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It took 7 1/2 years, but Deron Williams finally found “the right time to make amends” for how things ended between him and Jerry Sloan in Utah. It feels like it happened about six lifetimes ago now, but it sure seemed seismic at the time: Wait a second, Jerry Sloan’s retiring? What the hell happened? What was first presented as a behind-closed-doors disagreement between the Utah Jazz’s venerable head coach and longtime general manager Kevin O’Connor after a Feb. 9, 2011, loss to the Chicago Bulls was quickly set into relief as an ongoing battle between Sloan and All-Star point guard Deron Williams, a fight over Utah’s on-court direction and play-calling that had been simmering throughout the season and that boiled over in a halftime square-off that reportedly featured both Williams and Sloan suggesting to owner Greg Miller that they’d reached the end of their respective ropes.
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