Şemsettin Baş (born January 4, 1973, in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player and lastly was head coach of CSO Voluntari. At 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m), he played as a

shooting guard The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game ...

and

small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than Power forward (basketball), power forwards and Cent ...

. He is of

Bosniak The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

origin and cousin of former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

and

Euroleague The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given lon ...

player Mirsad Türkcan.

External links

TBLStat.net ProfileTurkSports.Net Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bas, Semsettin 1973 births Living people Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Karşıyaka basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Istanbul Tofaş S.K. players Turkish men's basketball players Türk Telekom B.K. players Turkish expatriate basketball people in Kosovo KB Peja coaches