Best Balıkesir B.K.

Turkish basketball club

Best Balıkesir

Leagues| TBL
Founded| 2004; 20 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

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* Best Balıkesir logo used until the 2015–16 season

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier  | League  | Pos. | W–L

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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

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### Current roster

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Best Balıkesir Basketbol roster

Players | Coaches
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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)  |  39 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984  |

Head coach

*   * Hakan Ataş

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Sinan Çambel
*   * Haşim Yılmaz

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

## External links

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

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Basketbol Süper Ligi

* Turkish Basketball Federation
* Turkish Basketball League System
* Turkish Basketball League Venues

Current clubs|

* Anadolu Efes
* Bahçeşehir Koleji
* Beşiktaş Emlakjet
* Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım
* 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
* Turkish Championship (defunct)
* Istanbul League (defunct)

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