The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Turkish Basketball LeagueMirko Milicevic
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TEAMWL
1Turk Telekom60
2Efes Pilsen51
3Galatasaray Cafe Crown51
4Fenerbahce Ulker51
5Banvitspor42
6Antalya BSB.42
7Mersin BSB.33
8Oyak Renault33
9Pinar Karsiyaka33
10Darussafaka Cooper Tires33
11Aliaga Petkim33
12Mutlu Aku Selcuk Uni.24
13Besiktas Cola Turka15
14Erdemirspor15
15CASA TED Kolejliler06
16Kepez Bld.06


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Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 6
Efes Pilsen Istanbul asserted its strength in the Turkish League by beating Fenerbahce Ulker 69-63 at Ayhan Sahenk Arena and snapping a 10-game losing streak against the defending champs
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LATEST NEWS
Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 6
Efes Pilsen Istanbul asserted its strength in the Turkish League by beating Fenerbahce Ulker 69-63 at Ayhan Sahenk Arena and snapping a 10-game losing streak against the defending champs.

20.11.2008 07:24

Chatman considering leaving Besiktas immediately
Besiktas is trying to keep hidden its decision to withhold players salaries to invest in other areas of their business. Two players have already left due to non-payment in Jovo Stanocevic and Mario Austin.

17.11.2008 03:41

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 5
Fenerbahce Ulker and Efes Pilsen were both victors over rival Istanbul sides over the weekend in the Turkish League. Bootsy Thornton shined with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists for Efes as it won its fourth straight game, 84-91, at Galatasaray Cafe Crown.

17.11.2008 03:38

Ersin Gorkem made his 2008-2009 debut with 8-8 on triples
After missing first 4 regular season games due to injury, Ersin Gorkem of Antalya BSB. made his debut with a glorious shooting performance behind three point arc, on Saturday's game against CASA TED Kolejliler. In 33 minutes of his playing time, Ersin Gorkem upset CASA TED's backcourt in all three point attempts averaging a triple for every four minutes, as well as converting his single free throw and two point attempts.
There were similar performances in TBL's recent history, but not this level. Some of them have more successful shots but includes missed attemps and all of the %100 performances have 7 or less attempts.

16.11.2008 16:12

Market News in Turkish Basketball League
Besiktas Cola Turka has also released Mario Austin (206-F/C-82) (2007-2008: Benetton Treviso (Italy-SerieA): ULEB Cup: 12 games: 14.0ppg, 6.7rpg, Italian League: 34 games: 13.6ppg, 7.6rpg) after Jovo Stanocevic who moved to BC Kyiv.

14.11.2008 21:47

Interview: Dejan Milojevic, Galatasaray Cafe Crown
One of the top performers all decade in Euroleague Basketball is returning to the place where his career took off to face his old club in a do-or-die qualification game for access to the Eurocup regular season.

11.11.2008 22:33

Erdemirspor Belediyesi sign Chris Burgess
Erdemirspor Belediyesi added to their roster 29-year old American center Chris Burgess (209-C-79). Burgess played most recently at BC Donetsk (Ukraine). He is a well-known player in Turkish league as last season he played here for TTNET Beykozspor.

11.11.2008 22:31

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 4
Efes Pilsen recorded an impressive 71-53 win over Besiktas Cola Turka for its third consecutive win in the Turkish League. Efes now trails only Galatasaray Cafe Crown and Turk Telekom, both undefeated.

10.11.2008 07:11

EuroBasket 2009 Draw Complete
The eyes of European basketball were on Poland Saturday and the EuroBasket 2009 Draw held at the Capitol Theatre in Warsaw.

09.11.2008 06:47

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 3
Defending champion Fenerbahce Ulker remained unbeaten in the Turkish League after three games, joining Turk Telekom and Galatasaray Cafe Crown atop the standings. Fener beat Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi 73-69

04.11.2008 03:51

Euroleague October MVP: Ersan Ilyasova
Although it may seem contradictory, the best testimony for the first monthly MVP of the 2008-09 Euroleague season is how little he played while pacing his team to early dominance in its group.

04.11.2008 03:49

Market News in TBL
Aliaga Petkim has signed Roderick Wilmont (193-G-83) (Fort Wayne Mad Ants (D-League,1T): 50 games: 11.7ppg, 2.9rpg) due to finger injury of Roberto Bergensen seperated him during three motnhs from the games.

03.11.2008 00:46

Efes inks big man Jones
The morning after improving to 2-0 in regular season Group D, Efes Pilsen addressed its injury problems in the frontcourt by signing center Dwayne Jones for the rest of the season.

