Clearly, the bar for basketball greatness isn't set too high in Turkey.

The farwell party today for Deron Williams proved that today, as his Besiktas team retired his No. 8 jersey after 15 games.

Seriously, 15 games.

Deadspin says Williams was good for averages of 21.8 points and 6.5 assists during his stay in Istanbul, which has come to an end with the NBA lockout settled.

Give the New Jersey Nets' guard credit for realizing there wouldn't be a quick fix for the lockout, and signing on to play in Turkey way back in July.

He blogged about the experience for ESPN.com, and wrote that there wasn't much culture shock, and that nearly everyone on the team and coaching staff spoke English.

But just think. If the lockout had lasted another month or so, he probably would have been headed to Turkey's Hall of Fame.