Will Solomon

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Will Solomon
Nickname Willie The King
Position Point guard/Shooting guard
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg)
Team Fenerbahçe
Born July 20, 1978 (1978-07-20) (age 29)
Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality USA
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. 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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4 White | 5 Solomon | 6 Mirsad | 7 Ömer O. | 8 Rasim | 9 Semih | 11 Aytaç | 12 Mršić | 14 Vidmar | 15 Hakan | 16 Maxim Can | 21 Oğuz | 22 Kinsey | 24 Ömer A. | 55 Preldžič | Coach Tanjević
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