William Hatcher is a 30 year old 188cm guard from Flint, Michigan that is playing his ninth professional season and first for Proximus Spirou. He started his basketball career with Miami, OH (NCAA) in 2002 where he played until 2006 playing a total of 102 NCAA games and as a senior played 29 games ScoreMAC-8(14.3ppg), 2.9rpg, AssistsMAC-6(4.3apg), 1.2spg, FGP: 42.4%, 3PT: 34.9%, FTMAC-6(81.3%): Finished career ranked ninth on Miami’s career 3-point shooting chart with a .383 shooting percentage. In the 2006-2007 season he started his professional basketball career with SOBA Dragons Rhoendorf (Germany-2.Bundesliga): 30 games: 18.5ppg, 2.6rpg, 5.0apg, 1.5spg, 2FGP: 56.3%, 3FGP: 34.8%, FT: 73.5%. In the 2007-2008 season he played for CSU Atlassib Sibiu (Romania-Div.A) playing 20 games: 16.3ppg, 2.2rpg, 2.1apg, 1.5spg, 2FGP: 55.1%, 3PT: 36.4%, FT: 71.8%. He then played for BK Decin from 2008-2011. In the 2011-2012 season he played for Keravnos Strovolou (Cyprus-Division A) Cyprus League: 14 games: 12.6ppg; EuroChallenge: 6 games: 13.5ppg, 1.2rpg, 2.5apg, 1.2spg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 26.9%, FT: 80.0%, in Apr.’12 moved to Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa (Israel-Premier League) 6 games: 10.0ppg, 2.5rpg, 3.2apg, 1.0spg, FGP: 36.8%, 3PT: 33.3%, FT: 66.7%. In the 2012-2013 season he played for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1): 24 games: 10.3ppg, 2.1rpg, 2.1apg, FGP: 40.3%, 3PT: 33.3%, FT: 78.0%. Last season he played for STB Le Havre (France-ProA): 30 games: 12.2ppg, 1.9rpg, Assists-3(4.8apg), FGP: 42.3%, 3PT: 34.4%, FT: 71.9%. He spoke to German Hoops before the Eurocup game against the EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

William thanks for talking to German  Hoops. Welcome back to Germany. How does it feel to be back again.

It feels good to be back In Germany. I am in a totally different position now then 8 years ago when I started my career in Rhondorf. I have become a better player and evolved as a player since then.

Your playing your first season with Proximus Spirou (Belgium-Scooore League) Sometimes as players get older one wants to get settled, but you keep changing teams each season. One could call you basketball Europe trotter. Is there a particular reason why you like to be on the move?

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