Best Balıkesir B.K.

Best Balıkesir
Leagues	TBL
Founded	2004 (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

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  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. Nat. 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) 40 – (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) 30 – (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) 39 – (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) 39 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984	Head coach Hakan Ataş Assistant coach(es) Sinan Çambel Haşim Yılmaz Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Joey Dorsey	Vladimir Golubovic	Murat Kozan	Uğur Hortum
PF	Ike Ofoegbu	Ümit Sonkol	Ahmet Barış Yurteri
SF	Austin Nichols	Valentin Pastal
SG		Yunus Akçay	Mertcan Solkol
PG	Andrew Andrews	Hakan Pomakoğlu

External links

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