The 2014–15

Turkish Basketball League Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and ...

, was the 49th season of the top professional

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league in

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. The season started on October 11, 2014 and finished June 19, 2015. Fenerbahçe Ülker were the defending champions. Pınar Karşıyaka took the title, winning their second ever championship. Anadolu Efes were runners-up.

Clubs and arenas

Regular season

League table

Results

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Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuk is a town in İzmir Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located northeast of the ancient city of Ephesus, that was once home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its previous Greek name, A ...

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Tofaş Tofaş (acronym for ''Türk Otomobil Fabrikası Anonim Şirketi''; ''Turkish Automobile Factory Joint-Stock Company'' pronounced ) is a Turkish automobile manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Vehbi Koç, who was the founder of Koç Hold ...

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Uşak Sportif Uşak Sportif, also known as Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor, was a professional basketball team that is based in the city of Uşak, in Turkey. The team was founded in 2006. Their home arena was the Uşak Üniversitesi Sport Hall, which has a se ...

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Playoffs

Individual statistics

Points

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Troy DeVries Troy Anthony DeVries (born July 27, 1982) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Portland State and New Mexico. Portland State Career A Guard who transferred from Portland State after the 2002 fall ...

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Torku Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadiu ...

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Bobby Dixon Bobby Dixon or Ali Muhammed (born April 10, 1983), is an American-born naturalized Turkish professional basketball former player who played at the point guard position. He also represented the senior Turkish national basketball team, as he holds ...

, , Pınar Karşıyaka, , 30, , 506, , 16.9

Rebounds

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Nemanja Bjelica Nemanja Bjelica ( sr-cyr, Немања Бјелица, ; born 9 May 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League and EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Serbian national basketball team ...

, , Fenerbahçe Ülker, , 27, , 216, , 8.0 , - , 3., , align="left",

Patric Young Patric Young (born February 1, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player who is a free agent. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall center. He played college basketball for the University of Florida. College career Young accepted an athl ...

, , Galatasaray Liv Hospital, , 21, , 167, , 8.0

Assists

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Carlos Arroyo Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez (born July 30, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player, and reggaeton singer. Arroyo had previously played in the National Basketball Association with the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Ut ...

, , Galatasaray Liv Hospital, , 17, , 85, , 5.0 , - , 3., , align="left",

Jerome Randle Jerome J. Randle (born May 21, 1987) is an American-Ukrainian professional basketball player who last played for Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears before playing professionally in Turk ...

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, , 27, , 125, , 4.6

Blocks

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, , 23, , 45, , 2.0 , - , 2., , align="left", Eric Buckner, ,

, , 30, , 50, , 1.7 , - , 3., , align="left",

Jan Veselý Jan Veselý (born 24 April 1990) is a Czech professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he can play both the power forward and center positions. He was selected sixth overall in t ...

, , Fenerbahçe Ülker, , 29, , 40, , 1.4

Steals

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, , Pınar Karşıyaka, , 30, , 57, , 1.9

Turkish Basketball League clubs in European competitions

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EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

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All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or d ...

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, style="text-align:left", Galatasaray Liv Hospital , - , G , style="text-align:left",

Furkan Korkmaz Furkan Korkmaz (born 24 July 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born and raised in Istanbul, and was selected 26th in the 2016 NBA draft. Korkmaz is t ...

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Dario Šarić Dario Šarić (; born 8 April 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He also represents the senior ...

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Renaldas Seibutis Renaldas Seibutis (born July 23, 1985) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player. He represented the senior Lithuanian national team internationally. Professional career Europe In the 2010–11 season, Seibutis played for Olin Edi ...

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Sinan Güler Sinan Güler (born November 8, 1983) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. College career Güler played college basketball at Salt Lake Community College ( JUCO), from 2002 to 2004, and at Carroll College ( NAIA), from 2004 to 200 ...

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Ryan Broekhoff Ryan Broekhoff (born 23 August 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball at Valparaiso University in the United States, where ...

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Milko Bjelica Milko Bjelica ( sr-cyr, Милко Бјелица; born June 4, 1984) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Al-Ittihad Jeddah of the Saudi Premier League. Professional career He began his professional career with Cr ...

, style="text-align:left", Anadolu Efes , - , style="text-align:left" colspan="5", Head coach:

Ahmet Kandemir Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

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, style="text-align:left", Pınar Karşıyaka , - , G , style="text-align:left",

Andrew Goudelock Andrew Darius Goudelock (born December 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the Charleston Cougars and w ...

, style="text-align:left", Fenerbahçe Ülker , - , F , style="text-align:left",

Emir Preldžić Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Orlovik Žepče of the A2 League of FBiH, third level of basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish nation ...

, style="text-align:left", Fenerbahçe Ülker , - , F , style="text-align:left",

, style="text-align:left", Fenerbahçe Ülker , - , C , style="text-align:left",

Semih Erden Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , he plays at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka ...

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Cory Higgins Courdon "Cory" Higgins (born June 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Bàsquet, FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. High school Higgins played high school basketball at Monte Vista High School (Da ...

, style="text-align:left", Royal Halı Gaziantep , - , F , style="text-align:left", Matt Walsh , style="text-align:left",

, - , F , style="text-align:left", Josh Carter , style="text-align:left", Türk Telekom , - , F , style="text-align:left", Jawad Williams , style="text-align:left", Royal Halı Gaziantep , - , C , style="text-align:left", Sean Williams , style="text-align:left",

, - , style="text-align:left" colspan="5", Head coach: Zoran Lukić ( Banvit)

Awards

Finals MVP

– Pınar Karşıyaka

All-Star Game MVP

– Galatasaray Liv Hospital

References

External links

Official Site

TBLStat.net League History 2014-2015 Season
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