30.10.2008 19:44

Kasun Out Longer Than Expected
Efes Pilsen center Mario Kasun who has not been able to play any official game yet due to a wrist injury he picked up in preseason, finally underwent surgery the other day.

29.10.2008 21:15

ITU signed Ibrahim Kutluay
Turkish veteran player Ibrahim Kutluay (198-F/G-74), played for PAOK last year, decided to join TB2L side ITU.

29.10.2008 00:32

UPCOMING GAMES
Day 7Ayhan Sahenk, Istanbul
22.11.2008
14:00 SKY TURK
Galatasaray Cafe Crown
Pinar Karsiyaka
Day 7Ataturk, Ankara
22.11.2008
15:00
Turk Telekom
Besiktas Cola Turka
Day 7Ataturk, Antalya
22.11.2008
15:00
Antalya BSB.
Mersin BSB.
Day 7Ayhan Sahenk, Istanbul
22.11.2008
17:00 SKY TURK
Darussafaka Cooper Tires
Oyak Renault
Day 7Erdemir, Kdz. Eregli
22.11.2008
18:00
Erdemirspor
Efes Pilsen
Day 7Enka, Aliaga
23.11.2008
16:00
Aliaga Petkim
Fenerbahce Ulker
Day 7Selcuk Uni. 19 Mayis, Konya
23.11.2008
16:00
Mutlu Aku Selcuk Uni.
CASA TED Kolejliler
Day 7Kara Ali Acar, Bandirma
23.11.2008
16:00
Banvitspor
Kepez Bld.

GAME DAY 6 RESULTS
19.11.2008
Efes Pilsen
Fenerbahce Ulker
69
63
Besiktas Cola Turka
Aliaga Petkim
73
76
CASA TED Kolejliler
Banvitspor
68
78
Pinar Karsiyaka
Mutlu Aku Selcuk Uni.
93
92
Oyak Renault
Turk Telekom
70
76
Erdemirspor
Galatasaray Cafe Crown
53
63
Mersin BSB.
Darussafaka Cooper Tires
86
74
18.11.2008
Kepez Bld.
Antalya BSB.
88
89

GAME DAY 6 LEADERS
Ekene Ibekwe (SEL)31
Ralph Mims (KSK)29
Robert Traylor (KEP)24
Andrija Zizic (GAL)23
Kammron Taylor (KEP)23
Joseph Crispin (BAN)22
Sean Banks (DAR)21
Monty Mack (SEL)21
Marcus Melvin (ANT)21
Reha Oz (ALI)21

SEASON LEADERS
Points
Aubrey Reese (ALI)24,00/6
Ralph Mims (KSK)23,50/6
Joseph Crispin (BAN)22,17/6
Ekene Ibekwe (SEL)20,67/6
Antonio Graves (GAL)19,00/6
Monty Mack (SEL)19,00/6
Alex Gordon (OYA)18,67/6
Chris Lofton (MER)18,00/6
Bo McCalebb (MER)17,50/6
Nate Funk (ERD)17,00/6
Total Rebounds
Kerem Gonlum (EFE)10,17/6
Kimani Ffriend (MER)10,00/6
Leon Williams (KSK)9,83/6
James Thomas (ERD)9,17/6
Edmund Saunders (SEL)9,00/6
Mario Austin (N/A)8,75/4
Torrell Martin (KEP)8,33/6
Erek Hansen (TED)8,33/6
Robert Traylor (KEP)8,25/4
Marcus Douthit (ANT)8,17/6
Assists
Hakan Koseoglu (KSK)6,33/6
Michael Green (ANT)6,00/6
Tutku Acik (TUR)5,67/6
Evren Buker (OYA)5,00/6
Cliff Hammonds (DAR)4,83/6
Joseph Crispin (BAN)4,67/6
Marques Green (FEN)4,50/6
Soner Senturk (DAR)4,50/6
Bernard King (ANT)4,50/4
Kevin Bell (TED)4,33/6
Efficiency Rating
Ekene Ibekwe (SEL)22,00/6
Mike Benton (KSK)20,83/6
Lance Williams (BAN)19,83/6
Aubrey Reese (ALI)19,50/6
Joseph Crispin (BAN)19,50/6
Ralph Mims (KSK)18,33/6
Bo McCalebb (MER)17,83/6
Bernard King (ANT)17,75/4
Edward Davis (ALI)17,50/6
Devin Smith (FEN)17,33/6


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