Best Balıkesir B.K.

Best Balıkesir Basketbol Kulübü, more commonly known as Best Balıkesir is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Balıkesir which plays Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). 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.

Best Balıkesir
LeaguesTBL
Founded2004 (2004)
HistoryPotanın Yıldızları
(2004–2009)
Best Balıkesir
(2009–present)
ArenaKurtdereli Sports Hall
Capacity2,000
LocationBalıkesir, Turkey
Team colorsOrange, blue
   
PresidentYusuf Gafur Çoymak
Head coachHakan Ataş
Websitebestbasketbol.com

Logos

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. W–L
2010–11 3 TB3L
2011–12 2 TB2L 10th
2012–13 2 TB2L 8th
2013–14 2 TB2L 10th
2014–15 2 TB2L 3rd
2015–16 2 TBL 2nd
25–18
2016–17 1 BSL 15th
7–23

Players

Current roster

Best Balıkesir Basketbol roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Kelley, Tre 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 36 – (1985-01-23)23 January 1985
PG 4 Pomakoğlu, Hakan 25 – (1996-01-04)4 January 1996
G/F 7 Nichols, Austin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1982-04-08)8 April 1982
SG 10 Akçay, Yunus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1989-01-21)21 January 1989
PF 11 Sonkol, Ümit 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 37 – (1983-06-23)23 June 1983
PG 12 Andrews, Andrew 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1993-05-25)25 May 1993
C 13 Hortum, Uğur 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1993-08-28)28 August 1993
SG 15 Solkol, Mertcan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996
SF 17 Pastal, Valentin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984
PF 18 Yurteri, Ahmet Barış 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1996-05-27)27 May 1996
PF 20 Ofoegbu, Ike 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 36 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984
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 Joey Dorsey Vladimir Golubovic Murat Kozan Uğur Hortum
PF Ike Ofoegbu Ümit Sonkol Ahmet Barış Yurteri
SF Austin Nichols Valentin Pastal
SG Yunus Akçay Mertcan Solkol
PG Andrew Andrews Hakan Pomakoğlu


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