Damon Williams (born December 13, 1973) is an American former professional
basketball
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player from
Seattle
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. He achieved notable success playing for
Tampereen Pyrintö
Tampereen Pyrintö ry is a Finnish multi-sport club from Tampere. Pyrintö representatives have achieved several Olympic medals and other success. In the year 2017, Pyrintö has sport sections in cross-country skiing, basketball, ski jumping, w ...
in the Finnish
Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...
. During his professional playing career he also played multiple seasons in Italy.
Pyrintö retired Williams′ jersey #32 in December 2018.
Honors
* Jersey #32 retired by Pyrintö
*3x
Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...
(2010–2011, 2014)
*
Finnish Cup
The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955.
The winner qualifies for the ...
(2013)
*2x
Finnish League MVP (2001, 2011)
*3x
Finnish Finals MVP (2010–2011, 2014)
References
External links
Profileat Eurobasket.com
Profileat Finnish Basketball Association
1973 births
Living people
Alba Fehérvár players
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Seattle
CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves men's basketball players
Kobrat players
KTP-Basket players
Pallalcesto Amatori Udine players
Pallacanestro Biella players
Power forwards (basketball)
S.S. Felice Scandone players
Tampereen Pyrintö players
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