{"id":447265,"date":"2025-06-20T12:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=447265"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:10:03","slug":"derek-willis-joins-paris-basketball-after-two-years-at-efes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/derek-willis-joins-paris-basketball-after-two-years-at-efes\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Willis joins Paris Basketball after two years at Efes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Willis has signed with Paris Basketball, per Athletiko. The 30-year-old leaves Anadolu Efes after two seasons in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>A career 47.3% shooter from deep in the Turkish League, Willis is a great fit for Paris&#8217; perimeter-heavy system.<br \/>\nHe averaged 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds last season, excelling in spacing and shooting.<\/p>\n<p>With stints at Brindisi, Badalona, Venice and Ulm, he brings valuable European experience.<br \/>\nParis aims to give him a more prominent role after limited minutes at Efes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"el\">\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udd1c \u00ab\u039a\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u00bb \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03af \u03bf \u039d\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03ba \u0393\u03bf\u03c5\u03af\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2!<\/p>\n<p>\u039f \u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03c4 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u03c6\u03ad\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c7\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u0393\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03af, \u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tsaltas46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tsaltas46<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NbNQJ1cJo3\">https:\/\/t.co\/NbNQJ1cJo3<\/a> !<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Efes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Efes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RjC8ayzPDK\">pic.twitter.com\/RjC8ayzPDK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Athletiko (@athletiko_gr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/athletiko_gr\/status\/1935685070611980761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Willis has signed with Paris Basketball, per Athletiko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":447264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[237,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-447265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betclic-elite","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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