The new transfer acquisition of Aris is located in Thessaloniki. THE Darrell Willisafter completing his duties with the Cyprus national team, he joined the “yellows” and made his first statements as a team player.
Willis has a Cypriot passport, while he also competed in the “windows” of his qualifiers Eurobasket 2025having excellent averages: 17 points and 9.3 reboundsin about 28 minutes of participation.
The 28-year-old started his interclub career from Cyprusas he competed in the 2018-19 season at Lightning Strovoloswith which he won a championship and a Cup in the country, while he was also named MVP! Since then, he has changed many teams and countries, as he played with the shirt of Nizhny, Monaco, Brescia, Enisei, Kuban, but also in China, Japan.
In detail what he said:
“I am happy to be here. I’m ready to get to work and help the team as much as I can.
I’m ready to go straight to the floor. I want to maintain the good momentum I have from the matches of the Cyprus National Team against France and continue the effort
I spoke to my teammate in the Cyprus National Team, Nikos (s.s. Stylianou) who told me that it was great here. I also spoke with my coach at the National Team, Christoforos Livadiotis, who told me that it is an excellent case for my career. I hear very good things about Aris from everyone and that’s why I’m happy that I came to see them myself.
It will be exciting to play in the EuroCup. I like challenges and am never afraid of them. I’m excited and ready.”
Source: Sport Fm
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