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Turkish basketball club

Best Balıkesir

Leagues

TBL

Founded

2004; 21 years ago (2004)

History

Potanın Yıldızları
(2004–2009)
Best Balıkesir
(2009–present)

Arena

Kurtdereli Sports Hall

Capacity

2,000

Location

Balıkesir, Turkey

Team colors

Orange, blue

President

Yusuf Gafur Çoymak

Head coach

Hakan Ataş

Website

bestbasketbol.com

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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.

Logos

Best Balıkesir logo used until the 2015–16 season

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	1	Kelley, Tre	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	39 – (1985-01-23)23 January 1985
PG	4	Pomakoğlu, Hakan			28 – (1996-01-04)4 January 1996
G/F	7	Nichols, Austin	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	42 – (1982-04-08)8 April 1982
SG	10	Akçay, Yunus	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		35 – (1989-01-21)21 January 1989
PF	11	Sonkol, Ümit	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	41 – (1983-06-23)23 June 1983
PG	12	Andrews, Andrew	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	31 – (1993-05-25)25 May 1993
C	13	Hortum, Uğur	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)		31 – (1993-08-28)28 August 1993
SG	15	Solkol, Mertcan	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996
SF	17	Pastal, Valentin	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	40 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984
PF	18	Yurteri, Ahmet Barış	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		28 – (1996-05-27)27 May 1996
PF	20	Ofoegbu, Ike	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	40 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984

Head coach

Hakan Ataş

Assistant coach(es)

Sinan Çambel
Haşim Yılmaz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

External links

Best Balıkesir Basketbol Kulübü, official website
Eurobasket.com page
Twitter page
Facebook page
Instagram page

v t e Basketbol Süper Ligi
Turkish Basketball Federation Turkish Basketball League System Turkish Basketball League Venues
Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Bahçeşehir Koleji Beşiktaş Emlakjet Bursaspor Yörsan Darüşşafaka Lassa Fenerbahçe Beko Galatasaray Basketbol Karşıyaka Basket Manisa Basket Mersin MSK ONVO Büyükçekmece Petkim Spor Tofaş Türk Telekom Yalovaspor Basketbol Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Playoffs	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Champions	Anadolu Efes (16) Fenerbahçe (11) Eczacıbaşı (8) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)
Awards	BSL MVP Finals MVP Mr. King (Top Scorer) Assists Leaders
Related	Turkish Cup Turkish Cup Final MVP Presidential Cup Turkish Presidential Cup Final MVP Turkish clubs in international competitions List of Turkish basketball champions TBL TB2L Turkish Championship (defunct) Istanbul League (defunct)

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