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Beşiktaş Milangaz

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Beşiktaş Milangaz
Beşiktaş Milangaz logo
Leagues TBL
Euroleague
Founded 1933
History Beşiktaş
(1933–present)
Arena

Milangaz Arena
(capacity: 3,200)

Sinan Erdem Arena
(capacity: 16,000)
Location İstanbul, Turkey
Team colors Black and White
         
President Turkey Fikret Orman
Head coach Turkey Ergin Ataman
Championships 1 Turkish League
1 Turkish Cup
1 EuroChallenge
Website www.bjk.com.tr

Beşiktaş Milangaz, is a Turkish professional basketball team founded in 1933 as a section of Beşiktaş JK. Their home arena is the Milangaz Arena with a capacity of 3,200 seats. The team is sponsored by Milangaz, a company dealing with liquid gas distribution and owned by Demirören Şirketler Grubu (English: Demirören Group of Companies).

The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Euroleague.

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History

The club's basketball section started out in the year 1933, before being halted in 1936, and then resuming once again in 1940. Since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball League, in every season, except in the 1988-89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Second League after the 1987-88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball League management by Cavit Altunay in 1974-75 season.

In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA MVP Allen Iverson.[1] Iverson signed a 2 year $4 million net income contract.

In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract includes a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season if an agreement is made between the owners and players association.[2] When the lockout finished, Williams was replaced by Carlos Arroyo. Arroyo led the team to the Turkish Cup championship in February 2012.[3]

Sponsorship naming

Beşiktaş Milangaz has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;

  • Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005-2011
  • Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011-present

Players

Roster

Beşiktaş Milangaz roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Turkey Yağmur, Mehmet 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) &1000000000000002400000024
PF 5 Turkey Hersek, Barış 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) &1000000000000002400000024
PG 6 Turkey Özmızrak, Kartal 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) &1000000000000001600000016
PF 7 Serbia Erceg, Zoran 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) &1000000000000002700000027
PG 10 Turkey Akın, Can (INJ) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
SG 11 Turkey Yatağan, Mehmet Ali 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) &1000000000000001900000019
C 12 Turkey Ören, Adem 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
SG 15 Turkey Çetin, Serhat 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) &1000000000000002600000026
G/F 24 United States Kemp, Marcelus 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) &1000000000000002800000028
PG 30 Puerto Rico Arroyo, Carlos 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
PF 32 Turkey Özver, Serkan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) &1000000000000002100000021
G/F 34 United States Hawkins, David (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
F/C 35 Turkey Dudley, Erwin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) &1000000000000003000000030
PF 44 United Kingdom Mensah-Bonsu, Pops 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) &1000000000000002800000028
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Yağızer Uluğ
  • Turkey Zafer Sağlam

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (INJ) Injured

Roster • updated 2012-01-10

Retired numbers

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Erwin Dudley Pops Mensah-Bonsu Adem Ören
PF Zoran Erceg Barış Hersek Serkan Özver
SF Serhat Çetin
SG David Hawkins Marcelus Kemp Mehmet Yatağan Can Akın Cruz Roja.svg
PG Carlos Arroyo Mehmet Yağmur Kartal Özmızrak

Notable players

Head coaches

Achievements

Domestic

  • Turkish League:
    • Simple cup icon.svg Winner (1): 1975
    • Simple silver cup.svg Runners-up (6): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2005
  • President's Cup
    • Simple silver cup.svg Runner-up (1): 1987

International

References

See also

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