Report: Besiktas has accounts frozen, was close to deal with Kobe

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 schedule and it not permitted to sign players, according to DraftExpress.com's Jonathan Givony.

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

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