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The Turkish Basketball Federation announced the preliminary roster of the national team for the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket. Houston Rockets All-Star center Alperen Sengun headlines a roster of 16 players. The list also includes Philadelphia 76ers forward/center Adem Bona who is expected to make his debut with the Turkish national team. EuroLeague superstar guard Shane Larkin will be the naturalized player of the “12 Giant Men” in his return to a major tournament after the 2022 EuroBasket. Turkey’s full preliminary roster: Adem Bona, Alperen Sengun, Berk Ugurlu, Cedi Osman, Ercan Osmani, Erkan Yilmaz, Furkan Korkmaz, Kenan Sipahi, Onuralp Bitim, Omer Yurtseven, Maxim Mutaf, Sertac Sanli, Shane Larkin, Sehmus Hazer, Yigit Arslan, Yigitcan Saybir.
Anadolu Efes has officially appointed Serbian coach Igor Kokoskov as the club’s new head coach, signing him to a three-year contract. Kokoskov arrives in Istanbul after spending the past season as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks under Quin Snyder. The experienced tactician has coached multiple national teams, including Georgia, Serbia, and most notably Slovenia, whom he led to the EuroBasket title in 2017.
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Malachi Flynn, who played for the Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks, and Detroit Pistons, has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji, marking his first move to European basketball. The 185 cm (6’1″) guard, drafted 29th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft, made headlines in April 2024 with a 50-point explosion off the bench against the Atlanta Hawks — one of the top three such performances in NBA history.
Fenerbahce wins Euroleague with Nigel Hayes as Final Four MVP
One year ago in Berlin, Fenerbahce finished fourth. The story was different this time. Fenerbahce got its second EuroLeague trophy by beating Monaco 81-70. Marko Guduric scored 19 points, Nigel Hayes-Davis had 22 points, Devon Hall and Wade Baldwin added 13 points, and Fenerbahce made things happen.
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