<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">When he was named to the NBA's All-Rookie team back in May, confidence could be heard oozing from Deron Williams' voice. "I'd like," he said then, "to be an All-Star in the next couple years." As the point guard prepares to embark on his second pro season out of the University of Illinois ? Jazz training camp opens Monday morning for the Rocky Mountain Revue, the six-team summer league for NBA rookies, youngsters and free agents that gets under way Friday at Salt Lake Community College ? the franchise that drafted Williams No. 3 overall in the 2005 NBA Draft seems to sense that's precisely the course on which he is headed. It's why the keys are in his hands, the driver's-side door is open and the Jazz seem ready to have Williams take them for a spin. "I think he's going to make a big leap," basketball operations senior vice president Kevin O'Connor said after Williams' first NBA season came to a close. "A quantum leap ? defensively, and offensively, and being able to see on the floor." Jazz coach Jerry Sloan suggested nearly as much after watching Williams develop throughout an 82-game season, one in which the now 22-year-old began as a backup, became Utah's starting point for much of a 19-game stretch, reluctantly went back to the bench, dabbled a bit with great frustration at shooting guard and wound up from the 57th game on as the starter at the point yet again. "I think he made tremendous improvement," Sloan said. "He had his moments to start with, and then he kind of struggled a little bit. Everybody knows we sat him down for a while. And he played two positions, which I think helped him tremendously."</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
