<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">He has a vision. Most great point guards do. What makes his different is its clarity, its singular focus ? and the rocky road traveled a season ago, including a bend where he and the coach didn't exactly see eye-to-eye. As he pictures it ... The Jazz will be his team. Deron Williams' team. Coach Jerry Sloan will entrust control to him, so he is running the club from opening to close, game in and game out. Sure, Sloan will still flash the plays. Even John Stockton looked back to Sloan for the call. Sure, Sloan will still captain the ride. But Williams will steer. Williams will be the one who makes sure everyone else is on board ? the one who ensures the ship returns to where Stockton and Karl Malone took it last. "I wanted that from Day 1," Williams said. Didn't happen. Not last season. "Definitely this year, though," added Williams, the No. 3 overall selection in the 2005 NBA Draft ? and the Jazz's starting point as they begin the 2006-07 season tonight against the Houston Rockets. "That's my mindset this year: I wanted to do everything I possibly could to where he (Sloan) has to play me 40 minutes. Or, he wants to play me that much. I didn't want to give him any reason not to."</div> <div align="center">Full Article</div>
