Best Balıkesir B.K.

Best Balıkesir

Leagues

TBSL

Founded

2004

History

Potanın Yıldızları
(2004-2009)
Best Balıkesir
(2009-present)

Arena

Kurtdereli Sports Hall

Capacity

2,000

Location

Balıkesir, Turkey

Team colors

Orange and Blue

President

Yusuf Gafur Çoymak

Head coach

Hakan Ataş

Website

http://www.bestbasketbol.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Best Balıkesir Basketbol Kulübü, more commonly known as Best Balıkesir is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Balıkesir which plays Turkish Basketball Super League. The team was founded as Potanın Yıldızları Basketbol Kulübü in 2004. Their home arena is Kurtdereli Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,000 seats. The team sponsored by Best A.Ş. of Yırcalı Group which is an energy company in Turkey.

Logos

Logo used until the 2015–16 season

Players

Current roster

Best Balıkesir Basketbol roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Culpepper, Randy	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-05-16)16 May 1989
1.0 !PG	4	TUR !	Pomakoğlu, Hakan			7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-01-04)4 January 1996
5.0 !C	5	USA !	Williams, Leon	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-06-24)24 June 1986
2.5 !G/F	7	USA !	Nichols, Austin	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-04-08)8 April 1982
2.0 !SG	8	TUR !	Akçay, Yunus	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-01-21)21 January 1989
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Green, Michael	7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb)	7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-07-24)24 July 1982
4.0 !PF	11	TUR !	Sonkol, Ümit	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-06-23)23 June 1983
5.0 !C	13	TUR !	Hortum, Uğur	7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)		7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-08-28)28 August 1993
2.0 !SG	15	TUR !	Solkol, Mertcan	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb)	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996
3.0 !SF	17	TUR !	Pastal, Valentin	7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984
4.0 !PF	18	TUR !	Yurteri, Ahmet Barış	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-05-27)27 May 1996
4.0 !PF	20	USA !	Ofoegbu, Ikechukwu Justin	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984
5.0 !C	21	Montenegro !	Golubovic, Vladimir	7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-04-24)24 April 1986
5.0 !C	32	TUR !	Kozan, Murat	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-07-25)25 July 1993

Head coach

Hakan Ataş

Assistant coach(es)

Sinan Çambel
Haşim Yılmaz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Vladimir Golubovic	Leon Williams	Murat Kozan	Uğur Hortum
PF	Ümit Sonkol	Ikechukwu Justin Ofoegbu	Ahmet Barış Yurteri
SF	Austin Nichols	Valentin Pastal
SG	Michael Green	Yunus Akçay	Mertcan Solkol
PG	Randy Culpepper	Hakan Pomakoğlu

External links

Best Balıkesir Basketbol Kulübü, official website
Eurobasket.com page
Twitter page
Facebook page
Instagram page

Turkish Basketball Super League

Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Banvit Best Balıkesir Beşiktaş Sompo Japan Darüşşafaka Doğuş Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Odeabank Gaziantep Basketbol İstanbul BB Muratbey Uşak Sportif Pınar Karşıyaka Rönesans TED Kolejliler Tofaş Trabzonspor Medical Park Akın Çorap Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor

Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 P 2012–13 (P) 2013–14 P 2014–15 (P) 2015–16 2016–17

Champions	Anadolu Efes (13) Eczacıbaşı (8) Fenerbahçe (7) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)

Awards	BSL Finals MVP BSL "Mr. King" Top Scorer

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