Deron Williams re-signs with Nets on iPad, leading several players making deals official (Ball Don’t Lie)

It was still Tuesday night in Las Vegas, where Deron Williams is participating in Team USA's pre-London training camp, but just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on the East Coast — nearly an hour after the 12:01 a.m. end of the "moratorium period" during which NBA teams and players could negotiate, but not officially sign contracts — the most coveted player in the 2012 free-agent class put pen to paper on his new five-year contract , reportedly worth the maximum $98.8 million, to run the floor for the new-look Brooklyn Nets. Or, rather, as you see above, the 28-year-old point guard put finger to touch-screen, signing the deal on his iPad and tweeting a photo of the occasion , just as he'd shared his decision to stay with the Nets via Twitter on July 3 . Plus, now that Williams is going to be making nearly nine figures over five years, he can afford to buy a stylus for his iPad. (Penmanship counts, Deron, even if it's not really a pen.) About a half-hour later — maybe Deron's hotel Wi-Fi was slow — Brooklyn officially announced the signing , issuing a release in which general manager Billy King referred to Williams as "in my opinion the top point guard in the NBA"...