Will Franklin signs pro contract in Cyprus

[Da Coach]

Will Franklin has signed with Ydra Asfalistiki ENAD Agios Dometios of the Cypriot Pro A Division. They are located in the capital city of Cyprus, Nicosia. Congratulations to Will!

Here is their roster for 2007-2008 showing Will as a member of the team--

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=CYP&Team=351

And here is the Eurobasket page for Cyprus. Open the Sept. 18 news release to see the report about Will--

http://www.eurobasket.com/CYP/CYP.asp

Here is the team's main website (it's in Greek). But it has not been updated for a while and there is no news about this year's team.--

http://www.enadbc.com/index.php

Here is the same page translated, but not much--

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_top?lp=el_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enadbc.com%2Findex.php

Here is a site in English that covers pro basketball in Cyprus--

http://www.cybasketball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=144&Itemid=1

And a page that mentions Will's signing--

http://www.cybasketball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=175&Itemid=1

[tornado]

Here is their roster for 2007-2008 showing Will as a member of the team--
http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=CYP&Team=351

This is a very young team, note that there are several 1990 (17 year olds) and even 1991 (16 year olds) players on the team! Will should get lots of playing time and be a team leader.

[jasonpeoria911]

How does some of these College players go about finding teams like this? I've never heard of some of these country names let alone the odd named cities LOL.

Jason

[Da Coach]

Will's deal was made through the agent that Will and Zach both signed with.

Ahmed Memic is the founder of Ultimate Sports Agency. They have been very successful in placing American players with pro teams in Europe and elsewhere.

They have an office in Chicago, and it looks like Lawrence Wright also has worked with them. Here is more on this agency.--

http://www.eurobasket.com/agency.asp?AgentNm=Memic%20Ahmed&AgencyNm=Ultimate%20Sports%20Agency