To Panathinaikos and Derrick Williams. In the acquisition of the 31-year-old power forward, the “clover”, which in the last few days also announced Grigonis, Walters.
The contract of the former Bayern Munich, Fenerbahce, Valencia and Maccabi Tel Aviv player, who was in the NBA for a number of years (Timberwolves, Kings, Knicks, Heat, Cavaliers, Lakers) is long one year.
Her this season he had 9.4 points (47.9% on two-pointers and 37.8% on three-pointers) and 3.1 rebounds in 24:35 on average in the Euroleague, while against the “clover” he scored 17 points with Maccabi.
Let’s welcome Derrick Williams to the PANATHINAIKOS family!@DWXXIII ???#WeTheGreens #paobc pic.twitter.com/5QBE8XGCQ9
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) July 15, 2022
The 2011 selected to number 2 in the draft, having only Kyrie Irving in front of him, while he left behind players such as Kanter, Valanciunas, Vesely, Klay Thompson, Leonard, Butler, Bogdanovic, Vucevic. Plus the later “trefoil” players, Fridette, Singleton and Mack.
In the NBA play for one seven yearsthrough 2018 (436 total appearances), averaging 8.9 points and 4 rebounds in 20.7 minutes per game.
The announcement
KAE Panathinaikos OPAP announces the signing of Derrick Williams for one year.
Williams was born on May 25, 1991 in California, USA, he is 2.03m tall. and competes in position “4”.
He is a graduate of the University of Arizona (2009-11) and was selected No. 2 in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 2011 to 2018 he played in 428 NBA games for the Minnesota Timberwolves (2011-2013), Sacramento Kings (2013-2015), New York Knicks (2015-2016), Miami Heat (2016-2017), Cleveland Cavaliers (2017) and Los Angeles Lakers (2018).
In the world’s leading league, he averaged 8.9 points and 4 rebounds, while his best season in terms of numbers was the second (2012-2013) where he averaged 12 points and 5.5 rebounds in 24.6 minutes in the Timberwolves jersey.
In the 2017-2018 season, he had a short stint with the Tianjin Gold Lions of China and in 15 games he had 20 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
In October 2018, he signed with Bayern Munich and competing with them in the Euroleague, he averaged 13.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 29 games. At the same time, he celebrated winning the German championship.
The 2019-2020 season found him in the Turkish Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul with whom he competed in the Euroleague with a score of 11.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
The following year he “moved” to Spain on behalf of Valencia Basket, averaging 9 points and 3 rebounds in the Euroleague.
In the 2021-2022 season he played in Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv scoring 9.4 points and collecting 3.1 rebounds on average in 35 matches in the Euroleague.
Overall, in his four-year career in the top European interclub competition, he averaged 10.6 points and 3.5 rebounds.
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