"Besiktas, the Turkish club that signed New Jersey Nets All-Star Deron Williams, had its accounts frozen in the wake of a soccer match-fixing scandal and it is not permitted to sign players, according to DraftExpress.com's Jonathan Givony.

The news comes at an inopportune time for Besiktas -- the club, according to Givony, was on the verge of signing Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant for $450,000 per month.

It also has an effect on Williams, who signed his $5 million, one-year deal with Besiktas, where he'll play in the event of a prolonged NBA lockout, on Friday -- the team can't sign Bryant or anyone else."