In 2007, Deron Williams helped lead the Utah Jazz to the Western Conference Finals, the furthest the franchise had been in the postseason since the days of Stockton and Malone.
What’s the biggest difference the former All-Star guard sees between that Jazz team and the one currently torching the nets at Vivint Arena?
“I think we were like the fourth seed. These guys are doing a little better than we were,” Williams said as he joined the television broadcast during Friday’s win over the Milwaukee Bucks. “They’ve been really dominant. Early on, they were kind of trying to get their bearings about them, a couple of wins, a couple of losses, and then they went on that run and they’ve been playing phenomenal basketball.