Deron Williams reiterated that the final argument he had with Jerry Sloan "wasn't a big deal" and that the two had had worse clashes before.

Sloan abruptly resigned Feb. 10 after 23 seasons as Utah's coach, a day after he and Williams argued during halftime of a win against Chicago.

“What it was, we have a play called 22 that starts on the left side of the floor,” Williams said. “I just told everybody let’s try it on the right side of the floor. That’s it. He got a little upset with me.”

Since Sloan’s departure, Williams has been accused of repeatedly disregarding Sloan’s playcalling, a charge he denies.

“No, no. If coach Sloan has a play, I’m going to run it,” he said. “I did what coach Sloan said. Sometimes we disagreed on things and we’d have an argument, but I never broke plays or he called something and I said ‘No, I’m not running that.’ Never.”