He possesses the league's best crossover dribble, and his court vision is second to none.

But Williams has struggled with his jump shot this season and currently leads the NBA in turnovers. His PER of 15.68 ranks 132nd in the league.

He's currently shooting a career-worst 34.7 percent from the field, and 27.7 percent from 3-point range, far below his career averages (46, 35.2). Williams has shot less than 50 percent from the field in all but one of his first nine games this season, and has made just seven of his last 32 attempts from downtown.

His 4.4 turnovers per game are 0.3 more than any other player, and he has turned the ball over six times in four of those nine games.

His stat line in Monday night's 106-101 home loss to Atlanta seemed to epitomize his season: He had 15 points and a season-high 14 assists in a season-high 41 minutes, but shot just 6-for-17 from the field -- 1-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc -- and had six turnovers.

"I'm not happy with the way I'm playing," Williams said.

Someone within the organization wasn't happy with his body language, either, which is why the 27-year-old All-Star was told to quit sulking. And rest-assured he probably won’t be saying the team's offense "sucks" anymore.

"I gotta do a better job of leading these guys,” Williams said. "They can't see me visibly frustrated, because that's not good for anybody's confidence."

In Williams' defense, he plays for a bad team with only one offensive weapon: rookie MarShon Brooks. The Nets have no inside threat since Brook Lopez is out with a broken foot, and their perimeter shooters -- aside from Anthony Morrow recently -- haven't knocked down open shots (hence Williams' 7.7 assists per game, which should be much higher).

As a result, Williams has had to force the issue himself, which has led to forced shots and bad decision-making.

Still, Williams was voted as the ninth-best player in ESPN's rankings, and one would think a player that dominant would be able to lead his team -- despite all its injuries -- to a better record than 2-8.

Rumors about Williams' future will continue to swirl. It comes with the territory when a superstar says he’s going to opt out of his contract at the end of the season -- even if his reasoning makes perfect sense.

Williams has reiterated that he wants to stay and will stay if the Nets can put the right pieces around him.

Right now, they don't have many of those pieces, but if they can acquire Orlando center Dwight Howard, they'll be in fantastic shape. ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard said Monday that D-12's first choice is still to play with D-Will in Brooklyn, but admitted Dallas may be a better fit given the Mavericks' cap space and the fact they could conceivably put together "The Big 3 in Big D" in the offseason.

But for the time being, Williams is still a Net. And he'll have to raise his level if he wants to keep the Nets in the race long enough for them to make a splash at the deadline and have a shot at the playoffs.

The Nets are a lottery team right now, which is great. The idea of Brooks, a healthy Lopez and a top-10 draft pick playing together next season is an intriguing one.

It won't be if D-Will bolts, though.

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But on the other hand maybe he is not the dynamo everyone thought he was.

Is it true he chased Sloan out of Utah?

I just think he comes across as an a**hole these days, and nowhere near the hard-nosed competitor he used to be. Very doubtful he re-signs with the Nets, so it looks like they really shot themselves in the foot with that trade last season.

earthmansurfer wrote:

The Nets are a lottery team right now, which is great. The idea of Brooks, a healthy Lopez and a top-10 draft pick playing together next season is an intriguing one.

Didn't they trade away this years lotto pick? ... I checked and they still have their pick - http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed

I really thought they gave up their first in that trade for Deron. Nice job there.

It looks like they have their pick. If you look at the debits column, I do not see their 2012 1st rd pick listed. It looks like they also have Houston's 1st rd pick.

eViL wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Who said that?

hahaha.. no idea

eViL wrote:i've misquoted you??

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you're a funny dude.

eViL wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

eViL wrote:i've misquoted you??

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you're a funny dude.

Yes, you did misquote me. I said he does not have any major flaws in his game. That is not the same as saying he's flawless.

find the thread.

gunsnewing wrote:Damn Paul Pierce hits a 3 to tie. boy him and melo

Definitely prefer Melo to the Great Green Mouth. That Melo jumper from the baseline last night was sick. I haven't felt this good about the SF position since BK.