Deron Williams and Bill King safe in the Turkish earthquake – NBA Update
A massive catastrophe struck Turkey on Sunday, when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Eastern parts of the country. The quake has already taken more than 200 lives and has left thousands injured and homeless.
The earthquake gave way to a host of tweets to know about the safety of the New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams, who is nowadays representing Turkish club Besiktas.
The earthquake hit the area which is only few hundred miles away from where Williams is residing with his family these days. Fortunately, for the Nets and the NBA fans, Deron and his family are completely safe and were not affected
by it .
Replying back to these queries on twitter, Deron responded
"Thanks everyone for checking on me I'm OK the quake was very far from Istanbul,"
Williams also tweeted that his prayers are with those who lost their lives, their loved ones and their homes.
Nets general manager Billy King was also in Turkey on Saturday to see Deron play in the club game, but had already left when the tragedy struck. Moments after landing in USA, he tweeted;
"Glad to be back in the US. Sad to hear about earthquake in Turkey. Not sure how many people on the plane know yet,"
Williams was one of the first high profile players to go overseas during the NBA Lockout, which is on the verge of completing its fourth month. Since then, many players have followed the same path and it is feared that if the NBA
owners and the player union fail to reach a common ground in the coming month, the whole NBA season might be lost.
As of now, the league is all set to cancel two more weeks of NBA season. This comes after a meeting between the NBA owners and NBPA, which took place under the supervision of a federal mediator, George Cohen, broke down on last
Thursday.
The situation that has panned out in NBA now has vindicated Williams’ decision and his stint is not only giving him a financial benefit, it is also keeping him primed for the next NBA season, whenever it starts.
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