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Will Solomon
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| Position | Point guard/Shooting guard |
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| Nickname | Willie, The Fish |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
| Team | Fenerbahçe |
| Nationality | USA |
| Born | July 20, 1978 Hartford, Connecticut |
| College | Clemson University |
| Draft | 2nd round, 33rd overall, 2001 Vancouver Grizzlies |
| Pro career | 2001–present |
| Former teams | Vancouver Grizzlies (2001-02) Aris Thessaloniki (2002-03) Hapoel Jerusalem (2003-2004) Efes Pilsen S.K. (2004-05) Maccabi Tel Aviv (2005-06) |
William (Will) James Solomon (born July 20, 1978, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Basketball League.
Solomon was first noticed at East Hartford High School in East Hartford, Connecticut. He held several records and is in several clubs in their schools basketball program such as "1000 Career Points", "All State", "All Conference", and the only member of the "NBA Draft" club. His Grizzlies jersey is hanging next to Doug Wiggins' jersey. He went to Clemson where he continued his basketball career.
Solomon graduated from Clemson University and decided to enter his name in the 2001 NBA Draft. He was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the second round thirty-third overall pick. Solomon played for the Grizzlies in the 2001-2002 season and averaged 5.2 ppg in 62 games.
After only one year in the NBA Solomon decided to move to Europe and was signed by Aris Thessaloniki in 2003. That year he won the FIBA Europe European Challenge Cup.
After a year in Greece Solomon moved to Israel and played for Hapoel Jerusalem, with whom he won another European title, the ULEB Cup.
For 2004-05 he moved to Turkey and was signed by Efes Pilsen S.K.. He then played for the first time in his career in the Euroleague.
Solomon moved back to Israel the following season and was signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv, who were the European champions the previous two seasons and were close to winning a third consecutive Euroleague title before losing in the final. After this, he returned to Istanbul and joined Fenerbahçe, that enjoyed a High budget and a Euroleague spot after the Ülker corporation decided to close their own team and move their entire support of funds and players to Fenerbahçe's basketball team.
Solomon also played point guard for the Washington Wizards summer league team in Las Vegas during the NBA's offseason in 2006.
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- (2001-02) Vancouver\Memphis Grizzlies
- (2002-03) Aris Thessaloniki
- (2003-04) Hapoel Jerusalem
- (2004-05) Efes Pilsen
- (2005-06) Maccabi Tel Aviv
- (2006-present) Fenerbahçe
- European Challenge Cup Champion (2003)
- ULEB Cup Champion (2004)
- Turkish Basketball League Champion (2005) with Efes Pilsen SK
- Allstar in Turkey (2005)
- Israel League Champion (2006)
- Israel Cup Champion (2006)
- Turkish Basketball League Champion (2007) with Fenerbahçe
- Position: Guard
- Height: 1.88 m
- College: Clemson University
- Team: Fenerbahçe
- NBA stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
- BASKET ARIS Unofficial fans site dedicated to ARIS B.C.
- Player Profile
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| First Round Kwame Brown • Tyson Chandler • Pau Gasol • Eddy Curry • Jason Richardson • Shane Battier • Eddie Griffin • DeSagana Diop • Rodney White • Joe Johnson • Kedrick Brown • Vladimir Radmanović • Richard Jefferson • Troy Murphy • Steven Hunter • Kirk Haston • Michael Bradley • Jason Collins • Zach Randolph • Brendan Haywood • Joseph Forte • Jeryl Sasser • Brandon Armstrong • Raül López • Gerald Wallace • Samuel Dalembert • Jamaal Tinsley • Tony Parker |
| Second Round Trenton Hassell • Gilbert Arenas • Omar Cook • Will Solomon • Terence Morris • Brian Scalabrine • Jeff Trepagnier • Damone Brown • Mehmet Okur • Michael Wright • Earl Watson • Jamison Brewer • Bobby Simmons • Eric Chenowith • Kyle Hill • Sean Lampley • Loren Woods • Ousmane Cisse • Antonis Fotsis • Ken Johnson • Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje • Alton Ford • Andre Hutson • Jarron Collins • Kenny Satterfield • Maurice Jeffers • Robertas Javtokas • Alvin Jones • Bryan Bracey |
Categories: Point guards | Shooting guards | 1978 births | Living people | African American sportspeople | American basketball players | Clemson Tigers basketball players | Memphis Grizzlies players | Aris basketball players | Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players | Ligat Ha'al players | Fenerbahçe basketballers | Efes Pilsen basketballers | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players