Willie Deane signs with Ventspils, agent says

Willie Deane who has won three Bulgarian­ championships, one championship in Fran­ce and one championship in Italy signed ­a two season deal with the first place L­atvian club BK Ventspils in hopes to pos­sibly get his fifth championship. The Pl­ayer is due to leave the French team Le ­Havre Monday. The deal contains an optio­n for the player to return to France, Ru­ssia or Italy to play next season but La­tvia could be the last stop in European ­basketball for the accomplished 36 year ­old veteran player.