Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov will use the team's two-game road trip in London to start the process of persuading Deron Williams to commit to the team over the long-term.

Prokhorov revealed Friday that he already had a brief conversation with the point guard.

"I am very happy, personally," said Prokhorov at a pregame press conference. "We have our first All-Star player on our roster.

"We had a chat with him in San Antonio, just 10 or 15 minutes, and I feel he likes the idea of the organization, of the Nets. We are not in a rush. We have one and a half years to make a really good team and then go on and win a championship, because that is our one goal.

"We only had a 10-minute chat after the game and he was really tired. I think we will meet here in London for a more substantial meeting, for a global discussion. For me, it is very interesting, the reaction of an All-Star player, what he is feeling about what is going on in the global world. I have one approach, maybe he feels something different.

"But from that first meeting, we have a lot in common. He wants to be No. 1, we want to be No. 1. We are on the same page. That is very important."