In a bold move to counter the New York Knicks landing Carmelo Anthony yesterday, the cross-town New Jersey Nets made a bold statement by landing a superstar of their own in Deron Williams. The Nets sent disgruntled guard Devin Harris, top rookie power forward Derrick Favors, two first round draft picks and $3 million cash to the Jazz for Williams. We caught up with Deron Williams during the past NBA All-Star Weekend to talk about video games. Williams plays all EA Sports games but wouldn't name names as to who the best gamer is on his team. Check out this exclusive video interview with Williams about gaming.

Williams has been averaging 21.3 points with 9.7 assists per game in another All-Star year. Williams has averaged 17.3 points and 9.1 assists for his career. His contract goes until next season with a $17.8 million player option for 2012-13.

Williams exit from Salt Lake City was probably hastened by longtime Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan's shocking resignation a couple of weeks ago. Williams and Sloan reportedly had a heated exchange during halftime of a loss against the Chicago Bulls. Williams and Sloan have had a history of dustups in the past and Sloan reportedly grew tired of the tension with his star player.

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John Gaudiosi

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John Gaudiosi has been covering videogames for the past 20 years for outlets like The Washington Post, CNET, Wired Magazine and CBS.com. He has focused on the convergence of entertainment and videogames for outlets like Video Business, Home Media Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gamerlive.TV and is also a freelance game columnist for Reuters and writes for outlets like Forbes.com, NVISION, Official PlayStation Magazine, EGM Now, Geek Monthly, PrimaGames.com, and Yahoo! Games. John also serves as the video game expert for NBC in Washington D.C. and has produced videogame documentaries for The History Channel and Starz Entertainment. John was named one of the Top 50 Game Journalists in the world by Next-Gen.biz in 2007. He is the co-author of Scholastic Books' How to Get into Videogames, Prima Publishing's Madden: Twenty Years of Videogame Football and Electronic Arts: The Official History.