Maccabi Playtika on track to add Derrick Williams / News - Basketnews.com

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Israel champions are close to another offseason acquisition. According to Israeli website One, Maccabi Tel Aviv is close to signing power forward Derrick Williams.

Former No. 2 NBA Draft Pick in 2011 played in Valencia Basket last season. He appeared in all 34 games, mostly coming of the bench. Williams averaged 9 points and 3 rebounds for Valencia that narrowly missed 2020-21 EuroLeague's Playoffs. In Spanish ACB league, where Valencia reached tournament's semifinals, the American averaged similar numbers (6. PPG, 2.3 RPG).

Prior Valencia Derrick Williams had stints in Turkey (Fnerbahce Beko Istanbul) and Germany (FC Bayern Munich).

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