Will Solomon

Will Solomon

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Amateur career

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. He was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a junior, and made the second team as a senior.

Professional career

Solomon declared himself eligible for the 2001 NBA draft after his junior year at Clemson University. He was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the second round, with the 32nd overall pick. Solomon played for the Grizzlies in the 2001–02 season and averaged 5.2 points, 1.5 assists and 1.1 rebounds over 62 games. After only one year in the NBA, Solomon decided to move to Europe and signed a contract with the Greek team Aris Thessaloniki in 2003. That year he won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, 4th-tier European competition. After a year in Greece, Solomon moved to Israel and played for Hapoel Jerusalem, with whom he won another European title, the ULEB Cup, 2nd-tier European competition. In Israel, he was often nicknamed "The Fish" (Ha-dag, הדג), as in Hebrew his last name resembles "Salmon" much more than King Solomon, which is pronounced "Shlomo." For 2004–05, he moved to Turkey and was signed by Efes Pilsen. He then played for the first time in his career in the EuroLeague. With the help of Solomon, Efes Pilsen won the Turkish championship that year. 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 Food Group decided to close their own team and move their entire support…

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

EuroLeague

Club
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Club
Anadolu Efes S.K.
Club
Memphis Grizzlies
Club
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
Club
Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball
Club
Aris Thessaloniki B.C.
Club
Cherkaski Mavpy
Club
Toronto Raptors
Club
Sacramento Kings
Club
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Club
Clemson Tigers men's basketball (1998–2001)
League
NCAA Division I men's basketball
League
National Basketball Association
National team
United States

Clubs

  • Anadolu Efes S.K.current
  • Aris Thessaloniki B.C.current
  • Cherkaski Mavpycurrent
  • Fenerbahçe Men's Basketballcurrent
  • Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.current
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.current
  • Memphis Grizzliescurrent
  • Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.current
  • Sacramento Kingscurrent
  • Toronto Raptorscurrent
  • Clemson Tigers men's basketball1998–2001

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

American basketball player (born 1978)

Position

point guard, shooting guard

Extract from Wikipedia

William James Solomon is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He played parts of two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and three seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

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