would never force coach Sloan out of Utah. He's meant more to this town, more to this organization than I have by far. I would have asked out of Utah first."

On February 23, 2011 Williams was traded to the New Jersey Nets for guard Devin Harris, forward Derrick Favors, two first round draft picks, and $3 million in cash. While Williams was under contract through with a player option worth $17.7 million for , Jazz chief executive officer Greg Miller did not believe they would be able to re-sign Williams. "And while I never saw any indication that he wouldn’t re-sign with us, I never saw any indication he would,” said Miller.

Williams' acquisition gives the Nets someone to build around when the team makes the transition to Brooklyn. Though playing with a 3 year old wrist injury that progressively got worse and now causes him severe pain, Williams' impact on the Nets was immediately apparent in just 12 games, as a team the Nets were one of highest scoring teams post all-star break and Williams averaged 12.8 APG as a Net. His 47 assists were an NBA record for a player in his first 3 games with a new team and no Net before him recorded double doubles in their first 5 games with the team. On April 11, 2011, Williams had wrist surgery on his right wrist although he was initially hesitant to having it. "I was angry and tried to tell the doctors that I didn't want to have the surgery," Williams said. "The two doctors had me outvoted, two against one. I couldn't do anything about it. They told me that there was no reason to postpone it and if I didn't have it, I would be dealing with the same pain again."

2011 NBA lockout

During the 2011 NBA lockout, Williams signed a one-year contract for $5 million net income to play for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League, to play in the second-tier level of pan-European professional basketball, the Eurocup (the level below the Euroleague level). His contract allows him to return to the NBA with the Nets when the work stoppage ends. Beşiktaş was the same team that signed Allen Iverson in 2010. Because Williams is still under an NBA contract, he required clearance from FIBA in order to play elsewhere.

Awards and honors

}} NBA All-Star: 2010, 2011

All-NBA Team:

:*Second Team: 2008, 2010

NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2006

NBA Skills Challenge Champion: 2008

Gold medal with Team USA, FIBA Americas Championship 2007

Gold medal with Team USA, 2008 Summer Olympic Games

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 80 || 47 || 28.8 || .421 || .416 || .704 || 2.4 || 4.5 || .8 || .2 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 80 || 80 || 36.9 || .456 || .322 || .767 || 3.3 || 9.3 || 1.0 || .2 || 16.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 82 || 82 || 37.3 || .507 || .395 || .803 || 3.0 || 10.5 || 1.1 || .3 || 18.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 68 || 68 || 36.8 || .471 || .310 || .849 || 2.9 || 10.7 || 1.1 || .3 || 19.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 76 || 76 || 36.9 || .469 || .371 || .801 || 4.0 || 10.5 || 1.3 || .2 || 18.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 53 || 53 || 37.9 || .458 || .345 || .853 || 3.9 || 9.7 || 1.2 || .2 || 21.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey | 12 || 12 || 38.0 || .349 || .271 || .793 || 4.6 || 12.8 || 1.2 || .2 || 15.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 451 || 418 || 35.7 || .463 || .355 || .808 || 3.2 || 9.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 17.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| All-Star | style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 0 || 23.0 || .444 || .429 || .000 || 3.0 || 6.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 9.5

Playoffs

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 17 || 17 || 38.6 || .452 || .333 || .790 || 4.3 || 8.6 || 1.5 || 0.2 || 19.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 12 || 12 || 42.8 || .492 || .500 || .773 || 3.6 || 10.0 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 21.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 5 || 5 || 42.2 || .414 || .360 || .829 || 3.8 || 10.8 || 1.8 || 0.4 || 20.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 10 || 10 || 39.8 || .450 || .392 || .802 || 2.7 || 10.3 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 24.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 44 || 44 || 40.4 || .458 || .402 || .796 || 3.7 || 9.6 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 21.1

Career highs

Points

*Regular season - 42 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, April 6, 2010

*Playoffs - 34 (twice) at San Antonio Spurs, May 20, 2007 and at Denver Nuggets, April 28, 2010

Assists - 21 (twice) vs. Memphis Grizzlies, January 24, 2007 and vs Minnesota Timberwolves, April 5, 2011

Rebounds - 9 vs. Los Angeles Lakers, February 10, 2010

Steals - 5, four times (first time: at Milwaukee Bucks, November 11, 2006)

Blocks - 3 , three times (first time: at Detroit Pistons, November 25, 2007)

Minutes - 54, vs. Los Angeles Clippers,

Personal

Williams was baptized as a Christian early 2010.

Williams appeared as himself on the Disney Channel show ''The Suite Life on Deck'' during the season 3 episode ''Twister: Part 1'' along with Dwight Howard and Kevin Love.

See also

List of National Basketball Association players with most assists in a game

Notes

External links

Deron Williams' official site

Deron Williams Photos

Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:African American basketball players Category:Basketball players from Texas Category:People from Dallas, Texas Category:Basketball players from West Virginia Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players Category:Olympic basketball players of the United States Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States Category:Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:People from Parkersburg, West Virginia Category:Point guards Category:United States men's national basketball team members Category:Utah Jazz draft picks Category:Utah Jazz players Category:New Jersey Nets players Category:Olympic medalists in basketball

da:Deron Williams de:Deron Williams es:Deron Williams eu:Deron Williams fa:درون ویلیامز fr:Deron Williams gl:Deron Williams hr:Deron Williams it:Deron Williams he:דרון ויליאמס lv:Derons Viljamss lt:Deron Williams ja:デロン・ウィリアムス pl:Deron Williams pt:Deron Williams ru:Уильямс, Дерон simple:Deron Williams sr:Дерон Вилијамс fi:Deron Williams sv:Deron Williams ta:டெரான் வில்லியம்ஸ் tr:Deron Williams zh:德隆·威廉姆斯