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Derek Willis

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Born
1995 (28 years old)

Birth Place

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Position
Power Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
35

Height
206 cm

Weight
104 kg

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Team
Anadolu Efes SK

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League
Turkish Basketbol Super Ligi

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Derek Willis (born June 21, 1995) is an American basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.

Willis is one of a relatively small number of Native Americans who have played in NCAA Division I basketball. His mother is a member of three tribes—Southern Arapaho, Pawnee, and Muscogee. Although born in Louisville, Kentucky, he lived with his family for several years during his childhood on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. According to Fox Sports writer Reid Forgrave, "His favorite childhood memories are from that reservation." The family eventually returned to the Louisville area, settling in the city of Mount Washington.

Willis was a member of the US team that competed at the 2012 Albert Schweitzer Tournament. In February 2018, he was named to the USA squad for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.