Unless you are keenly tuned into "all things Nets" then you were probably unaware of this issue. After all, it's been three years, and it's failed to register on the national and local (to some degree) radar. It's an issue that only beat writers, bloggers, and fans routinely find themselves writing and tweeting about, and it would have probably continued to go unnoticed had a certain someone not spoken his version of the "truth".
When Paul Pierce blew the whistle last week during his in-depth interview with ESPN's Jackie MacMullen, frustrated Nets' fans suspicions and theories regarding Deron Williams were finally validated.